Some Places Played at:
  • East Side Club- Phila.
  • West Side Club- Phila.
  • 930 Club- Washington, D.C.
  • Chameleon Gardens- Phila.
  • Rutgers University- Camden, NJ
  • The Barbary- Phila.
  • The Grapevine- Swarthmore, PA
  • Antic City- Philadelphia
  • Ambler Cabaret- Ambler, PA
  • Chestnut Cabaret- Phila.
  • Firenze- Phila.
  • Telford Inn- Telford, PA
  • Love Club- Philadelphia
  • Elks Center (Punk Fests)- Philadelphia
  • Elks Lodge- Atlantic City, NJ
  • Reds- Margate, NJ
  • VFW- Linwood, NJ
  • Omni- NJ
  • Club 218- Phila.
  • Empire Rock Club- Phila.
  • JC Dobbs - Phila.
  • Pontiac- Phila.
  • Khyber Pass- Phila.
  • BYO Hall- Phila.
  • Bonnie Roxx- Atco, NJ
  • Emerald City- Trenton,NJ
  • Clark Park- Phila.
  • FDR Park- Phila.
  • CBGB's- New York City
  • Pool Bar- New York City
  • Abe's Steaks- Phila.
  • Upstairs at Nick's- Phila.
  • Kennel Club- Phila.
  • Bachannal- Phila.
  • Memphis- Phila.
  • Hung Jury Pub- DC.
  • Joe's- West Chester, PA
  • Old State Tavern- Media, PA
  • West End- Media, PA
  • Packy's / Bootlegger Bucks- Media, PA
  • Joclyn's- Media- PA
  • Media Armory- Media, PA
  • The Velvet Lounge-Phila., PA
  • Abilene- Phila.
  • Halfway House- Phila.
  • Wedding, Rob & Bekah- Lima, PA
  • Wedding, Lenny the Skinhead (R.I.P.) and Leslie- Glassboro, NJ
  • Regency Hotel- Lima, PA
  • JR's- Twin Oaks, PA
  • Maggie's- Phila.
  • Penn State Campus- Phila.
  • WKDU (Drexel University)
  • WXPN (Penn State)
  • Frat House- Phila.
  • Better than Dead Air TV Show
  • Trocadero- Phila.
  • Boot and Saddle- Phila.
  • Sam's- Phila.
  • Puck Jam-West Chester, PA
  • Ken's- Bumfuck,PA
  • Barn- Oxford, PA
  • The Balcony - Phila.
  • Concord Cafe- Aston, PA
  • West Philly block party- Phila.
  • El Bar -Phila.
  • Someplaces in Delaware
  • Some other Philly Dives
  • Some Strip Club up North
  • And a whole bunch we forgot about
Some of our big hits:
  1. Young and Tired
  2. Bunker
  3. Death Wish
  4. Holiday in New Jersey
  5. Never Again
  6. Philly Cops
  7. Fascists
  8. Pillhead
  9. Too Much Pressure
  10. Prostitute
  11. Decontrol Theme
  12. 1992
  13. Born to Be Wild
  14. Joe Blow
  15. This Doomsday
  16. Progress
  17. Big Jack Six Pack
  18. Baby, I'm not Dead
  19. Drunk Again
  20. Bad Actor
  21. Stranger in my Bed
  22. Blue Skies
  23. Monday in Hell
  24. Pressure Cooker
  25. Space Case
  26. Fade To Grey
  27. I've Got a Brain
  28. 13th Street
  29. Each Dawn I Die
  30. The Gig is Over
  31. Maladjusted
  32. Bugs
  33. Cheap Motels
  34. Brat
  35. Doomdance
  36. 77OK
  37. Dead Life
  38. Seen it All
  39. Somewhere Beyond Loneliness
  40. Wolfinger
  41. Leave Me Alone
  42. Whatchagonnado?
  43. Depraved Condition
  44. Red Light
  45. Hard Times
  46. Upside Down
  47. We Are Not the World
  48. Screwed Again
  49. Suburban War
  50. I'm A Hypocrite
  51. Train Song
  52. Hill of Beans
  53. Shit hits the Fan
  54. Pure Green Lawn
  55. The Sky is Falling
  56. Time Bomb
  57. Country Boy
  58. Leave Me Alone
  59. Jack the Ripper
  60. Dry Dreams
  61. Bad Dog
  62. Outside Looking In

 

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Some Influences:
  1. Sex Pistols
  2. UK Subs
  3. Iggy Pop
  4. Discharge
  5. Motorhead
  6. X
  7. Husker Du
  8. Germs
  9. Dead Kennedys
  10. The Clash
  11. DOA
  12. The Damned
  13. GBH
  14. Ramones
  15. Rezillos
  16. Bad Brains
Some Bands Gigged with:
  • Discharge
  • DOA
  • UK Subs
  • Circle Jerks
  • Dead Kennedys
  • GBH
  • Minutemen
  • The Exploited
  • TSOL
  • Husker Du
  • Dead Milkmen
  • MDC
  • Stickmen

Present Band Members:

  • Adam Virgil Avery- bass, vocals
  • Ritchie Birch- guitar, vocals
  • Rob Birch- drums

Former Band Members:

  • Keith Lenderman- drums
  • Chuck Yeager- drums
  • Chuck Lamb (R.I.P.)- drums
  • Jim Smith
  • Mike Convict- guitar
  • Marcus Hook- bass
  • Norman Bates- bass
  • John Wolfinger (R.I.P.)- bass
  • Hellen Ruley- flute

Recordings:

  1. Songs From The Gut lp- 1985
  2. Born to Be Wild ep- 1986
  3. Decontrol lp- 1987
  4. Dry Dreams, Philly Compilation CD- 1999
  5. Upcoming stuff in the can- 2006