Hype (punk band)
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Hype is a punk
band from Oakville, Ontario
, Canada. Their first album was "Life is hard... ...then you die" recorded in April 1985. Their second album "Burned" was released in 1987 on Fringe Records.
Hype had three primary members, that founded the band and were on both albums. They are famous in their own minds and outstanding in their fields. Bri, Ger, and Sheen. Some Laverton drumming on the first album was replaced by a double whammy of two Barbisans - new drummer and a second guitar! After Ger and Sheen left the band, Hype continued with some new additions, unnamed due to memory burn (Corny?), Hypebomb allegedly was released, and then it ended.
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
band from Oakville, Ontario
Oakville, Ontario
Oakville is a town in Halton Region, on Lake Ontario in Southern Ontario, Canada, and is part of the Greater Toronto Area. As of the 2006 census the population was 165,613.-History:In 1793, Dundas Street was surveyed for a military road...
, Canada. Their first album was "Life is hard... ...then you die" recorded in April 1985. Their second album "Burned" was released in 1987 on Fringe Records.
Hype had three primary members, that founded the band and were on both albums. They are famous in their own minds and outstanding in their fields. Bri, Ger, and Sheen. Some Laverton drumming on the first album was replaced by a double whammy of two Barbisans - new drummer and a second guitar! After Ger and Sheen left the band, Hype continued with some new additions, unnamed due to memory burn (Corny?), Hypebomb allegedly was released, and then it ended.