Strike Anywhere Explained

Strike Anywhere
Background:group_or_band
Origin:Richmond, Virginia, United States
Genre:Melodic hardcore,[1] [2] [3] anarcho-punk, punk rock
Years Active:1999 - present
Label:Pure Noise, Jade Tree, Fat Wreck Chords, Bridge Nine, No Idea, Chunksaah, Red Leader, Scene Police
Current Members:Thomas Barnett
Matt Smith
Garth Petrie
Eric Kane
Mark Miller
Past Members:Matt Sherwood

Strike Anywhere is an American punk rock band from Richmond, Virginia. Formed in 1999 after the demise of frontman Thomas Barnett's previous band, Inquisition, they took their name from the Inquisition song "Strike Anywhere". Their music is characterized by fast tempos, catchy melodies, and emotionally charged vocals delivered via shouting and singing.

The band received an increased amount of attention after their music appeared in three Tony Hawk video games: Tony Hawk's Underground in 2003 ("Refusal"), Tony Hawk's American Wasteland in 2005 ("Question the Answer"), and Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam in 2006 ("The Promise"). They were also featured in the documentary, Wake Up Screaming,[4] about the 2005 Vans Warped Tour.

History

thumb|The band's logoThe band embarked on their first tour, spanning four weeks from May 29 to June 30, 2000, across the entire United States with Florida melodic hardcore band As Friends Rust.[5] [6] The tour included several cross-over shows with Glasseater, Mid Carson July and The Agency (the three of which were on tour together), as well as stops to play such festivals as Mixed Messages in Minneapolis, Minnesota and Pheer Festival in College Park, Maryland. Strike Anywhere again teamed up with As Friends Rust for their first European and British tour, which spanned five weeks from October 29 to December 5, 2001.[7] [8] A highlight performance at London, England's Camden Underworld from midway through the tour, on November 16, 2001, was filmed and later released on video and DVD by British home video company Punkervision in December 2002.[9] [10]

The band played their last show with guitarist Matt Sherwood in Auckland, New Zealand on March 17, 2007, with Mark Miller replacing Sherwood. Since then, the band has continued its regimen of international touring, including the group's first South American tour, where they played Brazil and Colombia.[11] In an interview in December 2016, Barnett confirmed that the band is currently working on a fifth studio album.[12] On July 17, 2020 the band released an EP titled Nightmares of the West via Pure Noise Records. The EP contained seven newly recorded songs that were the result of ideas that had been exchanged between bandmates over the course of the 2010s decade.[13]

Political stance

Strike Anywhere lyrics touch on such issues as police brutality, anti-capitalism, women's rights, animal rights, and globalization. They have also contributed tracks to political benefit albums, such as a live version of "Sunset on 32nd" for 1157 Wheeler Avenue: A Memorial for Amadou Diallo and "To the World" for the Rock Against Bush, Vol. 1 album. According to the liner notes for their album Change is a Sound, they support "the vegetarian lifestyle, the living wage movement and the fight against corporate globalization".[14] With its 2006 release Dead FM, the band expanded their political slogans to address "more sociological ideas about why these (events) happen".[15]

Their logo is similar to the Three Arrows symbol and the Antifascist Circle, and includes the logo of the former social democracy/antifascist German Iron Front, a paramilitary organization which existed in the last years of the Weimar Republic.

Strike Anywhere generally allows audience members to record their live performances for personal, non-commercial use, and has gone so far as to authorize the Internet Archive to create a section where fans can upload and share their recordings.[16]

Members

Current

Former

Discography

Studio albums

EPs

Compilation albums

Live albums

Compilation appearances

Related bands

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Strike Anywhere: The Evolution of Punk Rock Angst: An Interview by Greg Barbera . 23 May 2020.
  2. Web site: Paul . Aubin . Exclusive: Strike Anywhere signed to Bridge 9 . 23 May 2020.
  3. Book: Ensminger . David . Left of the Dial: Conversations with Punk Icons . 1 July 2013 . PM Press . 978-1604866414 . 370.
  4. Web site: Wake Up Screaming - Home . https://web.archive.org/web/20051028060649/http://www.wakeupscreamingmovie.com/ . dead . 2005-10-28 . Wakeupscreamingmovie.com . 2011-07-18 .
  5. Web site: February 18, 2002 . As Friends Rust Interview . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20020401073605/http://www.music-scan.de/infos/stories/details.php?id=37 . April 1, 2002 . December 30, 2021 . Music-Scan.
  6. Web site: Julien . Alexandre . Alexander Julien . January 10, 2020 . As Friends Rust - A skeletal repository of As Friends Rust's timeline . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20220506055852/http://www.abridgedpause.com/as-friends-rust . May 6, 2022 . May 6, 2022 . Abridged Pause Blog . en-US.
  7. Web site: Aubin . Paul . October 18, 2001 . Strike Anywhere / As Friends Rust in Europe . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200513183838/https://www.punknews.org/article/2114/strike-anywhere-as-friends-rust-in-europe . May 13, 2020 . December 30, 2021 . Punk News . en.
  8. Web site: October 2001 . Shows . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20011120135129/http://www.dchardcore.net/afr/shows.html . November 20, 2001 . March 23, 2022 . As Friends Rust.
  9. Web site: Aubin . Paul . January 14, 2003 . As Friends Rust/Strike Anywhere live DVD . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20211231141302/https://www.punknews.org/article/4915/as-friends-rust-strike-anywhere-live-dvd . December 31, 2021 . December 30, 2021 . Punk News . en.
  10. Book: Punk Planet 54 . March 2003 . . Punkervision Ad.
  11. Web site: Strike Anywhere's Thomas Barnett . www.exclaim.ca . 22 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100811061426/http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/webexclusives.aspx?csid1=146 . 11 August 2010 . dead.
  12. Web site: Archived copy . 2016-12-19 . 2016-12-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161220182522/http://www.thepunkarchive.com/strike-anywhere/ . dead .
  13. Web site: Sacher . Andrew . Strike Anywhere's Thomas Barnett talks protests, punk activism, first EP in 11 years, more in interview . Brooklyn Vegan . 20 July 2020.
  14. http://www.jadetree.com/releases/product/JT1060 Jade Tree Records
  15. http://www.aversion.com/bands/interviews.cfm?interview=341 Aversion.com
  16. https://archive.org/details/StrikeAnywhere Strike Anywhere collection
  17. Web site: Strike Anywhere :: Dead FM - Records: Fat Wreck Chords . Fatwreck.com . 2011-07-18.

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