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Former Whole Wheat Bread bassist sentenced to 7 years

Posted by chris on Thursday, November 9, 2006 at 11:35 AM (EST)

According to numerous reports, including Jacksonville.com, Nick Largen, formerly of Whole Wheat Bread, has been sentenced to seven years in prison for armed robbery.

While the last update about the incident acknowledged that he was facing "several years" this is the first confirmation of a sentence for the bass player. Largen had been arrested in Amherst, NY on charges of first degree robbery, but his bandmates opted to continue on with C.J. Randolph (aka Johnny Rock) of Atlanta-based El Pus, taking over bass duties.

The trio released Minority Rules in 2005 followed by the Punk Life EP earlier this week. The original lineup was also the subject of one of the very first video interviews hosted on Punknews.org.

The band is currently on the road as part of the Gold Tour, with the Bouncing Souls and the Street Dogs.

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BANGARANG (November 9, 2006)

haha first

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Someone (November 9, 2006)

god damn niggers

Someone (November 9, 2006)

asshole

Someone (November 9, 2006)

god damn white trash

Someone (November 9, 2006)

I just saw a band named Bangarang a few weeks ago.

BANGARANG (November 10, 2006)

haha really?
GIMME A LINK YO.

Someone (November 10, 2006)

I think it's:
www.myspace.com/bangaranghoes

psychosis_cheer (November 9, 2006)

you should never leave a piece of whole wheat bread at a robbery they will always find you!

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OctEgon (November 9, 2006)

Calling Cards in general are really just a bad idea

Someone (November 9, 2006)

that sucks.

PatThetic (November 9, 2006)

Nicky destroyed the black punk scene

Someone (November 9, 2006)

black 182

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El_Mugroso (November 9, 2006)

Good Chocalate

Someone (November 9, 2006)

no you didn't...

Someone (November 9, 2006)

That made me laugh

JayTee (November 9, 2006)

Magnified Plizzle

Someone (November 9, 2006)

props to that

Smelton (November 9, 2006)

Sucks.

Someone (November 9, 2006)

who dis?

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Someone (November 9, 2006)

Daddy Yankee!

MadCow (November 9, 2006)

Crazy Alice

Someone (November 9, 2006)

glad to see someone has sirius!

Someone (November 9, 2006)

Wow 7 years for robbery is a little extreme.

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OctEgon (November 9, 2006)

I'm willing to bet that you're white

Someone (November 9, 2006)

Hes not but im am

Someone (November 9, 2006)

If I was white wouldn't I suggest a tougher sentence?

Someone (November 9, 2006)

I love aiden

Someone (November 9, 2006)

Definately white.

OctEgon (November 9, 2006)

Nope, because Whitey always get's off easy

Someone (November 9, 2006)

eat shit blacky

colin (November 9, 2006)

it was probably armed robbery. i got held up at gunpoint once and the suggested sentence was 10 years per count (there were 6 counts). it varies state to state but in georgia armed robbery is 10 years minimum.

Someone (November 9, 2006)

Haha, that's funny I got held up at knife point at a gas station and they barley gave the dude 2 years (they caught him because he was driving his company truck haha)

but I live in Canada

Someone (November 9, 2006)

some people are just brilliant hahahahha

Someone (November 9, 2006)

It was armed robbery

ILOVESCOTT (November 9, 2006)

yeah, people should be able to rob and threaten people with weapons and get off with a slap on the wrist.

Someone (November 9, 2006)

Yeah well 7 years still seems a little much. I mean they're gangster, can't help what you are SON!!

joeg (November 9, 2006)

7 years is a slap on the wrist. i'd give him 20 in a heartbeat.

Someone (November 9, 2006)

Thank you, we counted on your support at this years mid-term elections.

- The Republicans.

joeg (November 9, 2006)

hell yea. we're takin it back in 08.

Someone (November 9, 2006)

We'll get em in 08 alright. Niggers and Homo's look out! it's time for the hertrosexual upper class white middle aged male to rise up and overcome his minority oppressor!

- The Republicans.

joeg (November 9, 2006)

don't forget about the spics now. the minutemen need to have some more "free range" if you know what i'm sayin.

Someone (November 9, 2006)

Conservative Punk rules as hard as Michealle Graves rocks!

Someone (November 9, 2006)

We'll get em in 08 alright. Niggers and Homo's look out! it's time for the hertrosexual upper class white middle aged male to rise up and overcome his minority oppressor!

- The Republicans.

Someone (November 9, 2006)

man does your face deserve to be caved in by the curb outside your apartment. what a fuck face. lets fight. you and me. i could take you 8 times in a row.

Someone (November 9, 2006)

It was a joke cornrows. Go back to your malt liqoure and watermelon and leave the discussion up to the white people.

Kidding....or am I?

Someone (November 9, 2006)

it is.

I spent 3 months in jail and that was the worst time ever.

7 is way too extreme for a hold up

2 years is what we do in Canada and what it is in Europe... and look, we have way less crime than the states

Someone (November 9, 2006)

I think the worst part of jail would have to be shitting while everyone is standing around watching.

skottybloodbank (November 9, 2006)

that and the anal sodomy

Someone (November 9, 2006)

He said jail, not prison. Also, is there any other kind of sodomy?

