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{{aboutShort description|the American punk rock band|the 1960s New Zealand band|The Avengers (New Zealand band)}}

{{otherabout||another usesband|The Avengers (New Zealand band)|other uses|Avenger (disambiguation)#Music}}

{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->

| name = Avengers

| image = The_Avengers.JPG

| caption = Avengers in 2012

| image_size =

| landscape = yes

| backgroundalias = group_or_bandscAvengers

| aliasorigin = [[San Francisco]], [[California]], United = scAvengersStates

| origin genre = [[SanPunk Franciscorock]], [[Californiahardcore punk]], United States

| associated_actswebsite = =

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 />

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 name="furious_interview"/> 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"/>

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_interview"/> 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" />

| first = Peter

| last = Margasak

| authorlinkauthor-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

| accessdateaccess-date = 2012-11-01}}</ref>

| first = Karl

| last = Backman

| title = Danny Furious of the Avengers interviewed

| url = https://www.acc.umu.se/~samhain/summerofhate/avengersinterview.html

| archiveurlarchive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303182148/https://www.acc.umu.se/~samhain/summerofhate/avengersinterview.html

| archivedatearchive-date = 2016-03-03

| publisher = Summer of Hate

| date = 2004-12-01

| accessdateaccess-date = January 30, 2016}}</ref>

| first = Penelope

| last = Houston

| authorlinkauthor-link = Penelope Houston

| title = Glad I'm a Girl store

| url = https://www.penelope.net/avitems.html

| publisher = [[Penelope Houston]]

| accessdateaccess-date = 2016-01-30}}</ref>

| last = Strong

| first = Martin C.

| authorlinkauthor-link = Martin C. Strong

| year = 2003

| title = The Great Indie Discography

| publisher = [[Canongate Books]]

| url = https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Great_Indie_Discography.html?id=HJfGtREyuSAC

| page = 9

| isbn = 1-84195-335-0

| accessdateaccess-date = 2016-01-30}}</ref>

| 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

| accessdateaccess-date = 2010-10-23}}</ref>

| first = Michael

| last = Goldberg

| authorlinkauthor-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

| accessdateaccess-date = 2019-06-26}}</ref>

| first = Gregory

| last = Adams

| authorlinkauthor-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

| accessdateaccess-date = 2016-03-06

| url-status = dead

| archiveurlarchive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160312145623/https://exclaim.ca/music/article/r_i_p_former_d_o_a_member_brad_kent

| archivedatearchive-date = 2016-03-12

| df = dmy-all }}</ref>

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