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MUSIC : SUB SOCIETY : 1988-1992

Sub Society was a four-piece Pop Punk / Skate Rock band from San Diego, California made non-famous world-wide in the late '80s and early '90s thanks to songs in popular skateboard and snowboard videos. The band held a strong local following due to constantly playing live and selling thousands of independetly realeased 7" records, Iceman ('90) and Relaxin' ('91).

Sub Society is Stimy on vocals (Inch, Congress of the Cow, Harvey Knuckles), Chris Valle on guitar (Gangbusters), DDA on drums (9,000 Lbs, Furious IV) and me on bass. Prior members include Mitch Wilson (No Knife) and Tommy Barnes on guitar and Petey X (Rocket From The Crypt) on bass.

Listen to the MP3s and you can hear high school student Stimy's great lyrics and note the change in the band's sound as Chris and I morphed the band from pure punk to something more metal and melodic. DDA's atypical approach to drums further defined the band's sound.

The bands raw demo, No Legs To Stand On, landed five songs in H-Street's influential Hokus Pokus ('90) video including "Rockstar" during the Tony Magnusson segment and "A Lot Less" during the Matt Hensley segment. Inclusion in Hokus Pokus was a really good accomplisihment for four teenagers who still jammed in a garage.

"A Lot Less" was later covered by Millencolin on "The Melancholy Collection" and "Skauch", both on Epitaph Records. Where are the royalties!? Click on the blue box on the right to read the comments Chris posted on iTunes about his song.

Other video credits include H-Street's Not The New H-Street Video ('91) and Next Generation ('92) as well as Life's A Beach's Skaters From Uranus II ('91) and Mack Dawg's New Kids On The Twock ('90), Pocahontas ('91) and Decade ('98).

Sub Society tracks on CD compilations include "1000 Yard Stare" on Thrasher Magazine's Explicit Sk8 Rok Volume 10 ('91), Palomar College's Immolation ('92) as well as "greatest hits" compilations by H-Street and Mack Dawg released in the late '90s.

Sub Society performed with a lot of great bands including G.B.H., 7 Seconds, The Rollins Band, All, The Descendents, Mr. Bungle, Rocket From The Crypt, Pitchfork, Big Drill Car, Seaweed, Dough Boy, Chemical People, Victim's Family, Inside Out (Zach de la Rocha's band before RATM), Daddy Longleggs, Amenity, Forced Down, House Of Suffering, Sprung Monkey, Unwritten Law, Samiam and Olivelawn.

2005: ANTHOLOGY 1989-1992

FREE "DO IT YOURSELF" CD PACKAGE:
Tools Needed: Color printer, 2 sheets of paper (1 for tray, 1 for 4-panel booklet), x-acto knife and ruler (or scissors), CD "Jewel Box" case.
1) Download 35 MP3s (skip "Merk Side End" & "Non-Merk Side End").
2) Download all 3 PDFs.
3) Make a CD with the songs in the same order as on the Tray Card (TRT 78 min.).
4) Print out the art at 100% or it will not work - do not "fit to paper" or "shrink large pages". For best results print the booklet on one sheet of paper.
5) Fold where indicated then cut out using crop marks and insert into CD case.
6) Insert CD into boom box next to ramp/pool/street and get yer skate on, old school style.

>>> Tray Card 3.8 MB PDF
>>> Booklet - Front & Back Covers 5.6 MB PDF
>>> Booklet - Centerspread 2.6 MB PDF