Pissed Happy Children was an influential hardcore punk band from Claremont, California whose members had previously been in Peace Corpse and Pillsbury Hardcore. They would later go on to form other bands in the powerviolence

Powerviolence

Powerviolence , is a raw and dissonant subgenre of hardcore punk. The style is closely related to thrashcore and grindcore.-History:...

 and noise

Noise

In common use, the word noise means any unwanted sound. In both analog and digital electronics, noise is random unwanted perturbation to a wanted signal; it is called noise as a generalisation of the acoustic noise heard when listening to a weak radio transmission with significant electrical noise...

 genres including: Cyclops, Neanderthal, Charred Remains, Man Is the Bastard

Man Is the Bastard

Man Is the Bastard were a pioneering hardcore punk band who contributed the name, and perhaps also the ethos, to the punk subgenre known as power violence...

 and Bastard Noise

Bastard Noise

-History:The Bastard Noise was founded in 1991 by Henry Barnes, W. T. Nelson and Eric Wood, initially as a side project of powerviolence band Man Is The Bastard.-Project personnel and past contributors:...

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Discography

• Vigilante/Gravel Truck 7" (1989, New Beginning Records)
• Pissed Playground 12" (1989, New Beginning Records)
• Pissed Playground discography CD (1998, Crowd Control Activities)
• Split with Infest
  Infest (band)
  Infest was an influential American hardcore band, formed in September 1986 by Joe Denunzio, Matt Domino, Dave Ring and Chris Clift. They disbanded in 1996.Infest, while not coining the term "powerviolence", were pioneers of the style...
  
   7" (2000, Slap-a-Ham Records
  Slap-a-Ham Records
  Slap A Ham Records was a hardcore punk, thrash metal and grindcore label from San Francisco, California owned and operated by Chris Dodge of Spazz, Despise You, Lack Of Interest and several other bands.-Discography:Published albums include:...
  
  ) re-release of the 8" flexi disc from Slap-a-Ham Records
  Slap-a-Ham Records
  Slap A Ham Records was a hardcore punk, thrash metal and grindcore label from San Francisco, California owned and operated by Chris Dodge of Spazz, Despise You, Lack Of Interest and several other bands.-Discography:Published albums include:...
  
  

Compilations Appearances

• Earth Rapers And Hell Raisers 2x7" (1989, Hippycore Records)
• A Product Of Six Cents II CD (2000, A Product Of Six Cents and To Live A Lie Records)

Unknown Year of Release

• Split with Infest
  Infest (band)
  Infest was an influential American hardcore band, formed in September 1986 by Joe Denunzio, Matt Domino, Dave Ring and Chris Clift. They disbanded in 1996.Infest, while not coining the term "powerviolence", were pioneers of the style...
  
   8" flexi disc
  Flexi disc
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   (Slap-a-Ham Records
  Slap-a-Ham Records
  Slap A Ham Records was a hardcore punk, thrash metal and grindcore label from San Francisco, California owned and operated by Chris Dodge of Spazz, Despise You, Lack Of Interest and several other bands.-Discography:Published albums include:...
  
  )
• Live & Pissed/Live 2 Oct 89 split with Infest
  Infest (band)
  Infest was an influential American hardcore band, formed in September 1986 by Joe Denunzio, Matt Domino, Dave Ring and Chris Clift. They disbanded in 1996.Infest, while not coining the term "powerviolence", were pioneers of the style...
  
   7" (Not on Label) bootleg

Members include: Eric Wood (Bass, Vocals), Joel Connell (Drums) and Shawn Connell (guitar, vocals)

External links

• Pissed Happy Children at Myspace
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• Unofficial Man is the Bastard Discography – A semi-exhaustive unofficial discography, compiled by Toby Brown and Joshua Mann. (Last updated 4.20.09)
• Pissed Happy Children Discography at Discogs
  Discogs
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