The Forgotten is an American punk rock band based in

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. The Forgotten have toured the US, Canada, Europe and Japan numerous times.

History

Singer

Gordy Carbone Gordy Carbone a.k.a. Gordy Forgotten a.k.a. Gordon Carbone is an American entertainer from California. Carbone plays in the punk bands The Forgotten and Lars Frederiksen & the Bastards. He also has an online cooking show named "Eat Me!" and has ap ...

and bassist Ken Helwig's previous band SLIP had recently broken up, coincidentally, at the same time as guitarist Craig Fairbaugh and drummer Shea Roberts' band 46 Short. The four joined forces in 1997 to form The Forgotten. The band was signed as the second band ever to TKO Records. Dave Kashka joined in 1999 on drums and Johnny "Bleachedjeans" Gregurich joined in April 2000 on bass at which point the band went full-time. They have four full-lengths and four EPs on TKO Records. The Forgotten also has releases on BYO records (CA, USA), Knockout Records (DE), Coretex Records (DE) and People Like You Records (DE), and have appeared on numerous compilation and tribute albums. The band toured heavily throughout

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, the US and

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from 2000 to 2003, building a loyal and growing following. Original guitarist Craig Fairbaugh left the band in late 2003 and moved to the

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area to pursue a solo music career. A longtime guitar player, bassist Johnny decided to shift over to guitar after the band became frustrated with several guitarist auditions. Jonny Manak joined on bass in 2005 for one year. Nick "Ugly" Schuneman took over permanently on bass in November 2006, at which point the current line-up has been intact since. The band has not performed live since September 2017 but are still releasing new recordings and looking to play live again someday. The last, most longstanding line-up consists of Carbone, Gregurich, Schuneman and Kashka. The Forgotten have four full-length albums, 4 EP/LPs and two versions of a Greatest Hits compilation. Rancid's

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has produced three works by The Forgotten: Class Separation EP, ''

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'' and the self-titled CD 'The Forgotten'. Carbone also plays and records with

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Members

Current members *

–

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(1997–present) * Johnny "Bleachedjeans" Gregurich –

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are use ...

(2000–present),

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

(2000-2003) * Nick "Ugly" Schuneman -

(2006–present) * Dave Kashka –

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

, (1999–present) Former members * Craig Fairbaugh -

(1997-2003) * Ken Helwig -

(1997–1999) * Gabe Gossack -

(1999-2000) * Jonny Manak -

(2005–2006) * Shea Roberts -

, (1997–1998) * Todd Loomis -

, (1998–1999) Former touring musicians * Eric Powers -

(2011, 2014) * Mike Fox -

(2004)

Timeline

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Discography

Studio albums

* ''

'' CD/LP (1998) TKO Records * '' Keep The Corpses Quiet'' CD/LP(2000) TKO Records * '' Control Me'' CD/LP (2002) BYO Records * '' The Forgotten'' CD (2008) TKO Records

EP's

* ''Class Separation'' 7" EP (1997) TKO Records * ''Picture Disc'' 7" EP (1999) Abusive Records * ''Ask No Questions'' CD/10" EP (2001) Knockout Records * ''The Forgotten/Heartaches split'' CD/LP (2003) People Like You Records

Compilation albums

* ''Singles Collection'' CD/LP (2000) Core-Tex Records (DE) * ''

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'' US-release of ''Singles Collection'' CD (2003) BYO Records

Covers

* "Riff Raff"

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(2000 "A Punk Tribute to AC/DC" CD/LP) * "No Room For You" Demob (2000 US Tour - present) * "Employer's Blacklist" The Business (2001 "Hardcore Hooligan: A Tribute To The Business" CD/LP) * "Your Generation"

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(2003 "The Forgotten/Heartaches Split" CD/LP) * "I Am The Hunted" GBH (2003 "The Forgotten/Heartaches Split" CD/LP) * "

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(2005-2006 live) * "

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(2005-2006 live) * " Solitary Man"

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(2005-2006 live) * "Rock 'N' Roll Outlaw"

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(2006 live with Shawn Packer) * "Knife's Edge" GBH (2008 "Self-Titled" CD) * "Safe European Home"

(2008 European Tour - present) * "I Got Your Number"

(2008 "A Tribute To Cock Sparrer" CD/LP) * "Catastrophe"

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(2010 "Untitled 21: A Juvenile Tribute to the Swingin' Utters" CD/LP) * "Corruption" Rancid (2014 "Hooligans United: Rancid Tribute Record" CD/LP) * "I'm True"

