Content deleted Content added
Amend hatnote |
added more refs |
||
Line 1:
{{about||another band|The Avengers (New Zealand band)|other uses|Avenger (disambiguation)#Music}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
Line 20 ⟶ 19:
}}
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. 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.
Line 34 ⟶ 33:
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==
Line 137 ⟶ 140:
| 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>
}}
| |||