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The Almighty Trigger Happy are BACK! - kinda...

Contributed by an Anonymous Source. Posted by Aubin on Wednesday, May 23, 2001 at 11:59 PM (EDT)

PunkRocks.net writes "After a couple years of breakup, and no official tour for their final album, "I Hate Us," Al Nolan has rounded up some new guys to get out on the road and finally do that "I Hate Us" Tour. Al explains, "I have put together a new version of Trigger Happy, featuring some excellent musicians. Each guy was part of the family, without being in the band. Like most people, I would usually bum out on a band with only one original member, but you should know that Mark, Ruston, & Johnny have all moved on to happier and more satisfying things. And I'm happy for them." It looks like the almighty has turned into the vengeful ... Trigger Happy are one of the most underappreciated hardcore punk bands around."
Trigger Happy are definately one of those bands that has been look over by the punk rock royalty and it is really good to see them back in some form. Just a few more additions to the T.H. family..." Trigger Happy are great... I remember Al helped me out with one of my first interviews when I was doing a tiny little zine with 250 copies every two or three months. Pretty cool guy too, he snowboarded professionally for awhile, and he worked at some of the better skate shops here in Toronto... and yeah, they are too good to be so underrated.

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Someone (May 24, 2001)

and you can see his little tags around the record shops in toronto like rotate this where his little messages was about the trigger happy cd being cheaper then the big places like hmv

Someone (May 24, 2001)

I think the sound a whole lot like pennywise. so does no fun at all. oh well, all three of those bands are really good, and i'm glad TH is back.

Someone (May 24, 2001)

they should have stayed dead

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Someone (May 25, 2001)

What the fuck do you know?

Someone (May 25, 2001)

I know you're a fucking faggot

Someone (May 28, 2001)

Wow! Did you think of that big word all by yourself? Good for you. Those courses you've been taking to get over the fact that you're a retard must be working. TH rules!

Someone (May 24, 2001)

fuck off, al nolan is one of the biggest assholes around, such a wanna be rockstar, and i hate it when punk bands claim to be hardcore! if fucknuts is so hardcore how come i have not once seen him at a real hardcore show?

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Someone (May 24, 2001)

i don't know man... maybe your argument doesn't make sense huh?

Someone (May 24, 2001)

you obviously only know if the "Stage" version of Al Nolan. He has many different sides. The "friend" Al is much different.. to bad you were never his friend...

Someone (May 25, 2001)

I'm his friend and he is still an Asshole :-) Bryce Johnson 1990-now

Someone (May 25, 2001)

Seems to me that you are a little too busy being the judge of everyone else to have any time to sign message boards. Hardcore? What exactly is hardcore mr know it all? Is hardcore slaving away in a band for over 10 years and spending more time on the road than you do at home? Is hardcore constantly evolving and adapting to the punk scene so that you can continue to play the music that you love? Is hardcore forming a band when the scene was virtually dead and being an essential part of it's rebuilding? If that's hardcore, then Trigger Happy are indeed a hardcore band. However, if hardcore is simply pretending you didn't like Pennywise 5 years ago and going straight edge cause all your friends are doing it then I guess that makes you hardcore doesn't it? Why don't you take 2 seconds to get to know the history of a great band like Trigger Happy before passing j

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Someone (May 25, 2001)

yo, al nolan fucked over some of my friends who where IN THE BAND at the fucking time, why don't you ask al about racking up #500 on someone esles calling card and then telling them to fuck off when they question it? besides i did like 8 years ago! but they haven't done anything good since unknown road but its still one of my favorite cds, ohh nad i'm not edge either, and i'm probally close to al's age, so eat a dick bicth, and now whos judging whom? death to false hardcore

Someone (May 25, 2001)

I thought the calling card incident had to do with Boundless?, not anyone in the band.

Someone (May 25, 2001)

nope, i don't wanna name names but it was one of the old drummers who i was friends with at the time

Someone (May 25, 2001)

Ahh musta been Gary then. Wally never had the credit to have a phone card. That's crappy.

Someone (May 25, 2001)

hahahah i think Kari left on bad terms also

Someone (May 25, 2001)

gut's "mr vain" was the shit

Someone (May 29, 2001)

This is getting silly. harcore is for fags.

Someone (May 25, 2001)

i believe it's pronounced know-it-all

theAL (May 30, 2001)

Hello, My name is Al Nolan. I was wondering as to why you are so gnarly? What qualifies as a real hardcore show? was it when I was at the silver dollar in 1987 to see Agnostic Front (cause for alarm/justice tour) or was it touring with SOIA/STRIFE? The funniest thing about this whole hardcore/ punk thing... the argument is older that the average age of the listener...

