Strife (band)
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Strife is an American hardcore punk
band from Thousand Oaks, California
. But is now primarily based out of Los Angeles
, California
. They formed in 1991. (not to be confused with the NWOBHM band from the UK who were active for most of the 70's, releasing several records, including the LP "Back To Thunder" (Gull1029) UK 1978)
. Strife was considered one of the three "big" bands on the then-new Victory Records label, which also included Earth Crisis
and Snapcase
.
Strife released their second album, In This Defiance in 1997. This album was also well regarded by the straight edge
/hardcore community. It was also notable for the guest appearances, with Chino Moreno
of Deftones
, Dino Cazares
of Fear Factory
and Igor Cavalera
of Sepultura
all taking turns on the album.
Two years later, Strife broke up, citing creative differences and exhaustion. Victory Records released Truth Through Defiance, a compilation of live tracks and previously unreleased material.
In 2000, Strife reunited to play several benefit concerts, and by the following year had officially reformed and released Angermeans. No longer straight edge, this album was considered by the band to be a more mature and focused continuation of In This Defiance. The band received some criticism from former fans for no longer being straight edge.
Since 2001 Strife played several shows and tours all over the globe again. Including a Japan tour with Floorpunch in 2011 and some euro dates in summer 2011.
Hardcore punk
Hardcore punk is an underground music genre that originated in the late 1970s, following the mainstream success of punk rock. Hardcore is generally faster, thicker, and heavier than earlier punk rock. The origin of the term "hardcore punk" is uncertain. The Vancouver-based band D.O.A...
band from Thousand Oaks, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
. But is now primarily based out of Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
. They formed in 1991. (not to be confused with the NWOBHM band from the UK who were active for most of the 70's, releasing several records, including the LP "Back To Thunder" (Gull1029) UK 1978)
Biography
Their first LP, One Truth, was released in 1994 by Victory RecordsVictory Records
Victory Records is a Chicago-based record label founded by Tony Brummel. It is a privately held corporation. It also operates a music publishing company called "Another Victory, Inc." and is the distributor of several smaller independent record labels....
. Strife was considered one of the three "big" bands on the then-new Victory Records label, which also included Earth Crisis
Earth Crisis
Earth Crisis is an American metalcore band from Syracuse, New York, active from 1989 until 2001, reuniting in 2007. Their most recent record, To the Death, was released in May 2009 through Century Media....
and Snapcase
Snapcase
Snapcase is a hardcore punk band from Buffalo, New York. Their records have been released on the Chicago record label, Victory Records. Through the course of the band's initial run of fourteen years, they released six studio albums before disbanding in 2005....
.
Strife released their second album, In This Defiance in 1997. This album was also well regarded by the straight edge
Straight edge
Straight edge is a subculture of hardcore punk whose adherents refrain from using alcohol, tobacco, and other recreational drugs. It was a direct reaction to the sexual revolution, hedonism, and excess associated with punk rock. For some, this extends to not engaging in promiscuous sex, following a...
/hardcore community. It was also notable for the guest appearances, with Chino Moreno
Chino Moreno
Chino Moreno is an American musician. He is best known as the lead singer and contributing guitarist of Deftones. He is also a member of the side-project bands Team Sleep and Crosses....
of Deftones
Deftones
Deftones are an American alternative metal band from Sacramento, California, founded in 1988. The band consists of Chino Moreno , Stephen Carpenter , Chi Cheng , Frank Delgado , and Abe Cunningham . Currently Sergio Vega is standing in on bass while Cheng recovers from a car accident...
, Dino Cazares
Dino Cazares
Dino Cazares, born in El Centro, California, is a Mexican-American musician and the guitarist for Los Angeles-based industrial metal group Fear Factory. He also plays in the metal bands Divine Heresy and Asesino.-Biography:...
of Fear Factory
Fear Factory
Fear Factory is an American industrial metal band. Formed in 1989, they have released seven full-length albums and a number of singles and remixes. Over the course of their career they have evolved from a succession of styles, as well as steadily pioneered a combination of the styles death metal,...
and Igor Cavalera
Igor Cavalera
Igor Graziano Cavalera is a Brazilian musician. He is best known as the former drummer for Brazilian heavy metal band Sepultura.-Biography:...
of Sepultura
Sepultura
Sepultura is a Brazilian heavy metal band from Belo Horizonte, formed in 1984. The band was a major force in the death metal, thrash metal and ultimately groove metal realms during the late 1980s and early 1990s, with their later experiments melding nu metal, hardcore punk and industrial.Sepultura...
all taking turns on the album.
Two years later, Strife broke up, citing creative differences and exhaustion. Victory Records released Truth Through Defiance, a compilation of live tracks and previously unreleased material.
