Geoff Kresge is a songwriter, guitarist, bassist, and record producer. He played with the punk rock/ horror punk band AFI for most of their early career, from 1992 through 1997, and co-wrote the majority of their early material alongside frontman Davey Havok. During an AFI hiatus in 1993, he briefly moved to New York to join street punk band

Blanks 77 Blanks 77 is an American punk rock band active from 1990 to 2001, and again from 2004 onward. Originally based in Hillside, New Jersey, they have since relocated to Denville. The band has maintained a prolific career, having released three album ...

. He later went on to play with Canadian horror rock group The Forbidden Dimension and also a high-energy rock band,

The Daggers The Daggers are a punk rock n roll band from Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The group History The band formed in 1997 and their music is heavily influenced by late seventies punk and rock n roll bands. Original members (and their previous bands) wer ...

, before subsequently joining the psychobilly band Tiger Army. Though he played an electric bass in his previous bands, for Tiger Army he chose an

upright bass The double bass (), also known simply as the bass () (or by other names), is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed (or plucked) string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra (excluding unorthodox additions such as the octobass). Similar ...

Career

Kresge joined Tiger Army in 1999 just as the band became a full-time touring band, hitting the road in support of their debut album. He appeared as standup bassist on the band's next two full-length albums, Tiger Army II: Power of Moonlite and Tiger Army III: Ghost Tigers Rise, and in each of the videos from those records. In September 2004 he announced his departure from Tiger Army. He cofounded the band Viva Hate with longtime friend Matt "Wedge" Wedgley (formerly of The Force) and joined the HorrorPops on guitar, not long afterward. He cowrote and played guitar on the band's second album, Bring It On!. In July 2007, Kresge announced that he had left HorrorPops and disbanded Dead Body Records, stating that he wished to dedicate full attention to Viva Hate, which was followed by an American tour in support of Sick of it All and Madball. Tiger Army's official website announced Kresge's return to the band in January 2008. In February 2014, Kresge announced he would be leaving Tiger Army for the second and final time via a statement on his Facebook page. He stated that "Tiger Army has been off the road since the end of 2008 and has not released an album since the year before. The fans all around the world have been hungry for new music and tour announcements for the past five years. I’ve finally accepted that if I want to remain a full-time musician, it’s time for me to move on." As of 2018 Kresge has been playing bass for Californian

hardcore punk Hardcore punk (also known as simply hardcore) is a punk rock music genre and subculture that originated in the late 1970s. It is generally faster, harder, and more aggressive than other forms of punk rock. Its roots can be traced to earlier p ...

band,

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Discography

With AFI

*''

Dork Dork is a pejorative term for a person (compare with " dweeb" and " fool"). Dork may also refer to: People * Dork Sahagian, Armenian-American climate scientist Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Dork'' (EP), an album by AFI * ''Dork'' (maga ...

'' 7-inch EP (1993, Key Lime Pie Records) *'' Behind the Times'' 7-inch EP (1993, Key Lime Pie Records) *'' Eddie Picnic's All Wet'' live 7-inch EP (1994, Key Lime Pie Records) *''

This Is Berkeley, Not West Bay ''This Is Berkeley Not West Bay'' is an extended play released on June 1, 1994 by Zafio Records. It features AFI, Black Fork, Dead and Gone and Screw 32. There were 2 identical pressings in 1994 and 1995, both on black vinyl. The first was 2,000 ...

'' 7-inch EP (1994, Zafio Records) *''

Fly in the Ointment In English, the phrase fly in the ointment is an idiomatic expression for a drawback, especially one that was not at first apparent, for example: "We had a cookstove, beans, and plates; the fly in the ointment was the lack of a can opener." The ...

'' 7-inch (1995,

Wedge Records Wedge Records is a 1990s California record label specializing in punk rock/hardcore. The label is most noted for releasing early AFI and Frantics records. It was founded by Matt "Wedge" Wedgley of The Circus Tents, The Force, and Viva Hate. ...

) *''Bombing the Bay'' split 7-inch with Swingin' Utters (1995, Sessions Records) **featuring AFI's cover of "Values Here," by Dag Nasty *''AFI/Heckle'' Split "7" with Heckle (late 1995, Wingnut Records) *'' Answer That and Stay Fashionable'' (1995, Wingnut Records; re-released in 1997 on

Nitro Records Nitro Records was an American independent record label, founded in 1994 and operated by The Offspring's Dexter Holland and Greg K. Nitro is famous for being an incubator for punk rock artists who have subsequently become successful, most nota ...

