Lost City Angels were a punk rock band from

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. Their most well-known line-up consisted of members, Ron Ragona, Adam Shaw, Chris Duggan, Drew Indingaro and Nick Bacon.

Overview

Lost City Angels were founded in 2001 by Adam Shaw, Chris Duggan and guitarist Drew Indingaro. The original line-up was completed when former

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guitarist, Scott Vierra, and former

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vocalist/guitarist joined soon after. Following a year or so of touring, Vierra decided to move on and Ragona's fellow Spring Heeled Jack bandmate, Mike Pellegrino stepped in to play guitar. The band played in clubs along the North East

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, landing a hometown support slot for

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at the

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. The members of The Living End were so impressed by The Lost City Angels, that they contacted their agent and insisted that the band support them for the remainder of their United States tour. Pellegrino left the band soon after and former

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guitarist, Nick Bacon, was brought in as the band's guitarist. A stint on the

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and an opening slot on a

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tour would soon follow. These support slots and reviews of their live show attracted the attention of

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vocalist

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, who would sign The Lost City Angels to his Nitro Records. The band recorded with former

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member

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for a 2002 self-titled release on Nitro Records. After continuous touring in support of their self-titled release with bands such as

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and

, Lost City Angels signed a recording contract with Stay Gold Records, an imprint of

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. They would return to the studio in 2004 to record their second album ''Broken World'' that was released on April 5, 2005. The record received reviews from

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(5 out of 5),

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(4 out of 4),

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(3.5 out of 4).

Line-up changes

In April 2006, Ragona and Bacon departed the band and were replaced by Chris Sweeney, formerly of The Dead Pets, on vocals and a new lead guitarist known only as Mr. X. They continued to tour in support of the ''Broken World'' album, opening for bands such as

. Demo tracks were recorded for a third album but the band seemed to unceremoniously break up in 2007 and a result, the album was never completed. On February 14, 2008, the line-up of Indingaro, Ragona, Bacon, Shaw & Duggan reunited for a reunion show at

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. On December 28, 2014, Lost City Angels opened for Andrew W.K and the Mighty Mighty Bosstones for the 17th Hometown Throwdown at the House of Blues. Ragona is now a member of The Murder Mile and after several reunion shows with Spring Heeled Jack, reformed the band. Bacon returned to working with Pilfers again while also playing with Die Kinder and

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. Besides starting his own band, Nick and the Adversaries, Bacon also joined the reunited Spring Heeled Jack as a keyboard player. Bacon has also done some minor acting work, appearing in "

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" as well as with Apache Stone in the Rescue Me television series. Drew Indingaro formed the short-lived New Alibis and Cradle To The Grave, and is currently playing in Diablogato, formed in 2015. Duggan went on to form Boston rock super group (with members of The New Alibis) The Men, and he also became a master Mason. Shaw continued in the field of music management and manages Oceanside CA's indie rock band

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and is the tour manager of

Members

* Ron Ragona-

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* Drew Indingaro -

* Duggan D - bass * Adam Shaw -

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* Nick Bacon - guitar * Scott Vierra - guitar * Mike Pellegrino - guitar * Chris Sweeney - vocals

Discography

Albums

* ''Lost City Angels'' (2002) * ''Broken World'' (2004)

References

Additional sources

* * {{Authority control Punk rock groups from Massachusetts Musical groups established in 2001 Musical groups from Boston