Defiance (punk band)

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Defiance

Background information
Origin	Portland, Oregon, United States
Genre(s)	Street punk Hardcore punk Anarcho-punk
Years active	1993 - Present
Label(s)	Punk Core Records
Associated acts	Deprived, Resist, Unamused, Severed Head of State, Detestation, Statch And The Rapes
Website	http://www.defiance-punks.com
Members
Mike Arrogant - Guitar, Vocals Brian Hopper - Guitar Kelly Halliburton - Bass, Backing Vocals Brian - Drums
Former members
Tony - Vocals Chris - Bass Matt - Guitar Alaric - Vocals Eric - Drums Alan - Bass Kyle - Bass Mark - Guitar Corey - Guitar

Defiance are an anarcho street punk band from Portland, Oregon formed in 1993. Their discography includes five E.P.s, four full-lengths, and one album of out of print and rare songs. They have been sited as major influences on bands such as Anti-Flag and The Unseen.

1 History
2 Discography
- 2.1 LPs
- 2.2 EPs
3 External links
4 References

[edit] History

On the winter of 1993, members from the bands Deprived, Unamused and Resist formed the first line-up of Defiance, with Tony and Alaric on vocals, Mike on guitar and vocals, Kelly on bass and Eric on drums. Shortly after, the band entered the studio to record what would later become the first two EPs: Defiance and Burn, both released on Consensus Reality, label property of Kelly^[1], bassist of the band. After releasing the self titled the band did a U.S. tour, shortly after the tour ended Tony left the band, so Mike and Alaric shared vocal duties for the Burn EP^[2].

After the release of the Burn EP the band went to make a short tour in Canada and the U.S. In the fall of 1995 the band did an east coast tour with The Final Warning, The Casualties and The Varukers, later, they went to make an European tour, on which they released their third EP: European Tour 1995, limited to approximately 1000 copies sold at the shows. After touring 19 countries through two and a half months the band went to inactivity until the first LP No Future No Hope was released on early 1996, being released on the U.S. by Mind Control and by the German label Skuld Releases on Europe.

After the european tour Kelly left the band, being replaced with Chris, so the fourth EP was released under the title No Time, followed by an east coast tour in 1997. When Defiance returned to Portland, Matt (former The Obliterated) was recruited as second guitarist, and after a short tour with The Riffs the second LP Nothing Lasts Forever was released. Following this release Alaric, Eric and Chris decide to leave the band, because of this, the band went on a long hiatus.

It's until late 2000 that Mike and Matt decide to get together and began to write new material, and after the addition of Brian on drums, Matt recruited Alan on bass from a Portland band called Treason and respectively a tour in Mexico was booked. With the new line-up, Defiance recorded the third album, Out Of The Ashes, released on Punk Core Records. Besides the U.S. tour, the band made an appearance in the Holidays In The Sun festival 2002 in New Jersey.

Back in Portland the band recorded what would later become the fifth EP, entitled Against the Law, released in the fall of 2003 through the french label Dirty Punk Records. As the record was finished, the band toured alongside Icons of Filth on the U.S. west coast. In june of 2003 Defiance was set to get back to the UK for the first time in eight years, unfortunately, bassist Alan is denied a passport, so Kyle from The Riffs would then fill in for the tour. In september of that year A Decade of Defiance is released on Punk Core records celebrating the tenth anniversary of the band, the album contained all the previous singles released by the band.

On the next months, bassist Alan decides to leave the band, this by the time the first two LPs were re-issued on Punk Core Records, Kyle joins the band this time as the full time bassist, so, the band made a tour with Lower Class Brats on december with sold out venues. On 2004 the band release Rise or Fall, touring with The Unseen to support the release. In 2005 the band share the Rise or Fall Tour with the Canadian band Action, Matt part ways the the band and is replaced with Mark from Action. In January and February of 2006 the band returns to Europe playing venues in countries like Germany, France and the UK, also, takes part in the Punk & Disorderly Festival, with bands like Sham 69, Conflict, 999, The Partisans, SS-Kaliert and The Analogs^[3]. After 10 years, the original bass player, Kelly, returns to the band, while Corey, from a Portland band named Bloodspit Nights, briefly replace Mark, until Brian Hopper takes the second guitar place.