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Angry SamoansBack from Samoa (1982)Triple XVideos: Pig Destroyer: "Burning Palm" (Lyric Video) Pig Destroyer have posted the first new music from their upcoming album, Book Burner. It's due out October 23, 2012 and is the first release from the band since… September 14, 2012 Videos: Pig Destroyer detail 'Book Burner', add bonus disc with punk covers The friendly folks of Pig Destroyer have revealed the details for their upcoming full length and first since 2007's Phantom Limb. Titled Book Burner, the… August 30, 2012 Tours: Angry Samoans (Hawaii, California) California punks Angry Samoans have posted a handful of dates for December, taking place in Hawaii and California. Angry Samoans' most recent release was the Fuck the War EP in 2006. You can click Read More for the… November 28, 2011 Tours: Foo Fighters releasing covers album for Record Store Day Like the Deftones, the Foo Fighters will be contributing a covers album to coincide with Record Store Day. The album is titled Medium Rare and covers from Paul McCartney and Wings, Cream, Joe Walsh, Mose Allison, Thin Lizzy, Prince,… March 14, 2011 Tours: Vans Warped Tour to make Vans Warped Tour Sneakers In perhaps the most obvious and surprisingly overlooked bit of marketing synergy ever, Vans has revealed that they will soon issue Vans Warped Tour-teamed Vans Sneakers. According to a… June 10, 2010 Tours: Angry Samoans / Dirty Tactics Punk veterans the Angry Samoans are set to play the US east coast this September supported by Philadelphia's Dirty Tactics. This is a rematch of the bands' tour… September 01, 2009 Editors' Picks: Disguster The Punknews Twitter account has become a great way to keep in touch with readers, and it's starting to provide some great feedback from folks who read the site but don't necessarily participate in the usual comment fray. Here's a recommendation that was tweeted our way. Fullerton, California's Disguster plays, fast, rough rock'n'roll in the vein… April 25, 2009 Editors' Picks: Milo Aukerman shares the stage with fellow Descendents at Lemonheads show Descendents fans in Lancaster, PA were recently treated to a surprise mini-reunion as front man Milo Aukerman took the stage with The Lemonheads at the Chameleon Club and performed an Angry Samoans cover. Aukerman's band mates Bill Stevenson and Karl Alvarez are currently on tour backing Lemonheads… December 21, 2007 Tours: Angry Samoans (Europe) Legendary LA Punk Rock band Angry Samoans are heading over to Europe for a set of shows in May. Along the way they are playing with The Soundtrack of Our Lives, and a stop at the Spring Madness Festival with Demented Are Go and The Peacocks. The band is an early Los Angeles act formed by rock critics "Metal" Mike Saunders and Gregg Turner. The band released several albums starting with 1978's Live At… May 11, 2007 Tours: Angry Samoans (US Pacific northwest) Having spent the past few years performing exclusively in California (a recent trip to CBGBs notwithstanding) the Angry Samoans have announced a set of shows in the Pacific northwest. The group will play shows in Portland, Tacoma, and Seattle this November, taking the Clorox Girls and the Ladykillers along for the ride. Click below for the… November 04, 2006 |
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Angry Samoans are an early Los Angeles punk band, formed by rock critics "Metal" Mike Saunders and Gregg Turner. Their unspecified grudges against influential KROQ DJ Rodney Bingenheimer caused them to write a defamatory song called "Get Off the Air", which caused many Los Angeles clubs to avoid booking them until the mid 1980s. The band's particularly offensive, politically incorrect attitude and lyrical content probably contributed to this situation as well.
In the middle 1980s Angry Samoans returned to their roots in 1960s garage rock (they had always cited the 13th Floor Elevators as being their major influence) and put out two releases, Yesterday Started Tomorrow EP and STP Not LSD. Singer/bassist Todd Homer left in 1989, and formed The Mooseheart Faith Stellar Groove Band with Larry Robinson, formerly of 1970s teen pop-soul band Apollo. Turner left soon afterwards, putting out an album in 1993 with the Mistaken before forming his current band, the Blood Drained Cows. Angry Samoans continued with Saunders, drummer Bill Vockeroth, and a wide variety of other individuals, sporadically active throughout the 1990s and into the new millennium.