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Pour Habit is a punk rock
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 Long Beach
Long Beach, California
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, California
California
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, USA. Their first demo CD, "WTF!?" is long out of print. In 2007, the band released its breakthrough album, Suiticide
Suiticide
Suiticide is Pour Habit's first full-length album originally self-released or by an unknown company that has been re-released through Fat Wreck Chords in 2009.-Track listing:#"Institution"#"Light The Torch"#"Against Me"#"Resignation"...

. After signing to Fat Wreck Chords
Fat Wreck Chords
Fat Wreck Chords is a San Francisco, California based independent record label, focused on punk rock. It was started by Fat Mike and his ex-wife, Erin, in 1990....

 in 2009, the album was re-released on the label that same year. Their next album, Got Your Back
Got Your Back (album)
Got Your Back is Pour Habit's second full-length album released through Fat Wreck Chords in 2011.-Track listing:#"Dead Soldier’s Bay"#"Heads of State"#"Greenery"#"Matter of Opinion"#"East 69th"#"Head in the Clouds "#"Party"...

, was released on April 12, 2011.

Current members

  • Chuck Green (Vocals
    Singing
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    )
  • Matt Hawks (Guitar
    Guitar
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    )
  • Colin Walsh (Drums
    Drum kit
    A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....

    )
  • Eric Walsh (Guitar
    Guitar
    The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

    , Vocals
    Singing
    Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...

    )
  • Steve Williams (Bass
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

    , Vocals
    Singing
    Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...

    )

Albums

  • 2007 Suiticide
    Suiticide
    Suiticide is Pour Habit's first full-length album originally self-released or by an unknown company that has been re-released through Fat Wreck Chords in 2009.-Track listing:#"Institution"#"Light The Torch"#"Against Me"#"Resignation"...

  • 2009 Suiticide
    Suiticide
    Suiticide is Pour Habit's first full-length album originally self-released or by an unknown company that has been re-released through Fat Wreck Chords in 2009.-Track listing:#"Institution"#"Light The Torch"#"Against Me"#"Resignation"...

     (Re-release on Fat Wreck Chords
    Fat Wreck Chords
    Fat Wreck Chords is a San Francisco, California based independent record label, focused on punk rock. It was started by Fat Mike and his ex-wife, Erin, in 1990....

    )
  • 2011 Got Your Back
    Got Your Back (album)
    Got Your Back is Pour Habit's second full-length album released through Fat Wreck Chords in 2011.-Track listing:#"Dead Soldier’s Bay"#"Heads of State"#"Greenery"#"Matter of Opinion"#"East 69th"#"Head in the Clouds "#"Party"...


Interviews

Interview: Strung Out versus Pour Habit - From thepunksite.com

Interview Pour Habit - From biav.be

External links

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