In 2000, Strife reunited to play several benefit concerts, and by the following year had officially reformed and released Angermeans. No longer straight edge, this album was considered by the band to be a more mature and focused continuation of In This Defiance. The band received some criticism from former fans for no longer being straight edge.
Since 2001 Strife played several shows and tours all over the globe again. Including a Japan tour with Floorpunch in 2011 and some euro dates in summer 2011.
Current members
- Andrew Kline (guitar)
- Chad J. Peterson (bass)
- Rick Rodney (vocals)
- Pepe Magana (drums)
- Todd Turnham (guitar)
Former members
- Sid Niesen
- Mike Hartsfield
- Mike Machin (guitar)
- Aaron RossiAaron RossiAaron Rossi is an American drummer, most notable for his performance with industrial metal band Ministry, and the heavy metal band Prong. The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States recognized Aaron for the first time at the 52nd Grammy Awards ceremony, which was held...
(Drums, Angermeans Tour)
Discography
- My Fire Burns On... (1992, NWK)
- Strife (1992)
- One TruthOne TruthOne Truth is a hip hop artist, who has been writing poetry, performing spoken word, and entertaining audiences with rapping and singing as well as acting and comedic roles. One Truth was born and raised in San Francisco, California. He was raised by a single mother who had been a civil rights...
CD (1994, Caroline RecordsCaroline RecordsCaroline Records started out as a subsidiary of Richard Branson's Virgin Records label during the early to mid 1970s. The label originally specialized in putting out budget price LPs by mainly progressive rock and jazz artists generally not considered to have a great deal of 'mainstream' or...
)- reissued in 1994 on CD/LPLP albumThe LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry...
/CSCompact CassetteThe Compact Cassette, often referred to as audio cassette, cassette tape, cassette, or simply tape, is a magnetic tape sound recording format. It was designed originally for dictation, but improvements in fidelity led the Compact Cassette to supplant the Stereo 8-track cartridge and reel-to-reel...
by Victory RecordsVictory RecordsVictory Records is a Chicago-based record label founded by Tony Brummel. It is a privately held corporation. It also operates a music publishing company called "Another Victory, Inc." and is the distributor of several smaller independent record labels....
014- reissued in 2006 on CD by Victory RecordsVictory RecordsVictory Records is a Chicago-based record label founded by Tony Brummel. It is a privately held corporation. It also operates a music publishing company called "Another Victory, Inc." and is the distributor of several smaller independent record labels....
- reissued in 2006 on CD by Victory Records
- reissued in 1994 on CD/LP
- Grey 7" singleSingle (music)In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
(1995, Victory RecordsVictory RecordsVictory Records is a Chicago-based record label founded by Tony Brummel. It is a privately held corporation. It also operates a music publishing company called "Another Victory, Inc." and is the distributor of several smaller independent record labels....
) - In This DefianceIn This DefianceIn This Defiance is the second full length album release by Californian hardcore band Strife.- Track listing :-Band members:* Todd Turnham - guitar* Andrew Kline - guitar* Rick Rodney - vocals* Sid Niesen - drums* Chad Peterson - bass...
CD/LP/CS (1997, Victory RecordsVictory RecordsVictory Records is a Chicago-based record label founded by Tony Brummel. It is a privately held corporation. It also operates a music publishing company called "Another Victory, Inc." and is the distributor of several smaller independent record labels....
054)- reissued in 2006 on CD by Victory RecordsVictory RecordsVictory Records is a Chicago-based record label founded by Tony Brummel. It is a privately held corporation. It also operates a music publishing company called "Another Victory, Inc." and is the distributor of several smaller independent record labels....
- reissued in 2006 on CD by Victory Records
- Truth Through Defiance CD/LP/CS (1999, Victory RecordsVictory RecordsVictory Records is a Chicago-based record label founded by Tony Brummel. It is a privately held corporation. It also operates a music publishing company called "Another Victory, Inc." and is the distributor of several smaller independent record labels....
092)- compilation of rare, demo, live, and alternate recordings
- reissued in 2006 on CD by Victory RecordsVictory RecordsVictory Records is a Chicago-based record label founded by Tony Brummel. It is a privately held corporation. It also operates a music publishing company called "Another Victory, Inc." and is the distributor of several smaller independent record labels....
- reissued in 2006 on CD by Victory Records
- compilation of rare, demo, live, and alternate recordings
- AngermeansAngermeansAngermeans is the third full length album release by Californian hardcore band Strife.- Track listing :* All Lyrics by Rick Rodney.* All music by Andrew Kline except "Everything Stripped Away" by Andrew Kline and Chad Peterson...
CD (2001, Victory RecordsVictory RecordsVictory Records is a Chicago-based record label founded by Tony Brummel. It is a privately held corporation. It also operates a music publishing company called "Another Victory, Inc." and is the distributor of several smaller independent record labels....
