Heart Attack was an American early

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band formed in 1980 and active until 1984.

History

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Formed in the suburban area of

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in New York City, they were probably the youngest punk band in the New York City area at the time, according to some flyers and fanzines, as the first line-up was formed by people from 12 to 16 years old. Their first demos (''Hitler Demo'' and ''The Mojo Sessions'') was heavily influenced by English punk rock, especially Sex Pistols and

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, with hilarious lyrics, but soon after attending a

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, singer

Jesse Malin Jesse Malin (born January 26, 1967) is an American rock musician, guitarist, and songwriter. Starting his performing career in the New York hardcore band Heart Attack, and rising to prominence as vocalist of D Generation, a solo recording arti ...

and guitarist Jackie Flanagan decided to switch genres to the latest wave of punk, hardcore. Heart Attack existed for less than four years, part of the NYC hardcore scene with other bands such as the Beastie Boys,

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, Bad Brains,

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, The Mad,

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, The Misguided, and Even Worse. Heart Attack was the first band of the area to go on tour in the rest of the United States. Their final show was on July 4, 1984, at CBGB. All of their songs are now published on "The Last War 1980–84" CD. Malin went on to form the bands

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and

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(also with later Heart Attack guitarist Danny Sage), and later, a successful solo career. Flanagan went on to play in the New York group The Mob. Drummer Javier Madriaga later joined

. The band is mentioned in the film '' American Hardcore''.

Members

– guitar, vocals (later of Hope, the Steps of Sounds, D Generation and

) *John Frawley – bass (1980 – April 1982) *Javier Madriaga – drums (ex-Lujuria, later in

) *Paul Praver – bass (April 1982 – July 1984) *Jack Flanagan – guitar (later of The Mob) * Danny Sage – guitar (later of Hope, D Generation, now a solo artist) *Missy – guitar (earliest incarnation) *Richie Ferrara – drums (1978–80) *Ron Torina – guitar *Brandon Lewis – bass

Discography

*''God Is Dead'' 7" EP, Damaged Goods Records (1981) *''New York Thrash'' compilation cassette, CD and vinyl (1982; contains "God Is Dead" and "Shotgun") *''Keep Your Distance'', 12" EP, Serious Clown Records (1983) *''Subliminal Seduction'', 12" EP, Rat Cage Records (1984) *''FLIPSIDE VIDEO FANZINE NUMBER 5'', VHS, songs: "MAN'S WORLD" & "BRAINWASHED HEROES" recorded at Olympic, LA-Perkins, Pasadena (1984) *''The Last War '80–'84'', CD, Broken Rekkids Records (2001) {{DEFAULTSORT:Heart Attack Hardcore punk groups from New York (state) Musical groups from Queens, New York Punk rock groups from New York (state)