) *'' Very Proud of Ya'' (1996,

) *'' Sing the Sorrow'' (background vocals) (2003,

DreamWorks Records DreamWorks Records (often referred in copyright notices as SKG Music, LLC) was an American record label founded in 1996 by David Geffen, Steven Spielberg and Jeffrey Katzenberg as a subsidiary of DreamWorks Pictures. The label operated until 20 ...

)

With Blanks 77

*''Shut Up And Pogo'' (1993, Self-Released)

With The Daggers

*''She Told Me She Said'' 7-inch vinyl (1998, Sloth Records) *''Right Between the Eyes'' (2002, Sloth Records)

With Tiger Army

*''Temptation'' EP (Featured as producer) (1997, Chapter Eleven Records) *'' Tiger Army II: Power of Moonlite'' (2001,

Hellcat Records Hellcat Records is an independent record label based in Los Angeles, California. The label, an offshoot of Epitaph Records, was started as a partnership between Brett Gurewitz of Bad Religion, the owner of Epitaph, and Tim Armstrong of Rancid, w ...

) *''Early Years'' EP (Background vocals) (2002, Hellcat Records) *''Ghost Tigers EP "10"'' (2004, Hellcat Records) *'' Tiger Army III: Ghost Tigers Rise'' (2004, Hellcat Records) *''Rose Of The Devil's Garden "7"'' (2006, Hellcat Records) *''

Music from Regions Beyond ''Music from Regions Beyond'' is the fourth full-length Tiger Army album, released on June 5, 2007. The album was produced by Jerry Finn. Unlike their previous albums, it does not have a numeral in the title. The album title comes from a line spok ...

'' (Background vocals) (2007, Hellcat Records) Compilation appearances *''

Give 'Em the Boot III Hellcat Records is an independent record label based in Los Angeles, California. The label, an offshoot of Epitaph Records, was started as a partnership between Brett Gurewitz of Bad Religion, the owner of Epitaph, and Tim Armstrong of Rancid, ...

'' (2002, Hellcat Records) **Track 13 – "Power of Moonlite" *'' Give 'Em the Boot IV'' (2004, Hellcat Records) **Track 03 – "Atomic" *''

Give 'Em the Boot V Hellcat Records is an independent record label based in Los Angeles, California. The label, an offshoot of Epitaph Records, was started as a partnership between Brett Gurewitz of Bad Religion, the owner of Epitaph, and Tim Armstrong of Rancid, ...

'' (2006, Hellcat Records) **Track 04 – "Swift Silent Deadly" *'' Nightmare Revisited'' (2008,

Disney The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney (), is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California. Disney was originally founded on October ...

) **Bonus Track - "Ooogie Boogie's Song" (Backing Vocals)

With HorrorPops

*'' Bring It On!'' (2005, Hellcat Records)

With Viva Hate

*''Hateful and Hollow'' Demo CD (2007, self-released) *''Save Me'' 7-inch EP (2008, Black Cat Records) *''Goodnight My Love (EP)'' 7-inch EP (2010, Black Cat Records)

Other

* Heckle - ''We're Not Laughing With You'' (Co-Producer, Backing Vocals) (Wingnut Records, 1996) * The Force - "I Don’t Like You Either" (Co-Writer on "Star Destroyer", Backing Vocals) (Spider Club Music, 1997) *

Nekromantix The Nekromantix is a Danish-American psychobilly band founded in Copenhagen in 1989. Their lyrics are generally structured around monster and horror themes. A central icon of the band's image is founder and frontman Kim Nekroman's "coffinbass" ...

– '' Brought Back to Life Again'' (Digital Editing) (2005) *12 Step Rebels – ''Go Go Graveyard Rockin' with 12 Step Rebels'' (Featured as producer) (2005) Dead Body Records *Graveyard Shift – ''Rest Without Peace'' (Featured as producer) (2005) Dead Body Records *Mr. Cliff Greenwood – ''Musical Heritage'' (Digital Editing) (2006) Dead Body Records

References

External links

Geoff Kresge's Official profile
on Facebook
Geoff Kresge's EBHC website
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