The Pressure was an American band formed in September 1996.

History

The band played their first show in San Diego. During their existence, the trio lived crammed together in a tiny studio apartment in

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, with their cat. The band played live several times on college radio, as well as television, where they not only hosted the alternative rock program ''Are-Oh-Vee'' twice, but would appear on The Gong Show. The energy of their live shows guaranteed almost continual coverage in the '' Orange County Weekly'', which voted them one of the top unsigned bands in October 1997. In April 1998, a cover story asked, ''"Are The Pressure OC's favorite band?"''. Their single, "I Wanna Call Someone" sold out of Orange County record stores the day it was released, and would wind up selling out completely in October 1998 after a deluge of European orders. Early in 1999, the band began working on their debut album with Alex Newport in

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, a place where they had all originally lived. An appearance on the Vans Warped Tour 1999 that July, with

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and Pennywise in San Bernardino wound up being their last. The day their debut album ''Things Move Fast'' was released, drummer

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was found beaten nearly to death on the streets of Long Beach, and remained in hospital for several months. The band did not break up so much as break apart. Members Ronnie Washburn and Dana James went on to found

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Members

*Dana James – vocals, bass guitar *

– drums, vocals * Ronnie Washburn – vocals, guitar

Discography

*''My Heart Was Lost'', cassette, Self Service Recs, 1997. *''The Pressure'', cassette, Corporate Corp Recs, 1997. *"I Wanna Call Someone", 7" single, What Else? Recs, 1998. *v/a ''Al's Bar Compilation, Vol. 2,'' Al's Bar Recs, 1998. *v/a ''Styzine Compilation'' 1998. *v/a ''Buddy List Compilation'', 1999. *v/a ''Brother Can You Spare Some Ska'' Vol. 4, Vegas Recs, 1998. *''Things Move Fast'', Elastic Recs, 1999. *v/a ''Orange County Weekly compilation’’ 1999. *v/a Sampler ''WE 20.0'', What Else? Recs, (year?).

External links

Myspace

What Else? Records website

Elastic Records
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