Evacuate is an American hardcore punk band from Los Angeles. With influences ranging from the

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, Chelsea,

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, Broken Bones, Negative Approach and the English Dogs, the band's releases and live sets cover a wide range of the punk rock spectrum.

History

Beginning: 2007-2008

Started by founding members vocalist Mike Virus (ex- The Virus/ Cheap Sex) and lead guitarist Karlos Evacuate (ex-Lab Rats), also featuring ex Cheap Sex members Brock on bass and guitarist Phil, and Ryan on drums. The original lineup wrote the first two Evacuate songs, "Convenience Killed Mankind" and "In My Dreams". Months later Phil, Brock and Ryan left to form side projects, and Mike and Karlos carried on recruiting bass player Sean, guitarist John A. (All Out Attak) and Danny (2nd Hand Justice) on drums. This lineup wrote songs "What Happened to Hardcore" and "Give You Nothing", which were recorded along with the first two songs to complete Evacuate's first demo "Evacuate 2007". This lineup also wrote part of the first LP and played the first handful of shows. John A. left and was replaced by Tony on second guitar and helped finish writing the first LP. After a few shows Danny left and was replaced by John Cesena on drums.

Foundation: 2008-2010

This lineup recorded the band's first official release - the self-titled "Evacuate" CD/LP, which was released in 2008 on Taang/Joe Pogo, and the ''Endless War'' EP on Czech label Voltage Records in 2010. They shared the stage with

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, The Germs,

and

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. This incarnation of Evacuate lasted two years until 2010 when Sean was replaced by Kevin Sayaka on bass.

Endless War Across Europe: 2010-2011

This lineup recorded Evacuate's second full length offering ''2012'' also on Voltage released in late 2011, this lineup played regularly throughout 2010 and 2011 including a full tour of Europe with the Mad Pigs, also sharing the stage with SS-Kaliert, Vox Populi and Normahl!. Evacuate also put together a benefit show for the victims of Japan's catastrophic tsunami.

Trials and Tribulations: 2012-2013

2012 brought some adversity to the band, with members Kevin Sayaka and Tony taking a hiatus from the band. Evacuate continued on as a four piece with Kevin Kane joining on bass. This lineup played a handful of shows including a debut show with the Vibrators, Kevin Sayaka returned on second guitar from his hiatus and Evacuate continued as a five piece, this came with the announcement that Evacuate would be playing the

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in Blackpool, England, the band worked all of mid 2013 playing shows and raising funds to head across the pond. Then things took a bad turn with longtime drummer John C, having to leave the band to fight personal demons, leaving Evacuate with a commitment to play in England with no drummer, it seemed like all hope was lost until longtime friend Alan from the band Destruct offered to fill in for the trip. This coincided with Tony's return from hiatus and adding a third guitar adding an extra layer to Evacuate's sound.

Anarchy in the UK: 2013 Continued

Evacuate complete with the updated six-man lineup finally ventured out to the UK. This saw the band playing two critically acclaimed sets, the first a surprise set replacing Mad Sin supporting the Defects in the arena stage, which saw members of Chelsea join Evacuate on stage to play a cover version of Chelsea's hit single "Evacuate", which is where the band's name came from. The second set, which was their originally advertised stage time, back in the arena stage. As the band returned, a new drummer Raul "Riff-Raff" Cuellar was recruited, and it was back to work until a near tragedy struck one of the band member's family; this situation hit close to home with everyone in the band and threatened the existence of the band, but with the help of friends, family, and fans around the world, the situation improved enough for the band to continue moving forward.

2014 and beyond

As 2013 drew to a close, the news broke of Evacuate joining up with The Virus and The Bad Engrish for a West Coast tour in the spring of 2014. Evacuate released a limited-edition orange-colored flexi with two new songs, complete with a special fanzine sleeve/packaging. This was a preview of their next album, ''Blood Money''.

Discography

* ''Demo'' 2007 * ''Evacuate'' LP 2009 * ''Endless War'' EP 2010 * ''2012'' LP 2011 * "Our Lives" / "Rage" single 2014 500 copies * ''Blood Money'' LP 2014

Members

*Mike Virus (

Vocals Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define sing ...

) 2007–present *Karlos - (

Lead guitar Lead guitar (also known as solo guitar) is a musical part for a guitar in which the guitarist plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs and chords within a song structure. The lead is the featur ...

) 2007–present *Riff Raff (

Drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

) 2013–present *Tony (

Rhythm guitar In music performances, rhythm guitar is a guitar technique and role that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse (music), pulse in conjunction with other instruments from the rhythm section (e.g., d ...

) 2008–present *Kevin Nguyen (

) 2010–present *Kevin Kane (

Bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Wood * Bass or basswood, the wood of the tilia americana tree Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in th ...

) 2012–present Past members *John Arias - (

) 2007-2008 *Sean Swales - (

)2007-2010 *Danny - (

)2007-2008 *John Cesena - (

)2008-2013 *Phil Robles 2007 (

) 2007 *Brock Anderson 2007n(

) 2007 *Ryan - (

) 2007

References

External links

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