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Band members

Current members *Jim McMonagle – vocals, guitar (1982–present) *Dave Rochon – bass guitar, vocals (1983–present) *Bob Walker – drums (1986–present) Former members *Zeke Zagar – bass guitar (1982–1983) *Mike Giannone – drums (1982–1986) Timeline ImageSize = width:800 height:auto barincrement:20 PlotArea = left:80 bottom:60 top:0 right:30 Alignbars = justify DateFormat = mm/dd/yyyy Period = from:01/01/1982 till:12/31/2018 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal format:yyyy Colors = id:Vocals value:red legend:Vocals id:Guitar value:green legend:Guitar id:Bass value:blue legend:Bass id:Drums value:orange legend:Drums id:Album value:black legend:Studio album Legend = orientation:horizontal position:bottom ScaleMajor = increment:3 start:1982 ScaleMinor = unit:year increment:1 start:1982 LineData = layer:back color:Album at:03/01/1986 at:06/01/1988 at:06/01/1990 at:06/01/1994 at:06/01/1996 at:09/01/2000 at:01/01/2010 at:10/01/2018 BarData = bar:Jim text:"Jim McMonagle" bar:Zeke text:"Zeke Zagar" bar:Dave text:"Dave Rochon" bar:Mike text:"Mike Giannone" bar:Bob text:"Bob Walker" PlotData= width:11 bar:Jim from:06/01/1982 till:end color:Vocals bar:Jim from:06/01/1982 till:end color:Guitar width:3 bar:Zeke from:06/01/1982 till:06/01/1983 color:Bass bar:Dave from:06/01/1983 till:end color:Bass bar:Dave from:06/01/1983 till:end color:Vocals width:3 bar:Mike from:06/01/1982 till:09/01/1986 color:Drums bar:Bob from:09/01/1986 till:end color:Drums

Discography

Full-length albums *''Shatter Your Day'' LP (1986, Buy Our Records. Remastered & reissued, 2013 SRA as 2xLP/2xCD/Tape) *''23'' CD/LP/Tape (1988, Buy Our Records. Remastered & Reissued, 2013 SRA) *''Down With People'' CD/LP (1990, Bitzcore Records) *''Schneller!'' CD/LP (1993, Bitzcore Records) *''Hate Rock CD/LP (1994, Bitzcore Records) *''Everything Sucks'' CD/LP (1996, Bitzcore Records) *''FOD World'' CD/LP (2000, Creep Records) *''Home Lobotomy Kit'' CD (2010, Motherbox Records) *''No School, No Core'' CD/LP/Tape (2018, SRA Records, Boss Tuneage, Waterslide Records) Singles and EPs *''Love Songs'' 7" (1984 Speed Of Sound Records; re-released in 1990 as ''Eight Love Songs'', Bitzcore Records, re-released in 2013 on cassette and download on SRA Records with unreleased versions included) *Split 7" w/ Ninefinger (1994) *Split 7" w/

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(2015, SRA Records) Compilation appearances *''Get Off My Back'' compilation LP (1983, Red Music - "Murder Castle", "Suburban Cowboy") *''Flipside Vinyl Fanzine Vol. 1'' compilation LP (1984, Gasatanka Records -"Madhouse") *''Another Shot For Bracken'' compilation LP (1986, Positive Force Records - "The Family Knows") *''Nothing Lasts'' 7" compilation (1991 Flex Records/Bitzcore - "Shatter Your Day") *''The Best Of Flipside Vinyl Fanzines'' 2xCD compilation (1993, Flipside Records - "Madhouse") *''For A Fistful Of Yen'' CD compilation (1994, Bitzcore Records - "Powerload") *''Fuck Loud Music'' CD compilation (1994, Ox Fanzine - "Gasoline Suit") *''A Joint Effort Between / Uno Sforzo Comune Fra Dynamo Magazine E Audioglobe Records'' Flexi 7" promo compilation (1995, Dynamo! - "Bleaurgh") *''More Kaos'' CD compilation (1997, Motherbox Records - "Punk Gun") *''Philly Shreds Volume 1'' compilation LP (1999, Schuylkill Records - "Razor Wire") *''The Last Stake Has Been Driven'' compilation CD (2001, Creep Records - "Trailpass") *''Tomorrow Will Be Worse Vol. 3'' compilation LP (2002, Sound Pollution Records - "Umi Heto", "#1", "Majin Go")

References

External links

F.O.D. MySpace

Kill From The Heart

Official F.O.D. website

SRA Records
(reissuing ''Shatter Your Day'' and ''23'') {{Authority control Hardcore punk groups from Pennsylvania Musical groups established in 1982