Cider Up B-Day Banger #2
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 10TH
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MDC
CH 3
PARTY FORCE
BRIGATA VENDETTA
BLUNT FORCE KARMA
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Doors 8:00pm / Show 9:00pm
$18 Advance / $23 Door
(Limited $30 Two Day Passes)
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IVY ROOM
860 San Pablo Ave, Albany • 21+
MDC
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Based in San Francisco during the '80s, MDC trumped the Dead Kennedys by performing politically charged hardcore punk that was arguably more extreme than what got the Kennedys into trouble. Alternately known as Multi-Death Corporation, Millions of Dead Cops, or Millions of Damn Christians, the group formed in Texas in 1980 but moved to the West Coast by the time of their first release, a 1981 7" titled "John Wayne Was a Nazi." After their album debut, 1982's Millions of Dead Cops, the band released a 1983 EP but then was silent for several years.
CH 3
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A long-running West Coast punk band, Channel 3 went from playing parties in their hometown of Cerritos, California to international acclaim on their strength of their 1982 album, Fear of Life. Playing a robust variation on SoCal hardcore punk, Channel 3's first full-length became a classic in California punk circles and won them a following in the U.K. and Europe when a revised edition of the album was issued overseas as I've Got a Gun. In the mid-'80s, Channel 3 explored hard rock and metal influences on 1984's Airborne and 1985's Last Time I Drank..., releases that divided their fan base. After years away from the studio, the group returned to classic form on 2002's CH3, and toured regularly in the U.S. and Europe; they showed they were still in fighting shape with 2018's Put 'Em Up.
PARTY FORCE
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Fight, Fuck, Cry, Tequila! Punk Rock!
BRIGATA VENDETTA
Bandcamp / Facebook
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Formed from members of Oi! band The Harrington Saints, Brigata Vendetta play ’80s-inspired hardcore.