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  • Red Scare

    Location: Los Angeles, California
    Active: 1981-1984

    Los Angeles punk band from the early 80s fronted by Bobbi Brat (July 14, 1962 – † November 30, 1988). Taking the sound of fast thrash guitar that was becoming well known in California punk with bands like The Adolescents, D.I. and TSOL, Red Scare fronted by Bobbi Brat brought a bit of Vice Squad to the table. Though their material was punk, several songs such as ‘Dont Look In The Basement’ are the perfect addition to any gothic punk mix tape. They only released one LP, with a single on Posh Boy Records, but an anthology collection was released on Grand Theft Audio in 1995.

    After a DIY tour, the band broke up. Bobbi Brat continued with a solo country influenced act Bobbi and the Boneyard Brats, but settled on just The Bobbi Brat Band. Though the band attempted to reform and record new material, Bobbi tragically passed away from cancer at the age of 26.

    Related: The Adolescents, D.I., TSOL, Bobbi Brat, Vice Squad, Los Angeles, punk, California, Posh Boy Records

    Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/artist/961898-Red-Scare
    Bobbi Brat Tribute: https://www.bobbibrat.com

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  • Cathedral of Tears

    After Jack Grisham left TSOL in 1983, he formed this band.

    Related: Jack Grisham, TSOL

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  • Tender Fury

    Post-TSOL project of Jack Grisham.

    Related: TSOL, Jack Grisham

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  • Joykiller

    Jack Grisham, singer of the original TSOL formed this band in 1995 until reuniting the original TSOL lineup in 1999. 

    Related: Jack Grisham, TSOL

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  • L.O.S.T.

    T.S.O.L. in reverse; one of the monikers for the unofficial TSOL reunions in the 1990s featuring the original lineup of Jack Grisham, Todd Barnes, Ron Emory and Michael Roche, as opposed to the “official” TSOL fronted by Joe Wood, which no longer had any relation to the original band. By 1999 Jack Grisham and the original members reclaimed the legal rights to the TSOL name and resumed the band officially. 

    Related: T.S.O.L., Jack Grisham, Todd Barnes, Ron Emory, Michael Roche, Joe Wood

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  • 45 Grave

    Location: USA – Los Angeles, CA
    Active: 1979 – current

    Hailing from Los Angeles California in 1979, founding members Rob “Graves” Ritter, Don Bolles, and Paul Cutler relocated from Phoenix, AZ (Cutler played in The Consumers, Ritter and Bolles in The Exterminators) added Dinah Cancer (formerly of Los Angeles’ Castration Squad) and emerged as one of that city’s first punk bands with a the dark, tongue in cheek aesthetic that is synonymous with what would become ‘deathrock’. After arriving in LA, Bolles initially played as drummer in LA’s keystone punk band The Germs and also participated in Nervous Gender, while Ritter played with The Bags and The Gun Club. 45 Grave eventually drew Paul Roeseller (formerly of The Screamers) into the fold. 45 Grave was a sort of nexus and galvanization point for those with a taste for more eclectic tastes than strictly hardcore punk, not to mention black dress and gothic humor. Bolles project Vox Pop was formed towards the end of his Germs career; Dinah Cancer would also be involved in Vox Pop which remained active during 45 Grave’s 1980s existence.

    45 Grave’s full length album ‘Sleep In Safety’ is one of the earliest bricks in deathrock’s foundations. Along with their singles, they appeared on the Hell Comes To Your House compilation, firmly cemented next to it in the very same foundation (along with Christian Death) and the equally regarded Return of the Living Dead soundtrack (alongside legends like The Cramps and The Damned, with TSOL, The Flesheaters, Jet Black Berries and Roky Erickson – all of whom have been talked about on this site over the years). In 2004, Dinah Cancer reformed a new 45 Grave after fronting the heavy punk band Penis Flytrap (1997-2001), releasing ‘Pick Your Poison’ in 2012, and as of 2024 are still active.

    Links:
    https://45gravemusic.bandcamp.com/music
    https://www.discogs.com/artist/232625
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/45_Grave

    Related: The Consumers, The Exterminators, Castration Squad, The Cramps, The Damned, The Gun Club, The Bags, TSOL, The Screamers, Nervous Gender, The Germs, Penis Flytrap, Return of the Living Dead, Dinah Cancer, Vox Pop

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  • Der Stab

    Location: Orange County, California
    Active: 1978-1980

    Der Stab was a punk band from California, with Joe Wood on guitars, who would go on to front the more hard rock incarnation of TSOL, and the vocalist Keith Walsh played keyboards to ‘Only Theatre Of Pain’ era Christian Death. Ward Dotson also appears in their lineup, prior to joining Gun Club, and Rikk Agnew (Christian Death, Adolescents, D.I.) contributed guitars to Der Stab’s sole recorded single, ‘Tracers/It’s Grey’, produced by Mike Patton of fellow OC punk band  Middle Class.

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    Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/artist/1718600-Der-Stab

    Related: TSOL, Christian Death, Gun Club, Adolescents, D.I., Middle Class, Rikk Agnew, Joe Wood , Ward Dotson

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