(2016 live)

Concert tours

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/The Forgotten US Tour 9/4/98-10/10/98 * "TKO Records So-Cal Invasion" California Tour - Workin' Stiffs/The Randumbs/Reducers SF/The Forgotten/Pressure Point/The Bodies 11/3/99-11/5/99 * The Business/

/ U.S. Bombs/The Forgotten European Tour 6/17/00-7/9/00 *

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/The Forgotten/Sixer/ The Krays US Tour 7/21/00-8/4/00 *

/The Forgotten/Shutdown/Discipline/ Stampin' Ground European Tour 11/15/00-12/10/00 * The Forgotten/Sixer European Tour 5/10/01-7/8/01 * "Pure Punk Tour" US -

/The Forgotten/The Boils/Dead Empty 7/22/01-8/26/01 * The Forgotten US Tour 5/4/02-6/28/02 * "Chaos Across The Nation" US Tour - Youth Brigade/

/The Forgotten/The Beltones/

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8/19/02-9/8/02 * The Unseen/The Forgotten/46 Short California Tour 10/10/02-10/14/02 *

/The Forgotten US Tour 11/1/02-12/15/02 * GBH/The Forgotten/

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West Coast Tour 1/23/03-2/4/03 * The Unseen/The Forgotten US Tour 5/17/03-6/7/03 * The Forgotten US Tour 7/26/03-8/3/03 *

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US Tour 8/4/03-8/11/03 * "Punk-O-Rama" Canada Tour -

/The Forgotten/ Worthless United 8/13/03-8/24/03 * The Forgotten/Last Target Japan Tour 10/11/03-10/19/03 * U.S. Bombs/The Forgotten California Tour 3/18/05-3/22/05 * The Forgotten/Radio Dead Ones European Tour 2/24/08-3/8/08 * The Forgotten Hawaii Tour 10/7/11-10/8/11

Festivals

* Oberwart Festival - Oberwart, Austria 6/24/00 * With Full Force Festival - Roitschora, Germany 6/25/00 * Sommerloch Festival - Limburg, Germany 7/1/00 * Fasanenhof Antifascist Festival - Stuttgart, Germany 5/19/01 * Tonne Festival - Wangen, Germany 6/9/01 * Open Air Festival - Regensburg, Germany 6/22/01 * Holidays In The Sun Festival - Morcambe, England 7/6/01 * Sjock Festival - Antwerp, Belgium 7/8/01 * Beer Olympics Festival - Atlanta, GA 7/22/01 * Holidays In The Sun Festival - San Francisco, CA 8/26/01 * Holidays In The Sun Festival - Asbury Park, NJ 9/8/02 * Punk Rock Bowling Music Festival - Las Vegas, NV 2/3/03 * Punk & Disorderly Festival - Berlin, Germany 2/24/08 * Punk Rock Bowling Music Festival - Las Vegas, NV 5/26/12 * Punk Rock Bowling Music Festival - Las Vegas, NV 5/25/14 * Insta-Fest - Long Beach, CA 9/13/14

Associated acts

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(vocals), Craig Fairbaugh (guitar) *

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- Craig Fairbaugh (guitar) * +44 - Craig Fairbaugh (guitar) *

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- Craig Fairbaugh (vocals, guitar) *

- Johnny Gregurich (bass, fill-in) *

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- Nick Schuneman (guitar, fill-in) *

- Nick Schuneman (bass, guitar, fill-in) * Re-volts - Nick Schuneman (guitar) * Strange Kicks - Nick Schuneman (guitar, vocals) * Bibles & Hand Grenades - Dave Kashka (drums) * The Vex - Johnny Gregurich (bass, fill-in) * (Four) Banger - Dave Kashka (drums), Johnny Gregurich (bass, guitar) * Crack - Dave Kashka (drums) * Strange Kicks - Nick Schuneman (guitar, vocals) * Muckruckers - Nick Schuneman (guitar, vocals) * The Uglies - Nick Schuneman (guitar, vocals) * Trashkannon - Nick Schuneman (guitar) * No One's Victim - Johnny Gregurich (bass, guitar, fill-in) * The Frontline - Johnny Gregurich (bass)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Forgotten (Band) Punk rock groups from California Musical groups from the San Francisco Bay Area Street punk groups Musical groups established in 1997 1997 establishments in California