The Forgotten (band)
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The Forgotten is an American punk rock band based in Campbell, CA
Campbell, California
Campbell is a city in Santa Clara County, California, a suburb of San Jose, and part of Silicon Valley, in the San Francisco Bay Area. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, Campbell's population is 39,349...

. The Forgotten have toured the US, Canada, Europe and Japan numerous times and continues to play locally and tour abroad almost every year. Currently The Forgotten are playing locally and writing new material for the next full-length record. The Forgotten will be heading to Hawaii in October 2011 for the first shows there in the band's history. Catch The Forgotten every year at Punk Rock Bowling Tournament/Music Festival in Las Vegas
Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...

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All current members of The Forgotten belong to the SKUNX

History

The Forgotten started in 1997. The band started by singer Gordy Carbone
Gordy Carbone
Gordy Carbone aka Gordy Forgotten aka Gordon Carbone is an American entertainer. Born in Napa, CA in 1972 Carbone has lived in many places in the San Francisco Bay area but most notably Campbell, Ca and San Jose. Gordy Carbone plays in the punk bands The Forgotten and Lars Frederiksen & the Bastards...

, guitarist Craig Fairbaugh
Craig Fairbaugh
Craig Fairbaugh is a guitarist, who is best known for playing with the rock band +44 . The band was made up of Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker, who reunited with Tom Delonge to continue the pop punk band Blink-182 in 2009, and Shane Gallagher of The Nervous Return. Fairbaugh has joined Juliette and...

, bassist Ken Helwig and drummer Shea Roberts was signed as the second band ever to TKO Records where they currently have 3 full lengths and one EP. The Forgotten has also have releases on BYO records
BYO Records
BYO Records is a Los Angeles, California based independent punk rock record label created by Shawn and Mark Stern, two of the three brothers of the seminal California punk rock band Youth Brigade . BYO stands for Better Youth Organization and aims to promote punk and other alternative youth...

 (CA, USA), Knockout Records (DE), Coretex Records (DE) and People Like You Records (DE) and have appeared on numerous compilation and tribute albums. Dave Kashka joined in 1999 on drums, Johnny (Bleachedjeans) Gregurich joined in May 2000 on bass. The band toured heavily throughout Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

, the US and Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

 from 2000-2003 building a loyal and growing following. After guitarist Craig Fairbaugh
Craig Fairbaugh
Craig Fairbaugh is a guitarist, who is best known for playing with the rock band +44 . The band was made up of Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker, who reunited with Tom Delonge to continue the pop punk band Blink-182 in 2009, and Shane Gallagher of The Nervous Return. Fairbaugh has joined Juliette and...

 left the band in late 2003 and moved to the 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...

 area to pursue a solo music career, Johnny shifted over to guitar after many unsuccessful guitar player tryouts by the band. Nick (Ugly) Schuneman joined in November 2006 on bass.

The current line-up since late 2006 consists of Gordy Carbone
Gordy Carbone
Gordy Carbone aka Gordy Forgotten aka Gordon Carbone is an American entertainer. Born in Napa, CA in 1972 Carbone has lived in many places in the San Francisco Bay area but most notably Campbell, Ca and San Jose. Gordy Carbone plays in the punk bands The Forgotten and Lars Frederiksen & the Bastards...

, Johnny Gregurich, Dave Kashka and Nick Schuneman. The Forgotten have 4 full length albums, 4 EP/LP's and two versions of a Greatest Hits compilation. Rancid
Rancid (band)
Rancid is an American punk rock band formed in Berkeley, California in 1991. Founded by Tim Armstrong and Matt Freeman, both of whom previously played in the ska punk band Operation Ivy, Rancid is credited—along with Green Day and The Offspring—for reviving mainstream interest in punk rock in the...

's Lars Frederiksen
Lars Frederiksen
Lars Erik Frederiksen is an American guitarist and vocalist, most notably for the punk rock band Rancid, and as the frontman of Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards and The Old Firm Casuals. He was also briefly a member of the UK Subs in 1991...

 has produced three works by The Forgotten: Class Separation EP, Veni Vidi Vici LP and the Self Titled CD 'The Forgotten'. Gordy Carbone
Gordy Carbone
Gordy Carbone aka Gordy Forgotten aka Gordon Carbone is an American entertainer. Born in Napa, CA in 1972 Carbone has lived in many places in the San Francisco Bay area but most notably Campbell, Ca and San Jose. Gordy Carbone plays in the punk bands The Forgotten and Lars Frederiksen & the Bastards...

 also plays and records with Lars Frederiksen
Lars Frederiksen
Lars Erik Frederiksen is an American guitarist and vocalist, most notably for the punk rock band Rancid, and as the frontman of Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards and The Old Firm Casuals. He was also briefly a member of the UK Subs in 1991...

 in Lars Frederiksen & the Bastards

The Forgotten has played shows and/or toured with Rancid
Rancid (band)
Rancid is an American punk rock band formed in Berkeley, California in 1991. Founded by Tim Armstrong and Matt Freeman, both of whom previously played in the ska punk band Operation Ivy, Rancid is credited—along with Green Day and The Offspring—for reviving mainstream interest in punk rock in the...

