Battalion of Saints is a hardcore punk rock band from San Diego, California that was founded in 1980. They went through numerous lineups until breaking up in 1985. Singer George Anthony reformed the band in 1995 with Terry "Tezz" Roberts (veteran of British punk bands Discharge

Discharge (band)

Discharge is a British hardcore punk band formed in 1977 by Terry "Tezz" Roberts and Roy "Rainy" Wainwright. They are often considered among one of the very first bands to play hardcore punk, and to mix punk with metal...

, Broken Bones

Broken Bones

Broken Bones are a Hardcore punk band with a distinct sound that is heavily influenced by other UKHC punk bands such as Discharge, and in later cases, crossover thrash.-Career:...

, and U.K. Subs), and signed to Taang! Records

Taang! Records

Taang! Records is an American independent record label founded by Curtis Casella in Boston, Massachusetts which is currently based in San Diego...

, which reissued most of their material on the Death-R-Us CD.

As of April 16, 2011, the band was still playing shows in southern California. They played at the 5 Star Bar on April 16, 2011.

Releases

• Fighting Boys 12" (Nutron, 1982)
• Second Coming 7" (Mystic
  Mystic Records
  Mystic Records is a record label and music production company that was based in Hollywood CA one block south of Hollywood and Vine and later moved to Oceanside, California...
  
  , 1983)
• Second Coming LP (Nutron, 1984)
• Rock In Peace LP (Mystic, 1988)
• Battalion of Saints A.D. 7" (Taang!, 1995)
• Cuts CD (Taang!, 1996)
• Muscle of Love 7" (Taang!, 1997)

Reissues

• Death-R-Us CD (Taang!, includes all previous releases and compilation tracks except Second Coming 7")

Compilations

• Meathouse tape (Version Sound, 1982): "Holy Vision", "Witchworld"
• Someone Got Their Head Kicked In LP (BYO
  BYO Records
  BYO Records is a Los Angeles, California based independent punk rock record label created by Shawn and Mark Stern, two of the three brothers of the seminal California punk rock band Youth Brigade . BYO stands for Better Youth Organization and aims to promote punk and other alternative youth...
  
  , 1982): "Beefmasters", "No More Lies", "Cops Are Out"
• Eastern Front vol. 2 LP (Eastern Front/Enigma
  Enigma Records
  Enigma Records was a popular rock and alternative American record label in the 1980s. It was initially a division of Greenworld Distribution, an independent music importer/distributor, which it split-off from in 1985 to become its own company...
  
  , 1982): "Fighting Boys"
• Our Blow Out tape (Slow Death, 1983)
• The Sound of Hollywood #2: Destroy L.A. LP (Mystic, 1983): "Sweaty Little Girls"
• Super Seven Sampler LP (Mystic, 1987) "Second Coming"

Sources

• Battalion of Saints page on MySpace
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• Battalion of Saints page at Kill From the Heart
• Battalion of Saints page at Discogs.com
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official band page http://battalionofsaints.com/ purchased and copywrited by George Anthony lead singer