No Use for a Name
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No Use for a Name (sometimes abbreviated NUFAN or No Use) was an American punk rock band from Sunnyvale, California,[1] formed in 1986[2][3] by Chris Dodge (guitar), Steve Papoutsis (bass) and Rory Koff (drums). The band's sound evolved considerably through its career, starting off as a Bay Area-influenced punk band, moving on to a much heavier metallic-tinted sound to finally taking on a much lighter brand of melodic punk as the years passed. Following Tony Sly's death on July 31, 2012, the remaining members chose to disband the group out of respect for him.
History
No Use For a Name was formed in 1986 by longtime friends Dodge, Papoutsis and Koff. The early rehearsals of the band had taken place at the Koff family house in Sunnyvale, where they also came up with the name for the band. During this era, the band was fronted by Papoutsis' friend John Meyer. Initially a four piece, it later expanded to a six piece, adding as a co-vocalist Ramon Gras and a second guitarist Doug Judd. The band experienced many line up changes during this period. In 1987, Dodge left to play in another Bay Area punk band,
NUFAN's first album, Incognito, was released in 1990 by New Red Archives. It was the only album by the band recorded as a trio.[4] In 1991, Dodge rejoined on second guitar and they released their second album, Don't Miss the Train, in 1992 before signing up with Fat Mike's label Fat Wreck Chords in 1993. In late 1992, Dodge left the line-up,[2] and was replaced by the guitarist Robin Pfefer, who took over on lead guitar so that Sly could step down to rhythm and concentrate on singing. No Use for a Name also released their first record on Fat Wreck Chords that year, The Daily Grind (EP), which turned out to be highly successful.
Ed Gregor replaced Pfefer on lead guitar soon after the release of The Daily Grind. In 1995, after the release of
After releasing
The band released its eighth full-length studio album,
Sly's death
Tony Sly died in his sleep on July 31, 2012.
Band members
Final lineup
- Tony Sly – guitars (1987–2012), lead vocals (1989–2012); died 2012
- Chris Rest – guitars (2009–2012)
- Matt Riddle – bass (1995–2012)
- Boz Rivera – drums (2011–2012)
Former members
- Ramon Gras – lead vocals (1986–1988)
- John Meyer – lead vocals (1986–1987)
- Doug Judd – guitars (1986–1987)
- Chris Dodge – guitars (1986–1987, 1991–1992), lead vocals (1988–1989)
- Steve Papoutsis – bass (1986–1995)
- Rory Koff – drums (1986–2010)
- Rob Upson – guitars (1989-1990)
- Robin Pfefer – guitars (1993)
- Ed Gregor – guitars (1993–1995)
- Chris Shiflett – guitars (1995–1999)
- Dave Nassie– guitars (1999–2009)
Timeline
Discography
- Studio albums
- Incognito (1990)
- Don't Miss the Train (1992)
- The Daily Grind (1993)
- ¡Leche con Carne! (1995)
- Making Friends (1997)
- More Betterness! (1999)
- Hard Rock Bottom (2002)
- Keep Them Confused (2005)
- The Feel Good Record of the Year (2008)
References
- ^ a b "Bands: Fat Wreck Chords". Fatwreck.com. Retrieved November 29, 2013.
- ^ a b c "NO USE FOR A NAME – debut 7" – 1988". chrisdodgesounds.blogspot.ca. April 29, 2013. Retrieved December 1, 2016.
- ^ a b Dodge, Chris. "Tony Sly Music Foundation". tonysly.org. Retrieved December 1, 2016.
- No Use For a Name. New Red Archives. 1990.)
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- ^ Lagwagon-ba harapott a No Use for a Name ShortScore.net (August 22, 2009.)
- ^ "The Brag » Interview: No Use for a Name". Archived from the original on December 2, 2011. Retrieved January 23, 2012.
- ^ Flynn, John (August 1, 2012). "In Memoriam: Tony Sly (1970–2012)". Punknews.org. Retrieved September 16, 2012.
- "Tony Sly (November 4, 1970 – July 31, 2012)". Fat Wreck Chords. August 7, 2012. Retrieved September 16, 2016. - ^ "Current and Former No Use for a Name Members to Play Tribute Show". Punknews.org. August 27, 2012. Retrieved September 16, 2012.
- ^ "Break-ups: No Use for a Name (1987–2012)". Punknews.org. September 12, 2012. Retrieved September 16, 2012.
- ^ Mongrain, Marc-André (August 1, 2012). "No Use for a Name: le chanteur Tony Sly est décédé (No Use for a Name: Singer Tony Sly Died)". Sors-Tu?.ca (in French). Retrieved September 16, 2012.