Diesel Boy is an American punk rock band from

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, United States. They were formed in 1993 and were active until 2002. In 2022, they announced they would release a new album for SBÄM in 2023. They have a 7" on

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, 4 full-length albums released on

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and a split EP with the band Divit that was released on Coldfront Records.

History

The band was formed in summer 1993, and soon after the world was introduced to their clever use of puns with their 7" release on

, aptly titled '' Strap on Seven Inch'', with four tracks, the first of which was "Titty Twister". Shortly afterwards in September 1996, ''

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'' would be released as their debut full length, released on

, a partner label of Fat Wreck Chords, for which Diesel Boy was the flagship band.

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produced all four albums the band would eventually release. The band toured relentlessly from 1995 to 2002. It is estimated that they played in 40 of the 50

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s, every province in

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(where it is arguable that the band enjoyed its biggest following),

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for three times, and Australia. During this time they played with the likes of No Use for a Name, NOFX, Good Riddance,

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, Strung Out,

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, Gob, The Goober Patrol,

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, and The Sugar Hill Gang. Strung Out took them on their first U.S./Canada tour which followed the buzz created by appearance of the band's instant classic "Titty Twister", on the Fat Records compilation ''

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''. Their second album, '' Venus Envy'' (1998), marked the departure of drummer and original member, Mike (Baump) Schaus. Geoff (Lackey) Arcuri, formerly of the

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band

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, joined Diesel Boy in late 1998. A third album followed in 1999 called ''Sofa King Cool''. Diesel Boy appears, as a band, while performing their own material from the ''Cock Rock'' album, on an episode of ''

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'' called " Moshing and Noshing" that aired in 2000. Following their 2001 album ''Rode Hard and Put Away Wet'', the band unofficially split up. Vocalist Diesel Dave said in a 2011 interview that "things just got wound down". In 2006, the band created a MySpace page and later in 2009 a

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page. In 2011, the band got back together and on July 18, 2011 announced on their Facebook page that they will write a new album. Several songs were composed, but due to the geographic difficulties (Diesel Dave was based in

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whereas the other members in California) as well as family reasons were not able to complete the album, and no musical content has been released since. The band did however play some gigs, such as at the Hits and Pits Tour in Australia in March 2013. In 2015 the band cancelled their appearance at the GROEZROCK festival in

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, Belgium with no explanation. The band's vocalist, Diesel Dave, remains connected to writing by free-lancing for various publications, weekly magazines (such as the ''

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'') and various

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s including a health industry publications. In 2016, Diesel Dave launched a new band called Dirty Outs along with an EP containing six songs.

Members

*Dave "Diesel Dave" Lake – vocals and

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(1993–present) *Greg Hensley –

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(1993-present) *Christopher Thomas – drummer (2021-present). He also plays in the band

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. *Chad Philipps –

(2021-present) *Justin Werth –

and

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(1993-2021). He has also played guitar in '' Fang''. *Geoff Arcuri – drummer (1999–2021) *Mike Schaus – drummer (1993–1999)

Discography

Studio albums

*''Cock Rock'' (1996) *''Venus Envy'' (1998) *''Sofa King Cool'' (1999) *''Rode Hard and Put Away Wet'' (2001)

EPs

*''Strap on Seven Inch'' (1996) *''Double Letter Score'' (with Divit) (2001)

Music videos

*"She's My Queen" (1999)

Appearances in popular culture

*Their song from the ''Venus Envy'' album, "Endless Summer Days", appears in the full-length feature ''

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''. *Three of their songs of the ''Sofa King Cool'' album, "A Literary Love Song", "She's My Queen" and "Shining Star", were featured as soundtracks in the 1999

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, '' Test Drive Off-Road 3''. *The song "She's My Queen" from the ''Sofa King Cool'' album was mentioned in the Paul Simon biography ''A Life'', as a song that references

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(although it is incorrectly referred to as "She's My Marilyn Monroe"). *The song "True Drew" is mentioned in the book ''Rock and Roll Baby Names'' as a rock song related to the name Drew.

References

External links

Diesel Boy's official MySpace page
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