Anti-Heros were an American

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/ street punk band formed in 1984 in

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. They took a hiatus from 1989 to 1993, but continued to record and play concerts through the early 2000s. Anti-Heros are one of the first and most popular American Oi! bands. The original lineup consisted of Mark Noah (vocals), Jay Jones (bass), Tim Spier (drums) and Joe Winograd (guitar). Phil Solomon replaced Spier on the drums in 1988. The band released two records on Link Records in the late 1980s, ''That's Right!'' (produced by John Blackwell) in 1987 and ''Don't Tread on Me'' (produced by John Blackwell) in 1988. Link manager Mark Brennan never paid the band for the recordings, which the band members paid to produce. In February 1997, longtime drummer Phil Solomon left and the band brought on Mark McClusky. Later, Don Shumate (AKA El Guapo, formerly of Time Bomb '77) took over percussion duties Despite the band's vocal admonishment of racism, their association with such ideals has long been a topic of contention among fans. Their theme song, "Anti-Hero," featured as a standard in their live set, is set to the tune of "Anti-Social," a song by

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, one of the first and most prominent

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bands (although the song has no racist lyrics). The Anti-Heros were involved in a lawsuit against

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for using the band's logo in the film ''

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'' against the band's will (as they did not want to be associated with white supremacists). Following the lawsuit, the logo was removed from all subsequent releases of the film. Their last studio release, 1999's "Underneath the Underground," was produced by

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of Rancid fame. Noah owns GMM Records. GMM Records released some of Dropkick Murphys' earliest recordings, as well as bands such as

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, Oxymoron,

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, The Templars and

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Discography

*That's Right! on LINK Records −1987 *Don't Tread On Me on LINK Records −1988 *Election Day 7-inch on GMM Records – 1992 *That's Right!/Don't Tread On Me multi-CD on GMM Records – 1994 *Murder One mini-CD on GMM Records – 1995 *American Pie CD and LP on

Taang! Records Taang! Records is an independent record label with a roster of hardcore punk, punk rock, Oi!, power pop, ska, indie rock, psychedelic, and ambient artists and bands founded by Curtis Casella in Boston, Massachusetts in 1983. History Taang ...

– 1996 *Live on a Five 5" on Headache Records – 1997 *Truck Stop Toilet split 7-inch with Blanks 77 on Taang! Records – 1997 *Anti-Heros vs. Dropkick Murphys split on

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– 1998 *Underneath the Underground on GMM Records – 1999 *1000 Nights of Chaos LIVE on

– 2000

Compilation appearances

*U.S. of Oi!, Volume 1 on LINK Records *U.S. of Oi!, Volume 2 on GMM Records *Oi! That's What I Call Music! on LINK Records *Oi! Glorious Oi! on LINK Records *Drunk and Disorderly on Step-1 Records *Backstreets of American Oi! on Sta-Prest Records. *Punk Uprisings Volume 2 *Skins and Pins on GMM Records *Punch Drunk on TKO Recordsl

References

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