, Dropkick Murphys
Dropkick Murphys
Dropkick Murphys are an Irish-American punk rock band formed in Quincy, Massachusetts in 1996. The band was initially signed to independent punk record label Hellcat Records, releasing five albums for the label, and making a name for themselves locally through constant playing and yearly St....

, The Unseen, The Casualties
The Casualties
The Casualties are an American street punk band from New York City, New York, formed in 1990.-Biography:The Casualties members aimed to return to what they viewed as the "golden era" of street punk, embodied by bands such as The Exploited, Charged GBH , which they believed had disappeared by...

, U.S. Bombs
U.S. Bombs
U.S. Bombs are an American punk rock band, formed in 1993 in Orange County, CA. U.S. Bombs consist of vocalist Duane Peters, guitarists Kerry Martinez and Jonny "Two Bags" Wickersham, bass guitarist Wade Walston and drummer Chip Hanna. Vocalist Duane Peters is a legendary professional...

, GBH
Charged GBH
Charged GBH are an English Street punk band, formed in 1978 by vocalist Colin Abrahall, guitarist Colin "Jock" Blyth, bassist Sean McCarthy and Drummer Andy " Wilf" Williams. GBH were early pioneers of English street punk, often nicknamed "UK82", along with Discharge, Broken Bones, The Exploited...

, Oxymoron
Oxymoron (band)
Oxymoron is a German Oi!/streetpunk band formed in 1992. The band was founded by Sucker and his cousin Björn , along with two friends, Martin and Filzlaus .-Career:...

, Agnostic Front
Agnostic Front
Agnostic Front is an American hardcore band. The band began playing hardcore similar to their contemporaries, and were thrust to the forefront of the burgeoning New York hardcore scene in the mid-1980s with their widely regarded 1984 classic Victim in Pain before evolving to incorporate thrash...

, Madball
Madball
Madball is a New York-based hardcore band that originated in the late 1980s, as a side-project of Agnostic Front .- History :Madball was founded in 1988 and featured most of Agnostic Front's members...

, Cock Sparrer
Cock Sparrer
Cock Sparrer are a punk rock band formed in 1972 in the East End of London, England. Although they never enjoyed much commercial success, they are considered one of the most influential streetpunk bands, helping pave the way for the late-1970s punk scene and the Oi! subgenre...

, Anti-Nowhere League
Anti-Nowhere League
Anti-Nowhere League is an English punk band, formed in 1980 by lead singer Animal , guitarist Magoo , Tony "Bones" Shaw on drums and Chris "Baggy" Elvy on bass.-Early days:...

, The Adicts
The Adicts
The Adicts are an English punk band from Ipswich, Suffolk, England. One of the more popular punk rock bands in the 1980s, they were often in the indie charts at that time. Their song "Viva La Revolution" was featured in the video game Tony Hawk's Underground. It was also featured in a commercial...

, Nashville Pussy
Nashville Pussy
Nashville Pussy is an American hard rock band from Atlanta, Georgia. Their musical style mixes boogie rock, Southern metal and psychobilly. Much of the band's lyrical themes mostly revolve around sex, drugs, drinking, fighting, and rock 'n' roll...

, Demented Are Go
Demented Are Go
Demented Are Go are a Welsh psychobilly band that was formed around 1982 in Cardiff. They were one of the earliest in the initial wave of bands to mix punk rock with rockabilly, and as a result, are considered to be highly influential to the psychobilly scene....

, Slayer
Slayer
Slayer is an American thrash metal band formed in Huntington Park, California, in 1981 by guitarists Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King. Slayer rose to fame with their 1986 release, Reign in Blood, and is credited as one of the "Big Four" thrash metal acts, along with Metallica, Megadeth and...

, Anti-Heros
Anti-Heros
Anti-Heros were an American Oi!/street punk band formed in 1984 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. They took a hiatus from 1989–1993, but continued to record and play concerts through the early 2000s. Anti-Heros are one of the first and most popular American Oi! bands. The original lineup...

