Dag Nasty
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Dag Nasty was a punk band formed in 1985 by Brian Baker (guitar) of Minor Threat, Colin Sears (drums) and Roger Marbury (bass), both of Bloody Mannequin Orchestra, and Shawn Brown (vocals). Their less aggressive, melodic hardcore was influential to emo and post-punk. Shawn Brown was the first vocalist, with whom the band recorded still-unreleased versions of most of the material that later made up their first release, "Can I Say," with former roadie and new singer Dave Smalley of DYS. Just over a year later, the band had a new album titled Wig Out at Denko's, a new bassist named Doug Carrion (then of The Descendents, later of The Kottonmouth Kings and the Humble Gods) and a new vocalist, Peter Cortner (formerly of Protem and Lunchbox).
1988 saw the release of their divisive album Field Day (The "Field" is pronounced "Feedle"; "Day" is pronounced "dee dee"). Many fans hated this album and many loved it. It was an ambitious feat, attempting to blend pop melodies with hardcore/metal riffs even further than previously attempted on Wig Out. The result was a schizophrenic haze of Californian guitar god excess and self absorbed, off-key whine-rock vocal stylings. The band split up shortly after this.
In 1992 the band got back together, this time with Dave Smalley back on the mic, returning the band to an overdone hardcore sound. To this day they still release the occassional record, though Dag Nasty remains more of a side project for the members of the band. de:Dag Nasty
External link
- http://www.daghouse.com/ Dag Nasty site.