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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}}
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{{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
| years_active = 1977–1979, 1999, 2004–present
| genre = [[Punk rock]], [[Hardcore punk]]
| label = [[Dangerhouse Records|Dangerhouse]], [[White Noise Records|White Noise]], [[CD Presents]], [[Lookout! Records]]
| years_active = 1977–1979, 1999, 2004–present
| associated_acts =
| label = [[Dangerhouse Records|Dangerhouse]], [[White Noise Records|White Noise]], [[CD Presents]], [[Lookout! Records]]
| associated_actswebsite = =
| current_members = [[Penelope Houston]]<br />Greg Ingraham<br />Joel Reader<br />Luis Illades
| website =
| past_members = Danny Furious (Danny O'Brien)<br />Jonathan Postal<br />[[James Wilsey]] (deceased)<br />[[Brad Kent]] (deceased)<br />[[Danny Panic]]
| current_members = [[Penelope Houston]]<br />Greg Ingraham<br />Joel Reader<br />Luis Illades
| 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]], 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==
===Early history===
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" />
 
An album called ''[[Avengers (album)|Avengers]]'' (sometimes referred to as the ''Pink Album'', including by Houston herself)<ref name=pen/> 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_interview" /> The album was out-of-print for a long time due to being in "legal limbo", during which time Houston sold the album in [[CD-R]] format directly through her website. The album was re-released in 2010.
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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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{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name=reader>{{cite news
| 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>
<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
| 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>
<ref name=pen>{{cite web
| 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>
<ref name="Strong">{{cite book
| 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>
<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
| accessdateaccess-date = 2010-10-23}}</ref>
<ref name=Wilsey>{{cite web
| 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>
<ref name=kent>{{cite web
| 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>
<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>
}}
 
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