Someone (November 9, 2006)

i dunno...i hear the food is pretty shitty there too.....hahaha

Someone (November 9, 2006)

Maybe he also had gun charges put up against him too.

Someone (November 9, 2006)

Americans are just more violent in general than Canadians/Europeans

Someone (November 13, 2006)

Yeah 7 years is too much for an armed robbery where someone could have lost their life. Get a clue you morons. If the guy is willing to do a robbery witha weapon he is one mistake away from taking a life during that robbery. The guy should get 10+ easily

JonathonFallow (November 9, 2006)

It sounds like someone needs to see American History X.

Someone (November 9, 2006)

If he'd done it in Florida he'd be looking at 10 years mandatory minimum if he used a gun

RightCliqificus (November 9, 2006)

i just saw these guys in seattle with the souls a couple weeks ago. they came out and looked like thugs and i expected it was gonna be some kind of militant rap group, and then they are like "what's up mother fuckers!?!?!" like thugs and shit. then they start playing and it sounds 90% like mxpx. it blew my mind. they put on a pretty good show, other than the "when i say 'whole wheat', you say 'bread' " thing. so obviously i was wrong and have learned once again that you shouldn't judge a book by its cover, but rather by its third appendix and/or epilogue.

88-fingers-tony (November 9, 2006)

i never listened to these guys, but this is proof right here they are tru punx

Someone (November 9, 2006)

how long ago was he arrested?

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sprainedsoul (November 9, 2006)

Last June. Youtube has some footage posted of the arrest online from local news affiliates in NJ.

coffinfullofnails (November 9, 2006)

hahah oh shit that sucks. see ya in seven.

Someone (November 9, 2006)

He'll probably get off in 2 years at the ...

oh wait, he's black? Hmm, looks like 7 years and then some. America LOVES black people; they just like them in jail.

-kliph

DiscoFucker (November 9, 2006)

This is all a publicity stunt to perpetuate their "thug" image.

sickboi (chris) (November 9, 2006)

Keep in mind, he robbed a gas station with a BB gun. I'm guessing he has priors, thus the harsher sentence.

-chris

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Someone (November 9, 2006)

Wow... thats all?

That is harsh.

Someone (November 9, 2006)

i love bb guns

baseball (November 9, 2006)

priors probably have a lot to do with that sentence

coffinfullofnails (November 9, 2006)

haha really? did he pull if off and get caught? or get caught while doing it? But I agree he had to of had some priors because that's a little harsh for a bb gun.

Someone (November 9, 2006)

i onse robbed a store with a bb gun

coffinfullofnails (November 9, 2006)

Ok.... thanks for the usless info that didn't answer my question, and it's "once" just so you know.

sickboi (chris) (November 9, 2006)

He was fleeing when he got busted.

coffinfullofnails (November 9, 2006)

That sucks even more, you think you are getting away then bam! now your in cuffs going to jail for armed robbery with a bb gun.

SkolarX (November 9, 2006)

i always assumed it was part of his made up backstory but they had a bunch of stuff on their myspace page about how he had a few felonys on his record already

Someone (November 9, 2006)

wait it was a bb gun!!?

Someone (November 9, 2006)

fuck yo couch nigga

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Someone (November 9, 2006)

"shoulda never gave you niggas money!"

skaboom (November 9, 2006)

Cue FuckyouOiOiOi talking about how he spent 2 hours in a holding cell for his 9th posession charge.

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Someone (November 9, 2006)

Comment of the day

video_cognito (November 9, 2006)

I'm not gonna lie, I really enjoy them. This really sucks because when he'd sing, his eyes would bulge out like eight inches out of their sockets.

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Someone (November 9, 2006)

CJ might actually be a better singer than Nick, when i saw them a few weeks ago i was very impressed. Nick was damned entertaining on stage though, he'll be missed

ChokingVictim (November 9, 2006)

Well, robbing a gas station with a BB gun is fucking stupid, but 7 years is a little much...I'm sure prior arrests have a lot to do with the sentence, but damn, 7 years?

What other shit was on his record?

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JonathonFallow (November 9, 2006)

He had 3 DWB's.

Someone (November 9, 2006)

hahahaha

Someone (November 9, 2006)

saw these guys over the summer. they sucked. sound like wanna-be punk rock circa 1996. uninspired and cliche'd...except for the black thing. of course they freestyle rap'd for a song or two, as well.

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skaboom (November 9, 2006)

They sound like pop punk sounded when it was good.

ThinMike (November 9, 2006)

You were clearly not alive when pop punk was good, if you think it sounded like this band.

