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{{Short description|American punk rock band}}
{{about||another band|The Avengers (New Zealand band)|other uses|Avenger (disambiguation)#Music}}
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| alias = scAvengers
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| years_active = 1977–1979, 1999, 2004–present
| label = [[Dangerhouse Records|Dangerhouse]], [[White Noise Records|White Noise]], [[CD Presents]], [[Lookout! Records]]
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| current_members = [[Penelope Houston]]<br />Greg Ingraham<br />Joel Reader<br />Luis Illades | past_members
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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==
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Drummer Danny Furious (Danny O'Brien) 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
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="
An album called ''[[Avengers (album)|Avengers]]'' (sometimes referred to as the ''Pink Album'', including by Houston herself)<ref
===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"
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==
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*Danny Furious (Daniel O'Brien) – drums (1977–79)
*Jonathan Postal – bass (1977)
*[[James Calvin Wilsey|Jimmy Wilsey]] – bass (1977–79) (died December 24, 2018)<ref name=Wilsey/>
*[[Brad Kent]] – guitar (1979) (died February 3, 2016)<ref name=kent/>
*[[Danny Panic]] – drums (1999)
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==References==
{{Reflist
<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 – 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://penelope.net/ Penelope Houston's official web site]
*[https://punkcast.com/1028/ PUNKCAST#1028] video of [[CBGB]] show — Sep 8 2006.
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