, Bouncing Souls
The Bouncing Souls
The Bouncing Souls are a punk rock band from New Brunswick, New Jersey, formed in 1987. By the time of their acknowledgment by the national punk rock scene, they had reignited a "pogo" element to New Jersey punk rock by playing fast light-hearted songs, a model followed by various other local...

, Hot Water Music
Hot Water Music
Hot Water Music is a punk rock band from Gainesville, Florida. The members of the band are Chuck Ragan, Chris Wollard, Jason Black, and George Rebelo. HWM first formed in 1993...

, Ignite, Misftis, Sham 69
Sham 69
Sham 69 is an English punk band that formed in Hersham in 1976.Although not as commercially successful as many of their contemporaries, albeit with a greater number of chart entries, Sham 69 has been a huge musical and lyrical influence on the Oi! and streetpunk genres. The band allegedly derived...

, Cro-Mags
Cro-Mags
Cro-Mags are a hardcore punk turned crossover thrash band from New York City. The band, which had a strong cult following, released many records, their first two considered the most influential...

, 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....

, U.K. Subs, One Man Army
One Man Army
One Man Army is an american punk rock band that was formed in San Francisco, California, in 1996 and separated in 2005 and reunited in 2011. The band was discovered by Billie Joe Armstrong while playing in an East Bay club, and their debut album Dead End Stories was the first release on Adeline...

 and Stiff Little Fingers
Stiff Little Fingers
Stiff Little Fingers are a punk rock band from Belfast, Northern Ireland. They formed in 1977, at the height of the Troubles. They started out as a schoolboy band called Highway Star , doing rock covers, until they discovered punk. They split up after six years and four albums, although they...

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Current members

  • Gordy Carbone
    Gordy Carbone
    Gordy Carbone aka Gordy Forgotten aka Gordon Carbone is an American entertainer. Born in Napa, CA in 1972 Carbone has lived in many places in the San Francisco Bay area but most notably Campbell, Ca and San Jose. Gordy Carbone plays in the punk bands The Forgotten and Lars Frederiksen & the Bastards...

     – vocals (1997–present)
  • Dave Kashka – drums (1999–present)
  • Johnny (Bleachedjeans) Gregurich – guitar, backup vocals (2000–present, bass 2000-2003)
  • Nick (Ugly) Schuneman – bass, backup vocals (2006–present)

Previous members

  • Craig Fairbaugh
    Craig Fairbaugh
    Craig Fairbaugh is a guitarist, who is best known for playing with the rock band +44 . The band was made up of Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker, who reunited with Tom Delonge to continue the pop punk band Blink-182 in 2009, and Shane Gallagher of The Nervous Return. Fairbaugh has joined Juliette and...

     - guitar (1997–2003)
  • Jonny Manak - bass (2005–2006)
  • Gabe Gossack - bass (1999)
  • Ken Helwig - bass (1997–1999)
  • Todd Loomis - drums (1998–1999)
  • Shea Roberts - drums (1997–1998)

Discography

  • Class Separation 7" EP (1997) TKO Records
  • Veni Vidi Vici (1998) TKO Records
  • Picture Disc 7" EP (1997) Abusive Records
  • Keep The Corpses Quiet (2000) TKO Records
  • Singles Collection (2000) Core-Tex Records (DE)
  • Ask No Questions (2001) Knockout Records
  • Control Me (2002) BYO Records
    BYO Records
    BYO Records is a Los Angeles, California based independent punk rock record label created by Shawn and Mark Stern, two of the three brothers of the seminal California punk rock band Youth Brigade . BYO stands for Better Youth Organization and aims to promote punk and other alternative youth...

  • The Forgotten/Heartaches split (2003) People Like You Records
  • Out Of Print US-release of Singles Collection (2003) BYO Records
    BYO Records
    BYO Records is a Los Angeles, California based independent punk rock record label created by Shawn and Mark Stern, two of the three brothers of the seminal California punk rock band Youth Brigade . BYO stands for Better Youth Organization and aims to promote punk and other alternative youth...

  • The Forgotten (2008) TKO Records

Tours

  • Peter and the Test Tube Babies
    Peter and the Test Tube Babies
    Peter and the Test Tube Babies are a punk rock band that was formed in the small town of Peacehaven, England in 1978 by Del Strangefish and Peter Bywaters. Due to their humorous tongue-in-cheek lyrics, they have been considered part of the Punk Pathetique subgenre...

