Downfall (band)

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Downfall was a ska and punk band from the Bay Area formed by Tim Armstrong, Matt Freeman, Dave Mello, Pat Mello, and Jason Hammon following the break-up of Operation Ivy in 1989 and pre-dating Armstrong's and Freeman's wider recognition in Rancid.[1] They performed three shows, one at 924 Gilman Street, over a period of three months.

Line-up

Releases

The only official Downfall releases were the songs "North Berkeley" on the "Can of Pork" compilation on Lookout! Records, "New Regulations" on the "Very Small World" compilation on Very Small Records, "Long Way to Go" on the "They Don't Get Paid, They Don't Get Laid, But Boy Do They Work Hard!" compilation LP on Maximum RocknRoll, and "My City" on the "Later That Same Year" compilation cassette/CD.

Downfall recorded a CD/10" LP called "Get Ready For Action" for Lookout!/Very Small Records. The album would have been Lookout!#99, and was scheduled for release in late 1994. Get Ready For Action was delayed and never released. In the mid 1990s, Brett Gurewitz remixed the album, but due to Rancid's mainstream attention, it was also never released. [2] Low quality recordings of the songs have surfaced via internet filesharing. They are well received by Operation Ivy fans who have heard them.

A bootleg of Downfall playing live at the Gilman street on October 21st 1989 has also surfaced on the internet.

Studio Recordings:

  • North Berkeley
  • As One
  • Step in Line
  • Hard Life
  • Destruction
  • Going Down
  • New Regulations
  • The Storm
  • Blank Generation
  • My City
  • Long Way To Go

Live at 924 Gilman Street 1989-10-21:

My City

Hard Life
Long Way To Go
Pushing to Far
No Reason
Take A Look Around
One Problem
Good Time
Neurosis Tribute
Get With It
As One
Shattered life
Going Down
I Got No
Pushing Too Far

External links

References

  1. ↑ MTV Operation Ivy biography
  2. ↑ Larry Livermore (March 15, 2012). "Scene Of The Crime". larrylivermore.com. Archived from the original on 2012-06-13. Retrieved 13 June 2012. 
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