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was such a huge Rites of Spring fan that he not only recorded what was to be the band's only album in 1985 and served as a roadie for them while on tour, but his own new band, Embrace, explored similar themes of self-searching and emotional release. Other peers followed suit, including Grey Matter, the archly political and arty Beefeater, and Fire Party, whom Jenny oomeytermed 'the world's first female-fronted emo band. band from

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, drummer

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and bassist Roger Marbury, both of

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, and vocalist Shawn Brown (later of

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and Jesuseater). Their style of less aggressive,

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was influential to

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; their sound was partly influenced by The Faith and their 1983 EP '' Subject to Change''. Brian Baker said in "Filmage", the documentary about

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, that he started Dag Nasty as a direct inspiration from them.

History

Shawn Brown was the first vocalist with whom the band recorded unreleased versions of most of the material that later made up their first release ''

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'', which featured former roadie and new singer

Dave Smalley Dave Smalley is an American musician, best known as the lead singer for the hardcore punk bands DYS, Dag Nasty, and All and as lead singer/guitarist with Down by Law. He is known for his influence on pop punk music and his early contributio ...

of DYS. Dave left the band to attend grad school at New York University before a summer tour with

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. A new singer, Peter Cortner, was found after the band placed an ad in a local paper and the tour was kept. After touring half the US opening for

, the band went home and recorded new material that wasn't released until years later. After a few more local shows, the band broke up in the fall of 1986. Brian went to L.A. to start a new band with Doug Carrion and half of Doggy Style called Doggie Rock. After releasing one album under the Doggie Style name, Doggie Rock broke up and Brian reformed Dag Nasty in early 1987 with Peter, Colin and Doug replacing Roger Marbury, who declined to rejoin. Months later, the band recorded and released ''

Wig Out at Denko's ''Wig Out At Denkos'' is the second album, studio album by the American melodic hardcore band Dag Nasty, released in 1987 on Dischord Records. It was remastered and re-released on CD with bonus tracks in 2002. Track listing Side one #"The Godfa ...

'', including rerecorded versions of the late 1986 tape and new material. 1988 saw the release of their album '' Field Day'' on

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, which was distributed by Dutch East India Trading. It was an ambitious album, often generating sharply polarised appraisals from fans: many hated it and many loved it. ''Field Day'' attempted to blend pop melodies with

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and

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riffs even further than previously attempted on ''Wig Out''. The result was, at times, uneven but helped to usher in a new style of

with more controlled playing, guitar effects, acoustic elements and slower tempos. The band split up shortly after touring for ''Field Day'' ended. In 1992, Dag Nasty reformed with Smalley on vocals and released the album ''

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''. In 1991,

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had released ''85-86'', a collection of early, pre-''

'' recordings. In 2002 the band got back together, again with Smalley on the mic, returning the band to a hardcore sound. The result of this reunion was the album '' Minority of One''. To this day they still release records, though Dag Nasty remains more of a side project for its members than a full-time active band. Cortner, who has not been involved with the band directly for years, completed his education as a lawyer, practiced law and recently became a schoolteacher. While strictly as a personal hobby now, Cortner has continued to make music under the names GPFA and, more recently, in a collaboration with Philadelphia area musicians entitled The Gerunds. He and Doug Carrion also have a project called Field Day where they perform songs from Cortner's era of Dag Nasty records. Sears went on to play in

The Marshes The Marshes are an American punk band, from Northampton, Massachusetts, that originally included Colin Sears (drums), Emil Busi (bass, vocals) and Steven Wardlaw (guitar). Career Drummer Colin Sears, who was best known for playing with Dag Nasty ...

and later after moving to Portland, Oregon fo
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. The other members of the band have remained involved in music. Baker joined

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after

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left to focus on his own record label (

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) and continued to play in the band when Gurewitz rejoined. In 2009 Brian Baker said he wanted to make a new Dag Nasty record with Peter Cortner. "We want to do another record with Peter singing at some point and that will be the next one we do. I've spoken with Colin and Roger and they want to do it with Peter next time. Maybe a year from now, who knows? Whenever people are available. The one thing about Peter is that he's a really good lyricist. That's always been his strong point" In October 2012 Dag Nasty announced a reunion show in Washington DC with their original singer, Shawn Brown. On December 28, 2012, the original Dag Nasty line up played the

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in support of the upcoming documentary "Salad Days: The DC Punk Revolution". The bill also featured

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, another Washington DC punk reunion. The group was reformed again in 2015. It was announced that year on May 30, 2016, Dag Nasty will tour Europe in the spring of 2016 and play the Punk Rock Bowling Music Festival in Las Vegas, and on June 11 in Asbury Park, New Jersey. A new 7 inch single will be released on Dischord Records in May 2016.

Members

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* Shawn Brown (August 1985 – February 1986/December 2012/2015) *

(February 1986 – June 1986/1991/2002) * Peter Cortner (July 1986 – July 1988)

Guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

* Brian Baker Bass * Roger Marbury (August 1985 – March 1987/1991/2002/December 2012) *

Doug Carrion Doug Carrion (born November 9, 1964) is an American musician, audio engineer, record producer, and music editor. He played bass guitar in the punk rock bands the Descendents and Dag Nasty during the 1980s, and in the hard rock band For Love Not L ...

(March 1987 – July 1988)

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(August 1985 – June 1987/1991/2002/December 2012) *

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(August 1987 – July 1988) *

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" tour, summer 1987)

Discography

Albums

* ''

'' LP (

Dischord Records Dischord Records is a Washington, D.C.-based independent record label specializing in punk rock. The label is co-owned by Ian MacKaye and Jeff Nelson, who founded Dischord in 1980 to release ''Minor Disturbance'' by their band The Teen Idle ...

, 1986) * ''

'' LP (

, 1987) * '' Field Day'' LP (

, 1988) * ''

'' LP/CD (

, 1992) * '' Minority of One'' LP/CD (

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, 2002) *''Dag with Shawn'' LP/CD (

, 2010) – recorded in 1985, features songs from first album with Brown on vocals

Reissues and compilations

*''Can I Say/Wig Out at Denko's'' CD (

, 1991) *''85-86'' LP/7" Box Set/CD (

, 1991) *''

'' and ''

'' were remastered and separately re-released by

Dischord Dischord Records is a Washington, D.C.-based independent record label specializing in punk rock. The label is co-owned by Ian MacKaye and Jeff Nelson, who founded Dischord in 1980 to release ''Minor Disturbance'' by their band The Teen Idles ...

in 2002.

Singles and EPs

*''All Ages Show'' 7" (

, 1987) *''

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'' 12" (

, 1988) *''Cold Heart'' 7" (

, 2016)

References

External links

The Official Dag Nasty Website

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