Legal Weapon
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Legal Weapon was an early Southern California punk band, initially composed of singer Kat Arthur, guitarist Brian Hansen, drummer Charlie Vartanian, bassist Patricia Morrison
and guitarist Mike R. Livingston. The band's early full-length albums Death of Innocence (for which their lineup included Steve Soto
and Frank Agnew
of The Adolescents
) and Your Weapon were well-received, its later efforts less so. Kat Arthur, with her powerful voice, has been called "the Janis Joplin
of punk".
Patricia Morrison
Patricia Morrison is an American bass guitarist, singer and songwriter. She worked with The Bags, The Gun Club, The Sisters of Mercy, and The Damned.-Biography:...
and guitarist Mike R. Livingston. The band's early full-length albums Death of Innocence (for which their lineup included Steve Soto
Steve Soto
Steve Soto is an American musician. He was once part of California punk band Agent Orange, and joined The Adolescents in 1980.When The Adolescents broke up, Soto, together with Frank Agnew, joined the Los Angeles based band Legal Weapon....
and Frank Agnew
Frank Agnew
Frank Agnew is an American guitarist, best known for being a member of punk band The Adolescents.Agnew joined The Adolescents in 1980 after leaving Social Distortion. He left when The Adolescents broke up in the summer of 1981, and joined the band Legal Weapon with Steve, and then played with TSOL...
of The Adolescents
The Adolescents
The Adolescents are an American punk band formed in 1980 in Fullerton, California. It is a punk supergroup, made up of early members of Agent Orange and Social Distortion. They are often credited as one of the leading bands of the 1980s hardcore punk scene....
) and Your Weapon were well-received, its later efforts less so. Kat Arthur, with her powerful voice, has been called "the Janis Joplin
Janis Joplin
Janis Lyn Joplin was an American singer, songwriter, painter, dancer and music arranger. She rose to prominence in the late 1960s as the lead singer of Big Brother and the Holding Company and later as a solo artist with her backing groups, The Kozmic Blues Band and The Full Tilt Boogie Band...
of punk".
Discography
- No Sorrow (EP, 1981)
- Death of Innocence (1982, Arsenal Records)
- Your Weapon (1982)
- Interior Hearts (1986)
- Life Sentence to Love (1988, MCAMCA RecordsMCA Records was an American-based record company owned by MCA Inc., which later gave way to the larger MCA Music Entertainment Group , of which MCA Records was still part. MCA Records was absorbed by Geffen Records in 2003...
) - Take Out The Trash (1991, Triple X)
- Squeeze Me Like An Anaconda (1994, Last Resort)
- Legal Weapon (2002)
Compilation appearances
- Hell Comes to Your HouseHell Comes To Your HouseHell Comes to Your House is an American Deathrock and punk compilation that chronicles the emergence of Deathrock as a genre.The album was originally released in 1981 but reissued in 1998...
(1981)- Includes "Daddy's Gone Mad"
- American Youth ReportAmerican Youth ReportAmerican Youth Report is an American punk compilation originally released in 1982 and reissued on CD in 1991.-Track listing:# "One for All" - Modern Warfare# "Only Gonna Die" - Bad Religion# "Catholic Boy" - Channel 3# "Losing Battle" - Adolescents...
(1982)- Includes "Pow Pow"
- Dudes - The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Album (1987, MCAMCA RecordsMCA Records was an American-based record company owned by MCA Inc., which later gave way to the larger MCA Music Entertainment Group , of which MCA Records was still part. MCA Records was absorbed by Geffen Records in 2003...
)- Includes "Time Forgot You"
- Spinning The Chamber (1995, Last Resort)
- Includes "Warsaw Tuinal"
External links
- http://www.pacificwebjournal.net/
- http://www.stdteco.ca/~rina/legal_weapon.html
- Video clip, "Equalizer"
- Official web site