Submission Hold (band)
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Submission Hold were a Vancouver-based punk
band active from 1993–2005. They were known for their unusual sound, once labeled "post-genre", which combines hardcore punk with elements of experimental and Eastern-European folk music. Submission Hold's lyrics often related to anarchist
and feminist politics, but often with a more poetic and abstract quality than similar political bands. The band was known as Insult To Injury from 1993–1995 prior to changing their name.
and folk-punk to the North-American punk scene. They have fostered strong connections internationally, having toured in over twenty countries and having released records in Canada, on the United States' Ebullition Records, the United Kingdom's Flat Earth, Argentina's Civolentia Violenta, and Australia's Radio 1. Their recordings were also independently re-released in Indonesia, Poland, and Brazil, and on over 50 compilations. Bassist Andy Healey is known within the Canadian zine
community for writing the zine
I'm Johnny and I don't give a fuck.
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 active from 1993–2005. They were known for their unusual sound, once labeled "post-genre", which combines hardcore punk with elements of experimental and Eastern-European folk music. Submission Hold's lyrics often related to anarchist
Anarchism
Anarchism is generally defined as the political philosophy which holds the state to be undesirable, unnecessary, and harmful, or alternatively as opposing authority in the conduct of human relations...
and feminist politics, but often with a more poetic and abstract quality than similar political bands. The band was known as Insult To Injury from 1993–1995 prior to changing their name.
History and influence
The band was also known for consistently maintaining and promoting a fierce DIY ethic, and in this respect were sometimes compared to Fugazi and the Dutch noise/punk band The Ex. Submission Hold were notable for helping introduce throughout the 1990s certain elements of European anarcho-punkAnarcho-punk
Anarcho-punk is punk rock that promotes anarchism. The term anarcho-punk is sometimes applied exclusively to bands that were part of the original anarcho-punk movement in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s and early 1980s...
and folk-punk to the North-American punk scene. They have fostered strong connections internationally, having toured in over twenty countries and having released records in Canada, on the United States' Ebullition Records, the United Kingdom's Flat Earth, Argentina's Civolentia Violenta, and Australia's Radio 1. Their recordings were also independently re-released in Indonesia, Poland, and Brazil, and on over 50 compilations. Bassist Andy Healey is known within the Canadian zine
Zine
A zine is most commonly a small circulation publication of original or appropriated texts and images. More broadly, the term encompasses any self-published work of minority interest usually reproduced via photocopier....
community for writing the zine
Zine
A zine is most commonly a small circulation publication of original or appropriated texts and images. More broadly, the term encompasses any self-published work of minority interest usually reproduced via photocopier....
I'm Johnny and I don't give a fuck.
Members
- Jen Thorpe — vocals (1993–2005)
- Stephen Flach — guitar (1993, 1995–2005)
- Andy Healey — bass (1993–2005)
- Ben Wilson — drums (2005)
- Kirsten Elliott — flute (as guest, 1996–2005)
- Kenton Loewen — drums (2002–2005)
- J. Flis — guitar (1993–1995)
- Phil — drums (1995–2001)
- Calvert — drums (1993–1995)
Discography
- The Buzz of a Buzzless Situation (1994 cassette), Independently released
- Insult to Injury (split with Mexican Power Authority (1994 - 7"), Released by Submission Hold with Break Even Records
- As We Live Our Lies (Insult to Injury) (1994 cassette), Independently released
- Veterans of the Cola Wars (1996 cassette), Independently released
- Kamikaze Quagga (1996 7"), Independently released
- Garlic for Victory (1996 7"), Hopscotch Records
- Progress (as if survival mattered) (1997 CD), Allium Records
- Unnatural Disasters (split with Sake) (1997 LP), Hopscotch Records
- Flag + Flame = Fun (1997 7"), Farmhouse Records
- Waiting for Another Monkey to Throw the First Brick (1998 LP/CD), Ebullition Records
- Split with Red Monkey (7"), Radio One
- Sackcloth and Ashes (LP/CD), Ebullition RecordsEbullition RecordsEbullition Records is an independent record label and distro based out of Goleta, California. It published HeartattaCk, a zine focusing on independent punk and hardcore from around the world, informed by an anti-consumerist and D.I.Y. ideology....
- What Holds Back the Elephant (2005 LP/CD), G7 Welcoming Committee RecordsG7 Welcoming Committee RecordsG7 Welcoming Committee Records is a Canadian independent record label started by Chris Hannah and Jord Samolesky of punk band Propagandhi, and their friend Regal in 1997...