Someone (November 9, 2006)

these guys are fuckin awesome... the first time i saw them, me and a friend of mine went up to nick and asked him if he and his band wanted to get high... so we did! even sold 'em some pot... about a year later they played with the suicide machines and nick freestyled during the intro to Hey! ska... it was fuckin great... then later that year at warped tour i was at their little stage during their set and met tim armstrong.. come to find out later that it was tims first time seeing WWB, then they got invited as guests on Rancid Radio... great times... nick is still a dumbass for that "stunt" he pulled in NJ... he should have just stolen a car instead

Someone (November 9, 2006)

i skipped bouncing souls when they came to town bacuse i couldn't imagine having to sit thru this shitty band!

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video_cognito (November 9, 2006)

Wow, you're an idiot. Why didn't you just get to the show late?

jamespastepunk (November 9, 2006)

It sounds like good old fashioned skate punk. Yeah, I believed all the Black-182 until I saw them live. If punk rock really is about playing and talking about what you know then these guys are punk rock.

VeniceBeachxc (November 9, 2006)

fuck.

capitalist_pig (November 9, 2006)

Spending seven years in jail is just another gimmick to boost his street cred.

Someone (November 9, 2006)

I'm not impressed with this band at all. They have the whole dumbass thug image going on to appeal to the middle America white boys who wish they were though crap.

WilliamHowardTaft (November 9, 2006)

gotta get that money son!

ChokingVictim (November 9, 2006)

That's what he gets for being black and living in America.

Someone (November 9, 2006)

George Bush doesn't care about black people

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Someone (November 9, 2006)

meh, so it goes. Never heard of any great empires formed from black people.

Someone (November 10, 2006)

Uh, Ghana? Egypt?

Someone (November 10, 2006)

I'll semi-grant you egypt. Historians think they were the beginning of the shift in skin color on that side of Africa like the northern regions of Morocco and Algeria by the Straight of Gibralter.

Ghana, while black and a empire, didn't accomplish very many great things.

Someone (November 9, 2006)

It is UNBELIEVABLE to me that a "Punk" news/message board would be a place where people would post racist comments disguised as cute and clever quips. Really fucking pathetic.

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SuperRad (November 9, 2006)

Second.

Someone (November 9, 2006)

Welcome to PunkNews.org, home of every "ism" in existence.

Scruffy (November 9, 2006)

It shouldn't be surprising. A lot of people think they aren't racist, but are. This just brings it out.
I hate people.

Cos (November 9, 2006)

You obviously haven't been reading here for very long.

It happens, its stupid, its best to just ignore it.

--Cos

VitusTinnitus (November 9, 2006)

what seems unbelievable to me is that people don't realize that these are trolls, and respond to them.

that being said, i love whenever "blinkrules" gets someone going.

ChokingVictim (November 9, 2006)

The people who post blatantly racist comments are just looking to stir shit up. It's best to ignore them. I think some people are just making jokes about stereotypes, and though sometimes inappropriate, I don't think they mean anything by them.

capitalist_pig (November 9, 2006)

Shut up, nigger.

ThinMike (November 9, 2006)

Good: a criminal getting what he deserves.

Bad: the fact that this will probably result in better name recognition and more album sales for WWB.

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Someone (November 9, 2006)

you think he deserves seven years for a bb gun?

Bakla (November 9, 2006)

they should have sentenced him to 7 Seconds

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Someone (November 9, 2006)

7 years for a plastic gun. Sounds like they can't take a joke.

TrueBeliever (November 9, 2006)

Sounds like you didn't get the joke

Someone (November 12, 2006)

sounds like you think its a joke

TrueBeliever (November 9, 2006)

I saw these guys in LA last Friday and they played a pretty cool show, I wasn't expecting the cover of Maxwell Murder (which was alright, points off for not pulling off the solo), but what really bothered me about the performence was the audience. When they played their rap(ish) song I looked around the room and found tons of white kids bopping their heads (not head banging). It was embarresing.

RiseAgainstSSCC (November 9, 2006)

It was a little more then robery

http://youtube.com/watch?v=dQoz4XQeAoM

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el_matt (November 9, 2006)

Wow, the dude caused quite a ruckus.

Someone (November 9, 2006)

no no no it was because he was black! cant you see the inherent racism in the american judicial system?

daved4 (November 9, 2006)

HAHAHA

extra props by hitting the old peoples van

David_Arquette (November 9, 2006)

"I mean...that could be someone's grandma, ya'know..."

at_the_drive_in_21 (November 9, 2006)

Hee hee, look at that chubby cop run!

kingofsuck (November 9, 2006)

hahaha Holy shit, now that is uppin da punx.

Badmouth (November 9, 2006)

Damn man skeet was the best part of that group he brought the raw energy and hip hopness

Someone (November 9, 2006)

nagger got what he deserved yee haw!

Someone (November 9, 2006)

You have to be pretty stupid to try to flee in a fucking UHaul! I mean, don't they make you pay by the mile, break down all the time and have a governer on the gas pedal?

Someone (November 9, 2006)

wow there are alot of racists on here. i like to joke on stereotypes too, but i can tell when you're just being a racist dickhead. cut that shit out you dumb fucks.

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NoControl (November 9, 2006)

you getting pissed is just giving them what they want. its just the internet dude, settle down.

Someone (November 13, 2006)

fuck fuck fuck the police

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