JFA (band)
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JFA (Jodie Foster's Army) is a punk rock band, born in 1981 out of Arizona and Southern California skateboard culture. The original members include Brian Brannon (vocals), Don "Redondo" Pendleton (guitar), Michael Cornelius (bass), and Mike "Bam-Bam" Sversvold (drums). The band was pivotal in the development of the skate punk and Skate Rock scenes. Over the years, the lineup has included many bass players and drummers but the core of Brannon and Pendleton has remained constant.
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[edit] History
JFA was formed around March of 1981. Pendleton, then in the band The Deez and Cornelius, then in the band Jr. Chemists, knew each other from shows around Phoenix, Arizona and from skateboarding. They began playing together after a D.O.A. concert during the band's Hardcore 81 tour. Bam-Bam later joined after meeting Pendleton at an "Industrial Dance" in Phoenix, and bestowed the moniker on the band, which is a reference to his second-cousin's, John Hinckley, Jr., attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan.
The band's first show was opening for Black Flag at an Industrial Dance which was one of a series of early Phoenix punk shows. Their first song of the night was Pipetruck.
Placebo Records released their debut EP "Out Of School" in late 1981. The band toured the west extensively and played many local shows. Their first national tour was in the summer of 1983 following the release of their first album "Valley ot the Yakes".
[edit] Discography
[edit] Compact Discs/Records
- Blatant Localism 7", Placebo
- Valley of the Yakes 12", Placebo
- Untitled 12", Placebo
- Mad Gardens 12", Placebo
- Live 1984 Tour 12", Placebo
- My Movie 7", Placebo
- Nowhere Blossoms 12", Placebo
- Lightnin' Storm/People's Revolutionary Party 7", Buzzkill
- Camp Out/Travels With Charlie 7", Spontaneous Combustion
- Secret Agent Man Split 7" with Jack Killed Jill, NRA
- Only Live Once CD, Hurricane
- We Know You Suck CD, Alternative Tentacles
- Live in Chicago 7" with the Faction, Spontaneous Combustion
[edit] Compilations
- All the Rage, Volume 2, GMD
- All the Rage 2000, GMD
- Amuck, Placebo
- Best of Flipside, Flipside
- Best of Rodney on the ROQ, Poshboy
- Best of Smoke 7, Bomp
- Bite the Bullet, Know
- Blazing Wheels & Barking Trucks, Skate Rock #2, High Speed
- Born to Skate, Skate Rock #4, High Speed
- Buried Alive, Smoke 7
- Concrete Waves, Disaster Records
- Eastern Front, Enigma/Eastern Front
- Explicit Skate Rock, Skate Rock #10, High Speed
- Flipside Vinyl Fanzine, Flipside
- For the Kids, Together
- Meathouse, Meathouse
- More Coffee for the Politicians, Placebo
- Old Skars & Upstarts, Disaster
- Phenis, Phenis Fanzine
- Pogo Strut Slam Swivel & Mosh, Devil Doll
- Rodney on the ROQ, Volume 2, Poshboy
- Scene Killer, Outsider
- Sudden Death, Smoke 7
- This is Phoenix, Not the Circle Jerks, Placebo
- Thrasher Magazine Skate Rock #1, High Speed
- VMLive, Series 2/Volume 2, VML
- We Got Power, Mystic
- Workers Comp, Recess
[edit] Foreign
- Untitled 12", Fundamental UK
- Valley of the Yakes 12", Fundamental UK
[edit] TV/Video Soundtracks
- Mt. Baldy Pipe segment, Bluetorch TV
- Nude Bowl segment, Bluetorch TV
- Pow Wow at Powell II, NSA Skate Video
- Risk It, Santa Cruz Skate Video
- Skatopia, Speed-Line Productions
- Speed Freaks, Santa Cruz Speed Wheels Video
- Wheels of Fire, Santa Cruz Speed Wheels Video
[edit] Video games
[edit] External links
- Maximumrocknroll Interview - JFA interview from 1983
