Wives (band)

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Wives was a hardcore/punk trio from Los Angeles, California, U.S. consisting of guitarist Randy Randall, bassist/vocalist Dean Spunt, and drummer Jeremy Villalobos. In the three years the band were together, they released a self-titled 7" on Post Present Medium, as well as a split 7" with K.I.T on Post Present Medium. In September 2004 the band released their first full-length LP, Erect the Youth Problem, on Cold Sweat Records. In June 2005, the band released a split 12" with Moving Units, also on Post Present Medium. In November 2005, following a European tour the band split with a friend from Texas, Dirty Roy on drums finishing the last leg of the tour with them, playing their farewell show on November 20 at the Highbury Buffalo Bar, London, England. Spunt and Randall reunited to perform the final Wives set for the independent film 40 Bands/80 Minutes! which was filmed on March 6 2006 in Hollywood, CA. Randall and Spunt went on to start No Age shortly after the split while Villalobos currently plays in Brooklyn trash rock bands Drunkdriver, Cutter and power electronics band Whip & the Body.