Attica (band)
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Attica is a thrash band who consisted of past Nirvana
drummer Aaron Burckhard
aka "Boo Boo", guitarist Jim Lingnau aka "Liggy", and Gary Kohler aka "The Gimp". Formed around 1988, they played mostly keggers and local Grays Harbor area shows, with a few shows in Olympia, Tacoma and Seattle. Their hits were "DHT, "Crack Attik", "Crypt to Casket", and "Chopping Onions".
They liked to party and usually had a large entourage of intoxicated crew in tow who were well known for performing DHT, a version of wreaking havoc known locally as "drunken hell thrash". A destructive mosh with band members leaving the stage mid song to join their friends in breaking things or fighting each other. There are a few recordings and video footage circulating somewhere. The band broke up around 1991 due to members' personal technical difficulties.
Nirvana (band)
Nirvana was an American rock band that was formed by singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen, Washington in 1987...
drummer Aaron Burckhard
Aaron Burckhard
Aaron Burckhard is an American musician who was the first drummer recruited for Kurt Cobain and Krist Novoselic's rock group that soon came to be known as Nirvana. Burckhard played drums for the band until December 1987...
aka "Boo Boo", guitarist Jim Lingnau aka "Liggy", and Gary Kohler aka "The Gimp". Formed around 1988, they played mostly keggers and local Grays Harbor area shows, with a few shows in Olympia, Tacoma and Seattle. Their hits were "DHT, "Crack Attik", "Crypt to Casket", and "Chopping Onions".
They liked to party and usually had a large entourage of intoxicated crew in tow who were well known for performing DHT, a version of wreaking havoc known locally as "drunken hell thrash". A destructive mosh with band members leaving the stage mid song to join their friends in breaking things or fighting each other. There are a few recordings and video footage circulating somewhere. The band broke up around 1991 due to members' personal technical difficulties.