Look Back and Laugh was an American,

San Francisco Bay Area The San Francisco Bay Area, often referred to as simply the Bay Area, is a populous region surrounding the San Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun Bay estuaries in Northern California. The Bay Area is defined by the Association of Bay Area Go ...

-based, 1980s style

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 punk ...

band, featuring members from many notable Bay Area bands, named after a song title by

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History

Look Back and Laugh was formed by former members of the bands Yaphett Kotto, Dead and Gone, Destroy, Talk Is Poison, and Lesser of Two. The band was formed as a hobby by its members who wanted to focus on other priorities in their life while still having a musical outlet. Despite this the band released three full-length albums in its three-year existence on two prominent independent labels Ebullition and

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Musical style

Look Back and Laugh plays a mixture of 1980s-style

and Southern California

thrashcore Thrashcore (also known as fastcore) is a fast-tempo subgenre of hardcore punk that emerged in the early 1980s. Thrashcore is essentially sped-up hardcore, often using blast beats. Songs can be very brief, and thrashcore is in many ways a less d ...

. The music style was chosen to reflect some of the members' early musical influences. The name, Look Back and Laugh, was chosen to represent this choice because of its literal meaning, as well as the fact that it is the title of a song by

, an 1980s hardcore punk band.

Discography

*2003: ''Look Back and Laugh'' – 12"/CD

*2004: ''Look Back and Laugh/

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Split'' – 7" Armageddon Label *2005: ''Look Back and Laugh'' – 12"/CD

*2006: ''Street Terrorism'' – 7"

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*2007: ''State of Illusion'' – 7"/Shaped 12"/CD

References

External links

* {{official website, http://www.lookbackandlaugh.net/
Look Back and Laugh
on Myspace Punk rock groups from California Musical groups established in 2004 Musical groups from Oakland, California