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{{Short description|American punk rock band}}
{{For|other uses|The Avengers (disambiguation){{!}}The Avengers}}
{{about||another band|The Avengers (New Zealand band)|other uses|Avenger (disambiguation)#Music}}
{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2020}}
| name = Avengers
{{Infobox musical artist
| image = 1028-12avengers20.jpg
| captionname = Avengers in 2006
| image_size image = The_Avengers.JPG
| landscapecaption = Avengers =in yes2012
| background image_size = group_or_band
| alias landscape = scAvengersyes
| alias = scAvengers
| origin = [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]], [[California]], [[United States|U.S.]]
| genre origin = [[PunkSan rockFrancisco]], [[California]], United States
| years_activegenre = 1977&ndash;1979,[[Punk 1999rock]], 2004&ndash;present[[hardcore punk]]
| years_active = 1977–1979, 1999, 2004–present
| label = [[Dangerhouse Records|Dangerhouse]], [[White Noise Records|White Noise]], [[CD Presents]], [[Lookout! Records]]
| label = [[Dangerhouse Records|Dangerhouse]], [[White Noise Records|White Noise]], [[CD Presents]], [[Lookout! Records]]
| associated_acts =
| associated_acts =
| website =
| website =
| current_members = [[Penelope Houston]]<br />[[Greg Ingraham]]<br />[[Joel Reader]]<br />[[Luis Illades]]
| current_members = [[Penelope Houston]]<br />Greg Ingraham<br />Joel Reader<br />Luis Illades
| past_members = [[Danny O'Brien (musician)|Danny Furious]]<br />[[Jonathon Postal]]<br />[[James Wilsey]]<br />[[Brad Kent]]<br />[[Danny Panic]]
| past_members = Danny Furious (Danny O'Brien)<br />Jonathan Postal<br />[[James Wilsey]] (deceased)<br />[[Brad Kent]] (deceased)<br />[[Danny Panic]]
}}
 
The '''Avengers''' are an American [[List of musicians in the first wave of punk music|punk rock]] band formed in 1977 in [[San Francisco, California]]. [[Penelope Houston]], who has also been a [[folk music]]ian, is their [[singer]].
The '''Avengers''' are an American [[List of musicians in the first wave of punk music|punk rock]] band formed in 1977 in [[San Francisco]], [[California]], United States.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pehling |first=Dave |date=January 6, 2024 |title=SF punk legends the Avengers share stages with Kid Congo Powers in San Francisco, San Jose - CBS San Francisco |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/sf-punk-legends-the-avengers-kid-congo-powers-pink-monkey-birds-frightwig-san-francisco-san-jose/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240318131527/https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/sf-punk-legends-the-avengers-kid-congo-powers-pink-monkey-birds-frightwig-san-francisco-san-jose/ |archive-date=March 18, 2024 |access-date=March 18, 2024 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}}</ref> The band recorded an EP, ''[[We Are the One]]'' (1977) and, after opening for the [[Sex Pistols]], worked with [[Steve Jones (musician)|Steve Jones]], but had not released an album before breaking up in 1979.<ref name="sfweekly"/> After the breakup an EP with the Steve Jones-produced songs was released (''The Avengers''),<ref name="spin"/> and later an album, ''Avengers'', in 1983. Their lead singer, [[Penelope Houston]], is also a [[folk music|folk]] singer who has a solo career. Since 1999 a number of other albums were released with studio and live tracks, and the band has come together for various occasions.<ref name=reader />
 
==History==
===OriginalEarly history===
Drummer [[Danny Furious (Danny O'Brien (musician)|Danny Furious]] and guitarist [[Greg Ingraham]] decided to start a band, and Furious approached [[Penelope Houston]] to be their singer, who agreed.<ref name="sfweekly"/> They finished their lineup with [[Jonathon Postal]] on bass, although he was replaced shortly after by [[James Wilsey|Jimmy Wilsey]].<ref>http: name="furious_interview"//www.acc.umu.se/~samhain/summerofhate/avengersinterview.html</ref> Their first release (and only release while the band was originally together) was ''[[We Are the One]]'', a three-song EP which was released on [[Dangerhouse Records]] in 1977.<ref name="Strong">Strong, Martin C. (2003) ''The Great Indie Discography'', Canongate, ISBN 1-84195-335-0, p. 9</ref>
 
