Anarchy Club is an

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duo from Boston, Massachusetts. The band consists of vocalist/guitarist Keith Smith, who is a former member of the band C60, and Adam von Buhler, who plays guitar (including all solos), bass, drums, and other instruments, and is a former member of the band

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History

Friends Adam von Buhler and Keith Smith formed the band in the winter of 2004. Their debut album, ''The Way and Its Power'', was released in 2005. The album contained the song "Behind the Mask," which appeared in the

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game ''

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'' as a bonus track. Smith was an employee of

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until 2010, and von Buhler's former bandmate,

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, is its audio director. "Collide" (from their 2007 release, ''A Single Drop of Red'') is a bonus track for ''

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''. Of the 24 bonus tracks in the game,

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named "Collide" as one of the five best. "Blood Doll" is an unlockable track from the MTV/Harmonix game

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. "Get Clean" is an in-game track from the MTV/Harmonix game Rock Band 2, featured in the "Impossible" section.

Pre-Anarchy Club

During Keith's time in C60, that band won 6 Boston music awards (5 of them in one year) and shared stages with bands such as

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and others. Some of their songs were also featured in the TV shows ''

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'' and ''

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''. Meanwhile, Adam worked with the band

, and recorded an unreleased album with producer

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. During his time signed to Capitol Records, he toured the country with Splashdown and had several songs in movies (''

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'' and others) and television shows (''

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'', ''

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'' and many more).

A Single Drop of Red (2007)

Anarchy Club released their second CD, '' A Single Drop of Red'', in December 2007. The record was an EP featuring 5 new tracks (including "Collide", not previously available on CD), and 6 remixes of fan favorites from "The Way and its Power". The song "Blood Doll" from this CD additionally appeared as a bonus track in Harmonix's music video game

which came out later that year. In the PS2 version of the game, Keith and Adam appear as characters on stage during the performance of "Blood Doll".

The Art of War (2009)

The duo released their second full-length CD (and third overall), ''The Art of War'', in October 2009. At the same time, two Anarchy Club songs, "Blood Doll" and "Get Clean", appeared as DLC in the iPhone and iPad versions of the official Rock Band game.

Life In The Underground (2012)

On May 31, 2012, the duo released their third full album, "Life In The Underground". Also in 2012, many previously released Anarchy Club songs began to appear as downloadable content for the Rock Band Network.

Dead Star Cult (2020)

In 2019, Keith posted on the band's blog that he'd been feeling boxed-in creatively by the Anarchy Club concept. So he and Adam decided to start over from scratch, launching the new band Dead Star Cult.

Band members

Studio Line-up

* Keith Smith - vocals, guitar (2004–present) * Adam von Buhler - bass, guitar, guitar solos, drums, keyboards, synths, programming (2004–present)

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* Keith Smith - lead vocals/guitar * Adam von Buhler - lead guitar Caleb Wheeler - drums Phill Hunt - guitar *DC Park - bass

Discography

References

External links

Official site

French fansite
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