| The Fix | |
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| Origin | Lansing, Michigan, United States |
| Genres | Hardcore Punk |
| Years active | 1980–1982 |
| Labels | Lost and Found Touch and Go |
| Associated acts | The Meatmen Blight |
| Past members | |
| Steve Miller Craig Calvert Mike Achtenberg Jeff Wellman |
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The Fix were a hardcore punk rock band from Lansing, Michigan in the early 1980s. They were one of Touch and Go Records first bands.
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The Fix was formed in March 1980 by band members Steve Miller (vocals), Craig Calvert (guitar), Mike Achtenberg (bass), and Jeff Wellman (drums). In 1981, the Fix released a single, Vengeance b/w In This Town, with just 200 pressed and issued on Touch and Go Records.[1] In January 1982, a 7 inch EP, "Jan's Rooms," also on Touch and Go, was released. After the band's breakup in early 1982, Miller and Achtenberg formed Blight, which also featured Tesco Vee as vocalist.[1] In 2006, Touch and Go Records re-released all of their material on CD on their album At the Speed of Twisted Thought....[2] The band played on some big bills, including shows with The Dead Kennedys, DOA, Flipper, Black Flag, and many other notable punk rock bands.[3]
The first single has fetched up to $3,500 on eBay and is among the rarest punk rock records in existence.[4]
Following their break up, Wellman moved back to Northern Michigan and became a real estate agent in Boyne City. Calvert played with other bands and is now in a Chicago-based blues outfit. Miller is a writer based in Lansing. He was the editor of Touch and Go: The Complete Hardcore Punk Zine '79-'83.[5]