Someone (May 30, 2001)

You tell 'em Al. And give me back my $500 you cocksucker! I'm gonna go practice drums now I guess.(?) jay

theAL (June 1, 2001)

No problem ... I just got to make a few more calls... and if you ask me about it... I'll use the F Word.... and then kick you out of the band! WE need to talk about your drummin....

Disconnector (September 9, 2002)

Scenster asshole! How many scene points did that earn you with your friends?

Someone (May 24, 2001)

I remember when Al hit someone in the audience in the face with his dick in the middle of a set. Hey Al Rogers pass. C-C-C-Craaash?

Someone (May 24, 2001)

I once saw Al take a BIG crap back stage, pull it out of the toilet and bring it on stage with him to show the audience b/c someone was making fun of him. PLus i don't think al ever snowboarded professionally.. he did however work for arnette for a while..

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theAL (May 30, 2001)

The night of which you speak ... London Ontario. Jimbo (the vocalist for the Dayglo Abortions) after seeing the biggest piece of shit in his life ran and told the band.... Al, Mark, Johnny, Kevin, & various members of Sector SEVEN were present for the "Gross Out" Anyways During Our Performance, Jimbo had been giving us shit for being Pussies... So he dared me to get the piece of shit I had been talking to the audience about... "If you are so punk - go get that piece of shit!" SO I went to the bathroom, reached in a pulled it out! I ran to the stage.... Showed it to everyone! They Cheered.... I ran back to the bathroom... threw the "piece" back into the bowl ... returned to the stage and then we launched into one of our songs!...... So there you have it... the truth! What a drag... I liked this guys story better! If that piece of shit was mine? I would of bee

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Someone (May 24, 2001)

I think to use the same name as your old band, you should at least keep one other member. this is like jesse michaels calling common rider 'operation ivy' or something...well maybe not that drastic, trigger happy is way less significant than opiv.

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Someone (May 24, 2001)

Just to clarify. The Original Lineup of Trigger Happy was Al, Simon, Moby and Yared. So the trigger happy of Mark, Rus, shitbeard, etc was never the original lineup. If we went back far enough we could show that trigger happy has had over 20 guys in the band since it's inception. Not to dis the other guys but Trigger Happy is Al.

Someone (May 24, 2001)

Yeah but you can't really compare the original T.H music to what it evolved into. Etc? I thought they were a five piece? Oh I guess not right at the very end.

Someone (May 24, 2001)

uncooler was a turning point and that was a long long time ago so yes their original music was nothing like their latest release but there was definately a progression. TH has always been about changing and evolving...

Someone (May 24, 2001)

I don't know if trigger happy would call themselves hardcore, and i thought they were definitely one of the best bands from the GTA... anyways, i remember al used to work at faktory and he gave me a free comp once. thus goes my TH story

layawayplan (May 24, 2001)

Al Nolan recently fronted another band....the Downbelows. They were kinda old-school punk, nothing like T.H. I saw them in London a few months ago, and didn't think all that highly of them. But I do remember Al having quite a stage presence, even with the sparse crowd. And that trick with the mic stand....mindblowing!

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Someone (May 25, 2001)

The downbelows was started by Brian of toronto's tirekickers... he just got Al to sing. It's Brian's Band.

Someone (May 25, 2001)

ah, i see i think someone told me that before, but i forgot

Someone (May 24, 2001)

I think they listen to too much Big Drill Car

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Someone (May 25, 2001)

You can never listen to too much Big Drill Car.

trolley (May 24, 2001)

Trigger Happy was the first punk show I was ever at, when they played with Bracket and SNFU in Ottawa. I hope that they get a bit more attention now than they did before...that was the main reason they called it quits. Can't wait to see them again!

Someone (May 24, 2001)

Just so you guys really know the true history of TH here it is - (Al and I wrote this up for their old website a few summers ago) Spring 1992 KINGPIN changes name to TRIGGER HAPPY! Vocals: Alan Nolan Guitar: Mark Holman Bass: Simon Head Drums: Yared December 1992 Vocals: Alan Nolan Guitar: Mark Gibson Bass: Jim Norton Drums: Simon Head Spring 1993 Vocals: Alan Nolan Guitar: Mark Gibson Bass: Gary Begner Drums: Simon Head July/August 1993 Vocals: Alan Nolan Guitar: Mark Gibson Bass: Brad Trojan Drums: Tim "Wally" Grant November 1993 Vocals: Alan Nolan Guitar: Mark Gibson Guitar: Brad Trojan Bass: Jason King Drums: Tim "Wally" Grant December 1993 Vocals: Alan Nolan Guitar: Mark Gibson Bass: Jason King Drums: Tim "Wally" Grant June 1994 Vocals: Alan Nolan Guitar: M

