Agent Orange

  • Orange, CA
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Punk to the core, yet with audible influences from early heavy metal and surf rock, Agent Orange formed in Fullerton, California at the end of the '70s, with vocalist/guitarist Mike Palm, bassist James Levesque, and drummer Scott Miller. The first Agent Orange record, released in 1981 on Posh Boy Records in the midst of Southern California's already hectic hardcore community, cemented their reputation as one of the best skate-punk bands around the area. Two EPs during the next few years were all the band released until 1986's This Is the Voice, for Restless/Enigma. A much less energetic LP with brighter melodies and an emphasis on vocal audibility, it was also Agent Orange's last for quite awhile, except for a 1990 live record. The group was resurrected later in the decade, touring the world and recording the 1996 LP Virtually Indestructible. In 2000 Cleopatra released Greatest and Latest, a collection of songs from Agent Orange's catalog re-recorded by the band with three new songs, which was later reissued in 2004 on the Anarchy Music label under the title Blood Stained Hitz. In between these two identical issues, Restless released a two-disc best-of titled Sonic Snake Session, which chronicled many of the group's defining moments in one set. ~ John Bush, Rovi

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  • Jul 13 Saturday
    San Bernardino, CA, US Stingers Bar & Nightclub
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  • Jul 23 Tuesday
    Fresno, CA, US Starline
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  • Jul 24 Wednesday
    Modesto, CA, US Hero's Modesto
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  • Jul 25 Thursday
    Santa Cruz, CA, US The Catalyst
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  • Jul 26 Friday
    San Jose, CA, US Blank Club
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  • Jul 31 Wednesday
    Oakland, CA, US The New Parish
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  • Aug 1 Thursday
    San Luis Obispo, CA, US SLO Brew
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Discography

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  • Surf Punks (2011)
    Agent Orange
    Surf Punks (2011)
    Cleopatra
  • Sonic Snake Session (2003)
    Agent Orange
    Sonic Snake Session (2003)
    Restless
  • Virtually Indestructible (1996)
    Agent Orange
    Virtually Indestructible (1996)
    Gunka Disc
  • Real Live Sound (1990)
    Agent Orange
    Real Live Sound (1990)
    Restless
  • This Is the Voice (1986)
    Agent Orange
    This Is the Voice (1986)
    Restless
  • Living in Darkness (1981)
    Agent Orange
    Living in Darkness (1981)
    Rhino Records
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