No Innocent Victim, or N.I.V., is a Christian

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 on

Facedown Records Facedown Records is a Christian rock record label based in Fallbrook, California that is devoted to hardcore punk and metalcore bands (Christian and secular) with a few death metal acts such as Immortal Souls and Indwelling. Founded by No ...

. The band was formed in 1992 in

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. Retrieved June 28, 2015 They released two albums, and then toured with

Agnostic Front Agnostic Front is an American hardcore punk band from New York City. Founded in 1980, the band is considered an important influence on the New York hardcore scene, as well as a pioneer of the crossover thrash genre. History First era (1980–19 ...

. In 1998 they signed to

Victory Records Victory Records is a Chicago-based record label founded by Tony Brummel. It operates a music publishing company called "Another Victory, Inc." and is the distributor of several record labels. It has featured many prominent artists including Thur ...

and recorded the album ''Flesh and Blood''.Anderson, Jason
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. Retrieved June 28, 2015 Many tours followed in the United States, Europe and Japan with bands like

, U.S. Bombs, Terror,

Hatebreed Hatebreed is an American hardcore band from Bridgeport, Connecticut, formed in 1994. The band released its debut album '' Satisfaction is the Death of Desire'' in 1997, which gave the band a cult following. The band signed to Universal Records ...

P.O.D. P.O.D., an initialism for Payable on Death, is an American Christian metal band formed in 1992 and based in San Diego, California. The band's line-up consists of drummer and rhythm guitarist Wuv Bernardo, vocalist Sonny Sandoval, bassist Traa ...

, and

Madball Madball is an American New York hardcore band formed in New York City, that originated in the late 1980s as a side project of Agnostic Front. The band developed after Agnostic Front's front man Roger Miret would let his younger half-brother Fr ...

. They released ''Tipping the Scales'' in 2001, and disbanded the following year. They reformed in 2004 and in 2005, added former xDisciplex A.D. members

Dave Quiggle Dave Quiggle is an American guitarist in the hardcore punk genre. He played for various projects such as xDISCIPLEx A.D., No Innocent Victim, Shockwave, and Jesus Wept. He currently works for Facedown Records as a graphic designer. Person ...

on guitar and Neil Hartman on bass respectively, signed to

, and released fifth studio album ''To Burn Again''. After being disbanded for many years, the band reunited in 2017 to play Facedown Fest.

Band members

Current * Jason Moody – vocals (1992–present) * Tim Mason – guitar (2000–present) *

– guitar (2005–present) * Neil Hartman – bass (2005–present) * Jason Dunn – drums (1996–present) Former * Kurt Love – drums (1992–1996) * Judd Morgan – bass guitar (1996–1998) * Corey Edelmann – guitar (1995–2000, 2004–2005) * Kyle Fisher – bass guitar (1998–2002, 2004) * Chris Beckett – guitar (1992–1995) * John Harbert – bass guitar (1992–1996) * Truxton Meadows – vocals, guitar (1992) * Chris Rapier – guitar (1992–1995)

Discography

* ''Demo'' self-released (1993) * ''Prepared for War'' split with Overcome and Clay (1995), Boot to Head Records * ''Strength'' (1996),

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* ''No Compromise'' (1997), Rescue * No Innocent Victim / Phanatik split 7-inch EP (1998),

* Untitled Tolerance Records (1998) (compilation) * ''The Crazy Engler Brothers'' EP (1999),

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* '' Flesh and Blood'' (1999), Victory * '' Tipping the Scales'' (2001), Victory / Solid State * ''To Burn Again'' (2005), Facedown

References

External links

* Christian hardcore musical groups Christian rock groups from California Hardcore punk groups from California Musical groups established in 1992 Musical groups from San Diego Victory Records artists Solid State Records artists Blood and Ink Records artists {{US-punk-band-stub