    /The Forgotten US Tour 9/4/98-10/10/98
  • "TKO Records So-Cal Invasion" California Tour - Workin' Stiffs/The Randumbs/Reducers SF/The Forgotten/Pressure Point
    Pressure Point
    Pressure Point is an American punk band from Sacramento, California, formed in 1995 by Mike Erickson and Kenny Beasley. Pressure Point includes Mike Erickson , Kenny Beasley , Nate Alexander , Tony Courtney , and Shane Ronan . Mike and Kenny have been the only two continuous members of the band...

    /The Bodies 11/3/99-11/5/99
  • The Business
    The Business (band)
    The Business are an English Oi!/punk rock band formed in 1979 in Lewisham, South London. Their album Suburban Rebels became influential in the Oi! movement...

    /Agnostic Front
    Agnostic Front
    Agnostic Front is an American hardcore band. The band began playing hardcore similar to their contemporaries, and were thrust to the forefront of the burgeoning New York hardcore scene in the mid-1980s with their widely regarded 1984 classic Victim in Pain before evolving to incorporate thrash...

    /U.S. Bombs
    U.S. Bombs
    U.S. Bombs are an American punk rock band, formed in 1993 in Orange County, CA. U.S. Bombs consist of vocalist Duane Peters, guitarists Kerry Martinez and Jonny "Two Bags" Wickersham, bass guitarist Wade Walston and drummer Chip Hanna. Vocalist Duane Peters is a legendary professional...

    /The Forgotten European Tour 6/17/00-7/9/00
  • Blanks 77
    Blanks 77
    Blanks 77 is an American street punk band active from 1990–2001, and again from 2004 onward. Originally based in Hillside, New Jersey, they are currently located in Denville....

    /The Forgotten/Sixer
    Sixer
    Sixer is a punk band from Richmond, Virginia formed in 1999. Leer Baker and Chris Rupp left the band Ann Beretta in mid 1999 to start Sixer. Also in the lineup is Casey Martin and Dan Duggin. In 2000 the band released with the EP Busted Knuckles and Heartbreak their first record...

    /The Krays
    The Krays (band)
    The Krays are a street punk band from Brooklyn, New York who formed in 1994. John writes all the lyrics.The Krays played one of the last shows at CBGB...

     US Tour 7/21/00-8/4/00
  • Agnostic Front
    Agnostic Front
    Agnostic Front is an American hardcore band. The band began playing hardcore similar to their contemporaries, and were thrust to the forefront of the burgeoning New York hardcore scene in the mid-1980s with their widely regarded 1984 classic Victim in Pain before evolving to incorporate thrash...

    /Ignite/The Forgotten/Shutdown/Discipline/Stampin' Ground
    Stampin' Ground
    Stampin' Ground was a groove metal/Hardcore band from Cheltenham, UK active from 1995 to 2006. The band had toured with the likes of Anthrax, Chimaira, The Haunted, Agnostic Front, Sick of it All, Soulfly, Arch Enemy and played the main stage at Download Festival 2003.-Members:*Adam Frakes-Sime ...

     European Tour 11/15/00-12/10/00
  • The Forgotten/Sixer
    Sixer
    Sixer is a punk band from Richmond, Virginia formed in 1999. Leer Baker and Chris Rupp left the band Ann Beretta in mid 1999 to start Sixer. Also in the lineup is Casey Martin and Dan Duggin. In 2000 the band released with the EP Busted Knuckles and Heartbreak their first record...

     European Tour 5/10/01-7/8/01
  • Oxymoron
    Oxymoron (band)
    Oxymoron is a German Oi!/streetpunk band formed in 1992. The band was founded by Sucker and his cousin Björn , along with two friends, Martin and Filzlaus .-Career:...

    /The Forgotten/The Boils/Dead Empty US Tour 7/23/00-8/26/00
  • The Forgotten US Tour 5/4/02-6/28/02
  • "Chaos Across The Nation" US Tour - Oxymoron
    Oxymoron (band)
    Oxymoron is a German Oi!/streetpunk band formed in 1992. The band was founded by Sucker and his cousin Björn , along with two friends, Martin and Filzlaus .-Career:...

    /The Forgotten/The Beltones/Pistol Grip
    Pistol Grip
    Pistol Grip is a street punk band, formed in Walnut, California in 1997.-Discography:* Sounds of the Street Vol. 1 , Urgent Music* The Shots from the Kalico Rose , BYO Records...

     8/19/02-9/8/02
  • The Unseen/The Forgotten/46 Short California Tour 10/10/02-10/14/02
  • The Casualties
    The Casualties
    The Casualties are an American street punk band from New York City, New York, formed in 1990.-Biography:The Casualties members aimed to return to what they viewed as the "golden era" of street punk, embodied by bands such as The Exploited, Charged GBH , which they believed had disappeared by...

