punk
Punk or punks may refer to:
Genres, subculture, and related aspects
* Punk rock, a music genre originating in the 1970s associated with various subgenres
* Punk subculture, a subculture associated with punk rock, or aspects of the subculture s ...
band from
Auckland
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, New Zealand, with a street punk aesthetic that was formed by brothers Charles Hill-Hayr (Chazz Rabble) and Rupert Hill-Hayr in the 2000 while still attending
Orewa College
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A total of students from Years 7 to 13 (ages 10 to 18) attend the school as of
History
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. Their official Myspace page went live on 29 February 2004. They collaborated with Mark Unseen of Boston band The Unseen to create the song and video for "This World is Dead" from their album ''The Battle's Almost Over''. The Rabble went on tour in the UK and
Europe
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from August 2009 to January 2010, as well as writing and recording for their next album. They recorded at York Street Studios in Auckland early in 2008, and the bass and guitars were tracked at Number 8 Wire recording studio, by Chazz Rabble.
In April 2010, they were in the line-up at Punk & Disorderly Festival in
Berlin
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. On 1 August 2011, The Rabble released ''Life's A Journey''. They were the second band to be announced for
Rebellion Festival
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in 2013 along with
Left Alone
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after their successful show at Rebellion in 2009. They were joined by
The Casualties
The Casualties are an American hardcore punk band from New York City, founded by vocalist Jorge Herrera, Hank (guitar), Colin Wolf (vocals), Mark Yoshitomi (bass) and Yureesh Hooker (drums) in 1990. In July 2017, it was announced on the band's F ...
and
The Exploited
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English
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and some times in
Malay
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, due to the original vocalist's (Ben) mother tongue of
Malaysian
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. They also played with an Auckland-based
Thai
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street punk band, Chaos City who, at one point, played for Missing Teeth and the Rudies and made their name in the underground Necropolis venue on the outskirts of the
Auckland CBD
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.
They have mixed reactions and reviews in the New Zealand punk scene, some love them and others hate them, having been criticized for being 'sell outs' by
puritanical
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punks. It could be argued that they never 'bought in' in the first place and used the
underground
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* Subterranea (geography), the regions beneath the surface of the Earth
Underground may also refer to:
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* The Underground (Boston), a music club in the Allston neighborhood of Boston
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as a stepping stone. Inactive for a few years, Chazz Rabble and Rupe Rabble both have solo projects.