Tragedy (band)

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Tragedy is a modern hardcore punk band, originally from Memphis, Tennessee, but currently residing in Portland, Oregon. The band formed in 2000 and was born from the ashes of influential modern hardcore bands His Hero is Gone and Deathreat.

From the insert to the band's first, self-titled LP on Tragedy Records (2000)

Tragedy's music is characterized by its unrelenting, heavy hardcore punk sound, often punctuated by melodic interludes and downshifts in tempo. The band remains strongly aware of its roots but often takes the genre in newer, more innovative directions, pioneering a new breed of hardcore punk along with close friends and contemporaries From Ashes Rise, as well other bands residing in Portland and throughout the world. (See: Severed Head of State and Remains of the Day)

Though most of these bands maintain a progressive attitude as to the nature of their sound (Remains of the Day actually includes a violinist among its members), there is a staunch refusal to separate themselves categorically from their hardcore punk provenances. Tragedy draw from many various early hardcore punk bands as influences, most prominently in the vein of d-beat, ranging from Discharge themselves to Japanese d-beat groups such as Deathside. Some consider Tragedy to be part of the crust punk subgenre, due to their heavy, dark and apocalyptic nature.

Tragedy's first and subsequent albums have met with critical acclaim within the DIY hardcore community, and many see the band as at the forefront of a modern hardcore renaissance of sorts. Nevertheless, despite the band's cult following and near celebrity status among underground hardcore circles, they remain largely mysterious, refusing thus far to utilize the internet and including minimal information in album inserts.

1 Members
2 Discography
- 2.1 Release covers
3 Quotes
4 External links

[edit] Members

Todd Burdette - Guitar/Vocals - Also of Deathreat, Severed Head of State and Warcry, Formerly of Copout, His Hero is Gone and Call The Police
Yannick Lorraine - Guitar - Formerly of His Hero is Gone and Union of Uranus
Billy Davis - Bass/Vocals - Also of Deathreat, Formerly of Copout and From Ashes Rise
Paul Burdette - Drums - Also of Deathreat and Criminal Damage, Formerly of His Hero is Gone and Call The Police

[edit] Discography

Tragedy (2000) LP on Tragedy Records
Tragedy (2001) LP European pressing on Skuld Releases
Can We Call This Life? (2002) 7" on Tragedy Records
Vengeance (2002) LP on Tragedy Records
Vengeance (2003) LP European pressing on Skuld Releases
Split 7" with Totalitär (2003) on Armageddon Label
UK 2004 Tour 7" limited to 500 copies on Tragedy Records
Nerve Damage LP (2006) on Tragedy Records

[edit] Release covers

[edit] Quotes

"...And they won't have to burn the books when no one reads them anyway." — The Point of No Return, Tragedy LP (2000)
"You can run, you can hide, but never close your eyes!" — Revengeance, Vengeance LP (2002)
"NO TRUCE. NO MERCY. NO SURRENDER. NO REST. NO MORE. THIS IS WAR." — Call To Arms, Vengeance LP (2002)