    /The Forgotten US Tour 11/1/02-12/15/02
  • GBH
    Charged GBH
    Charged GBH are an English Street punk band, formed in 1978 by vocalist Colin Abrahall, guitarist Colin "Jock" Blyth, bassist Sean McCarthy and Drummer Andy " Wilf" Williams. GBH were early pioneers of English street punk, often nicknamed "UK82", along with Discharge, Broken Bones, The Exploited...

    /The Forgotten/Toxic Narcotic
    Toxic Narcotic
    Toxic Narcotic is an American crust punk band from Boston, Massachusetts who formed in 1989. Though many label them crust or hardcore, they do not self-identify with any one specific subgenre of DIY punk. Their songs typically include anti war, violence, and green peace lyrics...

     West Coast Tour 1/23/03-2/4/03
  • The Unseen/The Forgotten US Tour 5/17/03-6/7/03
  • The Forgotten US Tour 7/26/03-8/3/03
  • F-Minus
    F-Minus
    F-Minus was a hardcore punk band formed in 1995 in Huntington Beach, California. Started by Jen Johnson and Brad Logan. F-Minus was known for their dueling male and female vocals in songs that were sometimes as short as 12 seconds . One of their noted primary influences is Nausea, where the vocal...

    /The Forgotten/A Global Threat
    A Global Threat
    A Global Threat was an American street punk band, formed in Bangor, ME in 1997. They released four full-length LPs as well as many 7" EPs and have toured extensively throughout the United States.- History 1997–2000 :...

     US Tour 8/4/03-8/11/03
  • "Punk-O-Rama" Canada Tour - Bouncing Souls
    The Bouncing Souls
    The Bouncing Souls are a punk rock band from New Brunswick, New Jersey, formed in 1987. By the time of their acknowledgment by the national punk rock scene, they had reignited a "pogo" element to New Jersey punk rock by playing fast light-hearted songs, a model followed by various other local...

    /Hot Water Music
    Hot Water Music
    Hot Water Music is a punk rock band from Gainesville, Florida. The members of the band are Chuck Ragan, Chris Wollard, Jason Black, and George Rebelo. HWM first formed in 1993...

    /The Forgotten/Worthless United
    Worthless United
    Worthless United was a punk rock band from New Jersey. Originally named Worthless , the band was formed in late 1993 by singer Dave Colantoni and bassist Scott Asbury...

     8/13/03-8/24/03
  • The Forgotten/Last Target Japan Tour 10/11/03-10/19/03
  • U.S. Bombs
    U.S. Bombs
    U.S. Bombs are an American punk rock band, formed in 1993 in Orange County, CA. U.S. Bombs consist of vocalist Duane Peters, guitarists Kerry Martinez and Jonny "Two Bags" Wickersham, bass guitarist Wade Walston and drummer Chip Hanna. Vocalist Duane Peters is a legendary professional...

    /The Forgotten California Tour 3/18/05-3/22/05
  • The Forgotten/Radio Dead Ones European Tour 2/24/08-3/8/08
  • The Forgotten Hawaii Tour 10/7/11-10/8/11

Associated Acts

  • Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards
    Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards
    Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards were an American street punk band formed to release the songs that Lars had written. Their songs include subject matter consisting of drinking, fighting, drugs, sex, prostitutes, gangs, and street life...

     - Gordy Carbone
  • Swingin' Utters - Nick Schuneman
  • Re-volts
    Re-Volts
    The Re-Volts are an American punk band based out of San Francisco, California. They are somewhat of a San Francisco punk rock supergroup as all of the members of the band are members of other San Francisco-area punk bands. In particular, two out of the four members are in Swingin' Utters...

     - Nick Schuneman
  • The Dwarves
    Dwarves (band)
    Dwarves is an American punk band formed in Chicago, Illinois, as The Suburban Nightmare, in the mid-1980s. They are currently based in San Francisco, California. Formed as a garage punk band, their career subsequently saw them move in a hardcore direction before settling into an eclectic punk rock...

     - Nick Schuneman
  • Transplants - Craig Fairbaugh
  • The Casualties
    The Casualties
    The Casualties are an American street punk band from New York City, New York, formed in 1990.-Biography:The Casualties members aimed to return to what they viewed as the "golden era" of street punk, embodied by bands such as The Exploited, Charged GBH , which they believed had disappeared by...

    - Johnny Gregurich
  • Four Banger - Dave Kashka, Johnny Gregurich
  • Muckruckers - Nick Schuneman
  • The Uglies - Nick Schuneman
  • Trashkannon - Nick Schuneman
  • No One's Victim - Johnny Gregurich
  • The Frontline - Johnny Gregurich

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