130)- reissued in 2006 on CD by Victory RecordsVictory RecordsVictory Records is a Chicago-based record label founded by Tony Brummel. It is a privately held corporation. It also operates a music publishing company called "Another Victory, Inc." and is the distributor of several smaller independent record labels....
- reissued in 2006 on CD by Victory Records
Compilation appearances
- Anti-Matter CD/LP/CS (1996, Another Planet Records 6006)
- includes the song "Circuit"
- California Takeover Live CD/LP/CS (1996, Victory RecordsVictory RecordsVictory Records is a Chicago-based record label founded by Tony Brummel. It is a privately held corporation. It also operates a music publishing company called "Another Victory, Inc." and is the distributor of several smaller independent record labels....
042)- includes the songs "To an End", "Lift", and "Clam the Fire"
- Cinema Beer Nuts CD (1997, Hopeless RecordsHopeless RecordsHopeless Records is an independent record label located in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California. The label was started in 1993 by Louis Posen and financed by a group of private investors. Hopeless's artists are generally considered punk rock, pop punk, post-hardcore, or alternative rock, but some...
623)- includes the song "Blistered"
- God Money CD/CS (1997, V2 RecordsV2 RecordsV2 Records is a record label that is owned by Universal Music Group as of October 2007. The label was founded in 1996 by Richard Branson, five years after he sold Virgin Records to EMI....
27002)- includes the song "Untitled"
- It's for Life CD (1997, Victory RecordsVictory RecordsVictory Records is a Chicago-based record label founded by Tony Brummel. It is a privately held corporation. It also operates a music publishing company called "Another Victory, Inc." and is the distributor of several smaller independent record labels....
)- includes the song "Am I the Only One?"
- Localism: A Compilation of Bands From the Oxnard Area (1996, It's Alive Records)
- includes the song "Dedication"
- Victory Style II CD (1997, Victory RecordsVictory RecordsVictory Records is a Chicago-based record label founded by Tony Brummel. It is a privately held corporation. It also operates a music publishing company called "Another Victory, Inc." and is the distributor of several smaller independent record labels....
055)- includes the song "Force of Change"
- Area 51 CD (1998, Victory RecordsVictory RecordsVictory Records is a Chicago-based record label founded by Tony Brummel. It is a privately held corporation. It also operates a music publishing company called "Another Victory, Inc." and is the distributor of several smaller independent record labels....
067)- includes the song "Forgotten One"
- STV Sessions 1.0 CD (1998, 4:20 Records 4201)
- includes the song "Circuit"
- Victory Singles, Vol. 2 CD (1998, Victory RecordsVictory RecordsVictory Records is a Chicago-based record label founded by Tony Brummel. It is a privately held corporation. It also operates a music publishing company called "Another Victory, Inc." and is the distributor of several smaller independent record labels....
079)- includes the songs "To an End" and "Grey"
- reissued in 2006 on CD by Victory RecordsVictory RecordsVictory Records is a Chicago-based record label founded by Tony Brummel. It is a privately held corporation. It also operates a music publishing company called "Another Victory, Inc." and is the distributor of several smaller independent record labels....
- reissued in 2006 on CD by Victory Records
- includes the songs "To an End" and "Grey"
- Victory Style III CD (1998, Victory RecordsVictory RecordsVictory Records is a Chicago-based record label founded by Tony Brummel. It is a privately held corporation. It also operates a music publishing company called "Another Victory, Inc." and is the distributor of several smaller independent record labels....
087)- includes the song "Waiting"
- Victory Style 4 CD (2000, Victory RecordsVictory RecordsVictory Records is a Chicago-based record label founded by Tony Brummel. It is a privately held corporation. It also operates a music publishing company called "Another Victory, Inc." and is the distributor of several smaller independent record labels....
115)- includes the song "Untitled"
- Decapitated CD (Oglio Records/Glue Factory Records 70004)
- includes the song "Circuit"
- Expose Yourself CD (Go-Kart Records 300038)
- includes the song "Blistered"
Videography
- One Truth Live VHSVHSThe Video Home System is a consumer-level analog recording videocassette standard developed by Victor Company of Japan ....
(1996, Victory RecordsVictory RecordsVictory Records is a Chicago-based record label founded by Tony Brummel. It is a privately held corporation. It also operates a music publishing company called "Another Victory, Inc." and is the distributor of several smaller independent record labels....
043)- reissued in 2001 in DVD by Victory RecordsVictory RecordsVictory Records is a Chicago-based record label founded by Tony Brummel. It is a privately held corporation. It also operates a music publishing company called "Another Victory, Inc." and is the distributor of several smaller independent record labels....
- reissued in 2001 in DVD by Victory Records
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