The Avengers opened for the [[Sex Pistols]] in San Francisco at their final show at [[Winterland]],<ref name="sfchronicle"/> which led to Sex Pistols guitarist [[Steve Jones (musician)|Steve Jones]] producing a recording session for the band.<ref name="Strong" /> In January 1979, Ingraham left the band and was replaced by [[Brad Kent]], although the band only lasted a few more months until June 1979.<ref name="furious_interview2furious_interview">http://www.acc.umu.se/~samhain/summerofhate/avengersinterview2.html</ref> An EP, titled ''[[Avengers (EP)|Avengers]]'', was released on [[White Noise Records]] a few months after the band broke up, which included songs from the Steve Jones produced session. Houston went on to record as a solo artist.<ref name="Strong" />
 
An album called ''[[Avengers (album)|Avengers]]'' (sometimes referred to as the ''Pink Album'', including by Houston herself)<ref>http: name=pen//www.penelope.net/avitems.html#Anchor-49575</ref>) was released in 1983. It featured tracks recorded through the band's whole time together, and was compiled by drummer Danny Furious.<ref name="furious_interview2furious_interview" /> The album was out-of-print for a long time due to being in "legal limbo", during which time Houston would sellsold the album in [[CD-R]] format directly through her website. The album was re-released in 2010.
 
===New releases and re-formation===
In 1999, a [[compilation album]] called ''[[Died for Your Sins]]'' was issued by [[Lookout! Records]]. In addition to original unreleased studio recordings and live tracks, three tracks were newly recorded in 1999 by the scAvengers, featuring original members Houston and Ingraham with new members bassist [[Joel Reader]] ([[The Mr. T Experience]], The Plus Ones) and drummer [[Danny Panic]] ([[Screeching Weasel]]). To support the album, the scAvengers did a few shows.<ref name="trakmarx">Encoule, Jean (2005) "[http://www.trakmarx.com/2005_01/07_avengers_f.htm The Avengers – Payback]", ''[[Trakmarx]]'', Issue 18, January 2005, retrieved 2010-10-23</ref> In 2003, a live album titled ''[[Zero Hour (Avengers album)|Zero Hour]]'' was released in Italy. The next year, ''[[The American in Me]]'' was released, featuring all of the tracks from ''Zero Hour'' plus four other unreleased studio recordings. Houston and Ingraham again joined with Reader and new drummer [[Luis Illades]] to perform some record release shows, and this lineup has performed sporadic live shows since.<ref name="trakmarx" />
 
On July 16, 2006, Houston and Ingraham joined [[Pearl Jam]] to perform "American in Me" at the Bill Graham Civic Center. By January 2017, they were recording in Berkeley with [[Robert Shimp]].
 
==Reception==
* " The Avengers were one of the best punk bands. I’m proud that they’re from the Bay Area" ([[Billie Joe Armstrong]], [[Green Day]])<ref name="spin"/>
* "The Avengers, featuring singer Penelope Houston, helped lay the groundwork for political punk while giving the nascent musical form one of its first dynamic frontwomen. ([[San Antonio Current]])"<ref name="sacurrent"/>
 
==Members==
===Current===
*[[Penelope Houston]] &ndashnbsp;– [[singing|vocals]] (1977&ndash;791977–79, 1999, 2004&ndash;2004– )
*[[Greg Ingraham]] &ndashnbsp;– [[guitar]] (1977&ndash;791977–79, 1999, 2004&ndash;2004– )
*[[Joel Reader]] &ndashnbsp;– [[bass guitar|bass]] (1999, 2004&ndash;2004– )
*[[Luis Illades]] &ndashnbsp;– [[drum]]s (2004&ndash;2004– )
 
===Previous===
*[[Danny Furious (Daniel O'Brien (musician)|Danny Furious]] &ndashnbsp;– drums (1977&ndash;791977–79)
*[[JonathonJonathan Postal]] &ndashnbsp;– bass (1977)
*[[James Calvin Wilsey|Jimmy Wilsey]] &ndashnbsp;– bass (1977&ndash;791977–79) (died December 24, 2018)<ref name=Wilsey/>
*[[Brad Kent]] &ndashnbsp;– guitar (1979) (died February 3, 2016)<ref name=kent/>
*[[Danny Panic]] &ndashnbsp;– drums (1999)
 
==Discography==
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===Live albums===
*''[[Zero Hour (Avengers album)|Zero Hour]]'' (2003, [[Get Back (label)|Get Back]])
*''[[Live at Winterland 1978 (Avengers album)|Live at Winterland 1978]]'' (2010, CD Presents)
 
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===Singles===
* "Paint it Black" b/w "Thin White Line" (1983, CD Presents)
* "Teenage Rebel" b/w "Friends" (1995, [[Really Fast Records]])
 