show rest of commentJust so you guys really know the true history of TH here it is - (Al and I wrote this up for their old website a few summers ago) Spring 1992 KINGPIN changes name to TRIGGER HAPPY! Vocals: Alan Nolan Guitar: Mark Holman Bass: Simon Head Drums: Yared December 1992 Vocals: Alan Nolan Guitar: Mark Gibson Bass: Jim Norton Drums: Simon Head Spring 1993 Vocals: Alan Nolan Guitar: Mark Gibson Bass: Gary Begner Drums: Simon Head July/August 1993 Vocals: Alan Nolan Guitar: Mark Gibson Bass: Brad Trojan Drums: Tim "Wally" Grant November 1993 Vocals: Alan Nolan Guitar: Mark Gibson Guitar: Brad Trojan Bass: Jason King Drums: Tim "Wally" Grant December 1993 Vocals: Alan Nolan Guitar: Mark Gibson Bass: Jason King Drums: Tim "Wally" Grant June 1994 Vocals: Alan Nolan Guitar: Mark Gibson Bass: Tim Hay Drums: Tim "Wally" Grant December 1994/ January 1995 Vocals: Alan Nolan Guitar: Mark Gibson Bass: Jason King Drums: Tim "Wally" Grant February 1995 Vocals: Alan Nolan Guitar: Mark Gibson Bass: Curt Drums: Tim "Wally" Grant May 1995 Vocals: Alan Nolan Guitar: Mark Gibson Bass: Curt Drums: Gary Doherty November 1995 Vocals: Alan Nolan Guitar: Mark Gibson Guitar: Kari Wilcox Bass: Curt Drums: Gary Doherty February 1996 Vocals: Alan Nolan Guitar: Mark Gibson Bass: Curtis Drums: Ruston Baldwin Summer 1996 Vocals: Alan Nolan Guitar: Mark Gibson Guitar: Johnny "Shit Beard" McNabb Bass: Curtis Drums: Ruston Baldwin Spring 1997-1998 Vocals: Alan Nolan Guitar: Mark Gibson Guitar: Johnny "Shit Beard" McNabb Bass: Kevin James Drums: Ruston Baldwin Summer/Fall 1999 Vocals: Alan Nolan Guitar: Mark Gibson Bass: Johnny "Shit Beard" McNabb Drums: Ruston Baldwin

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Someone (May 25, 2001)

Actually Andre (I'm assuming this is Andre), Johnny only played bass that fall after Kevin moved to Calgary. He played the Nov Euro tour and the final show in Toronto. He didn't play bass in the summer of 99.

Someone (May 25, 2001)

yah i thought that was the case, i was just a little fuzzy on the timeline..

Someone (May 25, 2001)

Ah, Gentleman Jim Norton... he rocked out with balls of steel.

Someone (May 24, 2001)

This band is/was really overlooked. Sure they were'nt breaking any new ground or anything..but great none the less. The latest stuff they released was definately better...more "hardcore" (as we all read somebody apparently hates the whole hardcore/punk mix thing). Always in heavy rotation at my place.

Someone (May 24, 2001)

HTTP://WWW.VENGEFULTRIGGERHAPPY.COM is coming soon. I just registered the domain for the guys. The TH Webmaster

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Someone (May 25, 2001)

hey andre! It's Kevin. You're doing the website again huh? Sucker for punishment. E-mail if you still have my address, I think I've lost yours a while back. Hope all is well.

Someone (May 25, 2001)

hey kevin.. i had the same problem.. email at andre@gaulin.ca

layawayplan (May 25, 2001)

Blood Red and Forever Blue has to be one of the greatest songs ever written. Does anyone have/know where i can get lyrics for it?

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CasinoHCSC (May 28, 2001)

They are crazy posers, Trigger Happy used to be an "All" wannabe band but when the faster stuff like Lag Wagon and Strung Out started catching on with the kids they changed their style to reflect that. Trying to cash in. Hey Al....stick to your fucking roots, poser!!!!

Someone (May 29, 2001)

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!! Roots. That's a good one. I don't think Al cares about roots, he only cares about rock. Don't call it cashing in, call it adapting to the scene. What are you gonna do? Play music to people that they don't like? It's evolution smart guy. You should do your homework.

Someone (May 31, 2001)

They used to sound like ALL but now they don't? That's a terrible argument. Do you listen to ALL? ALL doesn't sound the same as before. Compare "Pretty Little Girl" and "Uncle Critic" or "Stalker". Big difference. Every band changes. They have to. Who the hell wants to listen to the same music for 10 years? Who wants to play the same music for 10 years?

Someone (July 21, 2001)

Hey just emailing to tell you cool site. Just found it. Dana

Someone (November 18, 2003)

Trigger happy can go "back" where they came from Fuck off Al and change the name to "milking for all it's worth!!" ( you can add "almighty" to exclude you from any legal action)

Someone (November 19, 2003)

i love trigger happy cant wait to see them at the 360 ......... ive always wanted to see them but never got the chancee.... Praise the chord!

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Someone (September 17, 2005)

Thank you very much!

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