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, drummer

Colin Sears Colin Sears is an American drummer who has performed in Bloody Mannequin Orchestra, Dag Nasty, The Marshes, Rumblepuppy, Grave Goods, Bloodbats, Los Vampiros, Thundering Asteroids! and currently Handgun Bravado and The Valley Floor. He ...

and bassist Roger Marbury, both of Bloody Mannequin Orchestra, and vocalist Shawn Brown (later of Swiz and Jesuseater). Their style of less aggressive, melodic hardcore was influential to

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; their sound was partly influenced by The Faith and their 1983 EP '' Subject to Change''. Brian Baker said in "Filmage", the documentary about Descendents, that he started Dag Nasty as a direct inspiration from them.

History

Shawn Brown was the first vocalist with whom the band recorded unreleased versions of most of the material that later made up their first release '' Can I Say'', which featured former roadie and new singer Dave Smalley of

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. Dave left the band to attend grad school at New York University before a summer tour with

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. A new singer, Peter Cortner, was found after the band placed an ad in a local paper and the tour was kept. After touring half the US opening for

, the band went home and recorded new material that wasn't released until years later. After a few more local shows, the band broke up in the fall of 1986. Brian went to L.A. to start a new band with Doug Carrion and half of Doggy Style called Doggie Rock. After releasing one album under the Doggie Style name, Doggie Rock broke up and Brian reformed Dag Nasty in early 1987 with Peter, Colin and Doug replacing Roger Marbury, who declined to rejoin. Months later, the band recorded and released '' Wig Out at Denko's'', including rerecorded versions of the late 1986 tape and new material. 1988 saw the release of their album '' Field Day'' on

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, which was distributed by Dutch East India Trading. It was an ambitious album, often generating sharply polarised appraisals from fans: many hated it and many loved it. ''Field Day'' attempted to blend pop melodies with hardcore and

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riffs even further than previously attempted on ''Wig Out''. The result was, at times, uneven but helped to usher in a new style of hardcore with more controlled playing, guitar effects, acoustic elements and slower tempos. The band split up shortly after touring for ''Field Day'' ended. In 1992, Dag Nasty reformed with Smalley on vocals and released the album ''

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had released ''85-86'', a collection of early, pre-'' Can I Say'' recordings. In 2002 the band got back together, again with Smalley on the mic, returning the band to a hardcore sound. The result of this reunion was the album '' Minority of One''. To this day they still release records, though Dag Nasty remains more of a side project for its members than a full-time active band. Cortner, who has not been involved with the band directly for years, completed his education as a lawyer, practiced law and recently became a schoolteacher. While strictly as a personal hobby now, Cortner has continued to make music under the names GPFA and, more recently, in a collaboration with Philadelphia area musicians entitled The Gerunds. He and Doug Carrion also have a project called Field Day where they perform songs from Cortner's era of Dag Nasty records. Sears went on to play in

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and later after moving to Portland, Oregon fo
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after Brett Gurewitz left to focus on his own record label (

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) and continued to play in the band when Gurewitz rejoined. In 2009 Brian Baker said he wanted to make a new Dag Nasty record with Peter Cortner. "We want to do another record with Peter singing at some point and that will be the next one we do. I've spoken with Colin and Roger and they want to do it with Peter next time. Maybe a year from now, who knows? Whenever people are available. The one thing about Peter is that he's a really good lyricist. That's always been his strong point" In October 2012 Dag Nasty announced a reunion show in Washington DC with their original singer, Shawn Brown. On December 28, 2012, the original Dag Nasty line up played the

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in support of the upcoming documentary "Salad Days: The DC Punk Revolution". The bill also featured Government Issue, another Washington DC punk reunion. The group was reformed again in 2015. It was announced that year on May 30, 2016, Dag Nasty will tour Europe in the spring of 2016 and play the Punk Rock Bowling Music Festival in Las Vegas, and on June 11 in Asbury Park, New Jersey. A new 7 inch single will be released on Dischord Records in May 2016.

Members

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* Shawn Brown (August 1985 – February 1986/December 2012/2015) * Dave Smalley (February 1986 – June 1986/1991/2002) * Peter Cortner (July 1986 – July 1988)

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* Brian Baker

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* Roger Marbury (August 1985 – March 1987/1991/2002/December 2012) * Doug Carrion (March 1987 – July 1988)

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(August 1985 – June 1987/1991/2002/December 2012) * Scott Garrett (August 1987 – July 1988) * London May (" Wig Out at Denko's" tour, summer 1987)

Discography

Albums

* '' Can I Say'' LP (

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, 1986) * '' Wig Out at Denko's'' LP (

, 1987) * '' Field Day'' LP (

, 1988) * ''

'' LP/CD (

, 1992) * '' Minority of One'' LP/CD ( Revelation Records, 2002) *''Dag with Shawn'' LP/CD (

, 2010) – recorded in 1985, features songs from first album with Brown on vocals

Reissues and compilations

*''Can I Say/Wig Out at Denko's'' CD (

, 1991) *''85-86'' LP/7" Box Set/CD (

, 1991) *'' Can I Say'' and '' Wig Out at Denko's'' were remastered and separately re-released by Dischord in 2002.

Singles and EPs

*''All Ages Show'' 7" (

, 1987) *'' Trouble Is'' 12" (

, 1988) *''Cold Heart'' 7" (

, 2016)

References

External links

The Official Dag Nasty Website

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