The Frustrators
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The Frustrators are a punk rock
band with Jason Chandler
(lead vocals), Terry Linehan (guitar, vocals), Art Tedeschi (drums), and Mike Dirnt
(bass, vocals). All are members of other bands, Terry Linehan from Waterdog, Jason Chandler and Art Tedeschi from Violent Anal Death, and Mike Dirnt from Green Day
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They have had two releases with Adeline Records
, the EP "Bored in the USA" and their debut LP "Achtung Jackass". The Frustrators released a new EP, entitled Griller, on February 15, 2011.
label. "Bonus Track" is recorded backwards.
A reviewer at Allmusic described the album as "an enjoyable combination of new wave and bratty, goofball punk", with the song "My Best Friend's Girl" pegged as "setting the tone for the record" and showing "the band's ability to earnestly incorporate the diverse catchiness of new wave that makes it so true blue".
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 with Jason Chandler
Jason Chandler
Jason Chandler is the lead vocalist for the rock band The Frustrators.He attended King Philip High School in Wrentham, Massachusetts, where he met fellow future Frustrator, Art Tedeschi. Chandler and Tedeschi were both in the bands Thrash Frog and Violent Anal Death...
(lead vocals), Terry Linehan (guitar, vocals), Art Tedeschi (drums), and Mike Dirnt
Mike Dirnt
Michael Ryan Pritchard is an American musician, best known as the bassist, backing vocalist and co-founder of the American Rock band Green Day. While at school, he would play "air-bass." While pretending to pluck the strings, he made the noise, "dirnt, dirnt, dirnt"...
(bass, vocals). All are members of other bands, Terry Linehan from Waterdog, Jason Chandler and Art Tedeschi from Violent Anal Death, and Mike Dirnt from Green Day
Green Day
Green Day is an American punk rock band formed in 1987. The band consists of lead vocalist and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong, bassist and backing vocalist Mike Dirnt, and drummer Tre Cool...
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They have had two releases with Adeline Records
Adeline Records
Adeline Records is a record label which was formed in Oakland, California in late 1997. It is co-owned by Billie Joe Armstrong, lead singer of Green Day, his wife Adrienne Armstrong, and Jim Thiebaud, professional skateboarder...
, the EP "Bored in the USA" and their debut LP "Achtung Jackass". The Frustrators released a new EP, entitled Griller, on February 15, 2011.
Achtung Jackass era
On 11 March 2002, The Frustrators released Achtung Jackass, on the Adeline RecordsAdeline Records
Adeline Records is a record label which was formed in Oakland, California in late 1997. It is co-owned by Billie Joe Armstrong, lead singer of Green Day, his wife Adrienne Armstrong, and Jim Thiebaud, professional skateboarder...
label. "Bonus Track" is recorded backwards.
A reviewer at Allmusic described the album as "an enjoyable combination of new wave and bratty, goofball punk", with the song "My Best Friend's Girl" pegged as "setting the tone for the record" and showing "the band's ability to earnestly incorporate the diverse catchiness of new wave that makes it so true blue".
Discography
- Bored in the USA EP (2000) - Adeline RecordsAdeline RecordsAdeline Records is a record label which was formed in Oakland, California in late 1997. It is co-owned by Billie Joe Armstrong, lead singer of Green Day, his wife Adrienne Armstrong, and Jim Thiebaud, professional skateboarder...
- Achtung Jackass (2002) - Adeline Records
- Griller EP (2011) Adeline Records/Dr. Strange RecordsDr. Strange RecordsDr. Strange Records is a record label and record store located in Alta Loma, California. It started out as an apartment-based distro in 1988 and became a record label in 1989, run out of the "Doc's" apartment until 1997 when the store was first opened....