Nick Traina (born Nicholas John Steel Toth; May 1, 1978 – September 20, 1997) was the lead singer for the

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Link 80 Link 80 was an American punk rock/ska punk band from San Francisco's East Bay, United States. Band history Link 80 started in the summer 1993 in the East Bay of California. In the beginning, original members (guitarist Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, d ...

Life

Traina was the son of

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and William George Toth. Traina died by suicide by overdosing on lithium at the age of 19.

Career

Traina started his first band, ''Shanker'', at age 13 with Max Leavitt. He joined

at age 16 and played with them for three years, touring extensively. After leaving Link 80 in August 1997, Traina formed a new band called Knowledge and recorded a demo with them that has since been released on

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. A song titled "Gnat" was included on the release; the song was recorded years earlier with Leavitt.

Discography

With Link 80: * '' Remember How It Used To Be EP'' (1995) * '' Rumble At The Tracks EP'' (1996) * ''

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'' (1996) * ''

Killing Katie ''Killing Katie'' is the second album by the punk band Link 80. It was released on CD and 10" vinyl by Asian Man Records in 1997. It was recorded with Steve Fontano at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, California between 18–20 April 1997. The al ...

'' (1997) With Knowledge: * ''A Gift Before I Go'' (1998)

References

External links

Link 80
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