==References==
{{Reflist}}|refs=
<ref name=reader>{{cite news
| first = Peter
| last = Margasak
| author-link = Peter Margasak
| title = Sunday: Marco Cappelli's Italian Surf Academy and the Avengers
| url = https://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2012/10/26/sunday-marco-cappellis-italian-surf-academy-and-the-avengers
| publisher = [[The Chicago Reader]]
| date = 2012-10-26
| access-date = 2012-11-01}}</ref>
<ref name="furious_interview">{{cite web
| first = Karl
| last = Backman
| title = Danny Furious of the Avengers interviewed
| url = https://www.acc.umu.se/~samhain/summerofhate/avengersinterview.html
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303182148/https://www.acc.umu.se/~samhain/summerofhate/avengersinterview.html
| archive-date = 2016-03-03
| publisher = Summer of Hate
| date = 2004-12-01
| access-date = January 30, 2016}}</ref>
<ref name=pen>{{cite web
| first = Penelope
| last = Houston
| author-link = Penelope Houston
| title = Glad I'm a Girl store
| url = https://www.penelope.net/avitems.html
| publisher = [[Penelope Houston]]
| access-date = 2016-01-30}}</ref>
<ref name="Strong">{{cite book
| last = Strong
| first = Martin C.
| author-link = Martin C. Strong
| year = 2003
| title = The Great Indie Discography
| publisher = [[Canongate Books]]
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=HJfGtREyuSAC
| page = 9
| isbn = 1-84195-335-0
| access-date = 2016-01-30}}</ref>
<ref name="trakmarx">{{cite web
| first = Jean
| last = Encoule
| date = 2005-01-01
| title = The Avengers&nbsp;– Payback
| url = https://www.trakmarx.com/2005_01/07_avengers_f.htm
| publisher = Trakmarx
| issue = 18
| access-date = 2010-10-23}}</ref>
<ref name=Wilsey>{{cite web
| first = Michael
| last = Goldberg
| author-link = Michael Goldberg (writer)
| date = 2019-01-28
| title = The 'King of Slow': Remembering Guitarist James Calvin Wilsey
| url = https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/king-of-slow-guitarist-james-calvin-wilsey-784335/
| website = Rollingstone.com
| access-date = 2019-06-26}}</ref>
<ref name=kent>{{cite web
| first = Gregory
| last = Adams
| author-link = Greg Adams (writer)
| date = 2016-02-04
| url = https://exclaim.ca/music/article/r_i_p_former_d_o_a_member_brad_kent
| title = R.I.P. Former D.O.A. Member Brad Kent
| access-date = 2016-03-06
| url-status = dead
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160312145623/https://exclaim.ca/music/article/r_i_p_former_d_o_a_member_brad_kent
| archive-date = 2016-03-12
| df = dmy-all }}</ref>
<ref name="sacurrent">{{cite web
| first = Sanford
| last = Nowlin
| title = Penelope Houston of the Avengers on the Band's San Antonio Gig and Preserving Punk History
| date = 2019-11-06
| website = [[San Antonio Current]]
| url = https://www.sacurrent.com/sa-sound/archives/2019/11/06/penelope-houston-of-the-avengers-on-the-bands-san-antonio-gig-and-preserving-punk-history
| access-date = 2021-03-16}}</ref>
<ref name="sfweekly">{{cite web
| first = Brett
| last = Callwood
| title = Avengers Assembled
| date = 2020-02-19
| website = [[SF Weekly]]
| url = https://www.sfweekly.com/music/avengers-assembled/
| access-date = 2021-03-16}}</ref>
<ref name="spin">{{cite web
| first = Bob Merlis
| last = Merlis
| title = The Tracks of My Years
| date = 2021-01-06
| website = [[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]
| url = https://www.spin.com/2021/01/billie-joe-armstrong-no-fun-mondays-interview/
| access-date = 2021-03-16}}</ref>
<ref name="sfchronicle">{{cite web
| first = Aidin
| last = Vaziri
| title = Penelope Houston reflects on life as a San Francisco punk icon
| date = 2019-05-17
| website = [[San Francisco Chronicle]]
| url = https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/music/penelope-houston-reflects-on-life-as-a-san-francisco-punk-icon
| access-date = 2021-03-16}}</ref>
}}
 
==External links==
*[https://www.myspace.com/Avengers Avengers on MySpace]
*[https://penelope.net/ Penelope Houston's official web site]
*[https://punkcast.com/1028/ PUNKCAST#1028] video of [[CBGB]] show -&nbsp;— Sep 8 2006.
 
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