U.S. Bombs are an American punk rock band, formed in 1993 in

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and Kerry Martinez. For much of the band's career, the U.S. Bombs consisted of Peters and Martinez, with bass guitarist

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. They have also played with Jonny "Two Bags" Wickersham. The U.S. Bombs play '77 style punk, influenced by The Clash, Heartbreakers, Ramones, Flyboys, Chelsea, Stiff Little Fingers, Shane MacGowan & The Popes, Sham 69, the Flys, & the Ruts.

Biography

In 1993, Duane Peters left The Exploding Fuck Dolls and teamed up with Kerry Martinez to start a new band called U.S. Bombs. The band's first release was a double 7" called "Scouts of America" released in 1994 on Vinyl Dog Records with Peters on vocals, Martinez on guitar, Steve Reynolds on bass, and Benny Rapp III on drums. Next they released their first full length ''Put Strength in the Final Blow''. After a few different lineup changes in their early years, they settled into a lineup of Peters, Martinez, and Reynolds, with Chuck Briggson guitar and Alex Gomez on drums. In 1996, they released their second album ''

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. The next year, they put out an EP called ''Nevermind the Opened Minds...Here's the U.S. Bombs''. In 1997, due to touring commitments, the rhythm section of the band was replaced with Wade Walston on bass and Chip Hanna on drums. That year, the band released a 10" picture disc on Outsider Records. Next they moved to

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for a 4-record deal. The first album on Hellcat was ''War Birth''. Before the band's fourth full-length, ''

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'', guitarist Chuck Briggs died. Briggs was replaced by Jonny "Two Bags" Wickersham. ''The World'' was released in 1999. During this time, the band developed a relationship with Beer City Records/Skateboards and released three 7" records with them. In 1997, they released "Outtakes from a Beer City Basement" which had two exclusive songs, "Hot Seat" (an Empire cover) and "Rejected". Next was a split with The Bristles, where the U.S. Bombs did a cover of the

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song "Breaks My Heart". The third Beer City release was called "The Great Lakes of Beer" in 2001 and had two exclusive songs, "The Great Lakes of Beer" and "The Critic!". In 2000, Peters left to start his new band,

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. After a few releases and some touring, in 2001 he had to return to the studio with the U.S. Bombs as they were still under contract to make 2 more records with Hellcat. They recorded ''Back at the Laundromat'', their fifth full length. The band appeared on ''

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'' as the stage band during

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. In 2006, the U.S. Bombs recorded their 7th full-length album. With Peters, Martinez, Gove, Jaime Reidling and studio bassists, they released ''We Are The Problem'' on Sailor's Grave Records. In March 2015, Peters posted on Instagram, "The Bombs 1993–2013 RIP". In a separate post, he confirmed that the band had broken up. In the spring of 2017, Peters posted on Instagram that he was going to be getting the U.S. Bombs back together with a completely new crew. The band scheduled a west coast tour for late Summer 2017 including the "It's Not Dead" festival. Peters announced that a new 7" of Clash covers was recorded and slated for release on Slope Records in 2017. ''Road Case'', the band's first album in twelve years, was released on November 23, 2018.

Members

;Current *

* Brandon Meunier * Philip Barber * Dave Barbee ;Past * Kerry Martinez * Wade Walston *

* Jonny "Two Bags" Wickersham * Curt Gove * Jamie Reidling * Miguel Angel Hernandez * Alex Gomez * Steve Reynolds *

Chuck Briggs Chuck Briggs (15 March 1960 - 4 July 2000) was an American punk rock guitarist, notably working with the U.S. Bombs. He was featured on the albums '' Garibaldi Guard'', ''War Birth'' and '' Never Mind the Opened Minds''. During the 1980s, he pla ...

* Heiko Schrepel *

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* Nate Shaw * Andy Dahill *

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* Charley Marshall * Ace Von Johnson * Nate Sponsler * Benny Rapp III * Steve Davis * Mikey Jak

Discography

Studio albums

* ''Put Strength in the Final Blow'' (1995, Vinyl Dog Records) * ''

'' (1996, Alive Records) * ''Never Mind the Opened Minds'' (Jan. 1997, Alive Records) * ''

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) * ''

'' (June 1999, Hell-Cat Records) * ''Put Strength in the Final Blow C.D.'' (September 1999) * ''

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'' (March 2001, Hell-Cat Records) * '' Covert Action'' (March 2003, Hell-Cat Records) * ''Put Strength in the Final Blow: The Disaster Edition'' (July 2003, Disaster Records) * ''

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'' (April 2006, Sailor's Grave Records; August 2006, Enemy No. 1 Records (Brazil)) * ''Road Case'' (November 2018,

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EPs

* ''Scouts of America (EP)'' double 7" (1994, Vinyl Dog Records) * ''U.S. Bombs (EP)'' (Jan. 1996, Alive Records) * ''Jaks/The Way It Ends'' 10" picture disc (Outsider records 1997) * ''Outtakes From a Beer City Basement'' 7" (1997, Beer City Records) * ''U.S. Bombs/The Bristles'' split 7" (1998, Beer City Records) * ''Great Lakes of Beer'' 7" (Beer City Records) * ''Hobroken Dreams'' 7" (1999, TKO) * ''Tora Tora Tora!/Yer Country'' 7" (TKO records March, 2001) * ''Art Kills/Framed'' 7" (TKO records April 2003) * ''We Are the Problem/Heartbreak Motel'' 7" (Sailor's Grave Records) * ''Death From Above'' (10" picture disc 2013, DIY) * ''Clash Tribute'' 7" (2017, Slope Records) * ''Hollywood Gong Show'' 7" (2017, Slope Records)

Live albums

* ''Lost In America: Live 2001'' (Jan. 2002) * ''Explosion'' DVD

Compilation albums

* ''Bomb Everything'' (2003) (Australia Only) * ''Generation Kennedy No More'' (2013, DIY – compilation of demos/outtakes and rare/unreleased tracks) * ''Old Skars and Upstarts'' series of compilations featuring unreleased U.S. Bombs tracks "Check Point Chuck", "Club Slick", "Ghost Soldier" & "He's The Man"

References

External links

U.S. Bombs bio at VH1.com

U.S. Bombs BeBAD.us Videos

U.S. Bombs at Allmusic

''L.A. Times'' review of ''War Birth'' (1997)

Punknews.org staff review of ''We Are the Problem'' (2006)
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