22nd Century (band)
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22nd Century is a rock
band from Vancouver
, formed in 2007. 22nd Century's members include guitarist/vocalist Tim Plommer (Anthill, Little Green Planet), guitarist Jesus Krysler, bassist Duane Chaos (Stress Factor 9, Ace Koden, Driven Force, Centerfold) and drummer Zippy Pinhead (of hardcore punk bands D.O.A.
, The Dils
).
) and Mike Normal; later forming “Sgt. Nick Penis and the Brassball Battalion” with D.O.A. founders Randy Rampage
and Chuck Biscuits
. Duane met Zippy and Randy while playing bass for soon to be star Chrissy Steele and became friends. Zippy went on to move to San Francisco to play with the influential band K.G.B. before returning to Vancouver to join D.O.A. Over the next 6 years, Zippy Pinhead shifted between Vancouver and California playing in some well known bands (The Dils
, Art Bergman, The Mutants
, Los Popularos, Black Molly’s, Beat Farmers and The Fiends.) and even appeared on music videos with Sheena Easton
and Rick Springfield
. Duane left the music scene for a while to pursue a career in professional cycling after leaving recording band Centerfold when the band’s funding vanished. He returned to music nearly a decade later after joining up with Wade Morissette, brother of Alanis Morissette
, to play acoustic performances. During this time, Tim Plommer enjoyed success by co-founding a band called Anthill which had a radio single "Child of Ambition".
22nd Century was formed in 2007 with guitarist Tim Plommer, Duane Chaos and original drummer, Glen Gaupholm, who left the band in 2009. Rob Lulic (of Rymes With Orange
fame) briefly played with the band while it was forming but left before the recording of the first CD, The Twenty Second Century. Duane continued playing part time for Punk-Metal band Stress Factor 9
which included former Annihilator
drummer Ray Harttman and D.O.A. bass player/founder Randy Rampage
. 22nd Century made its first road trip to California in late 2008 playing in San Francisco.
The band released a 6 song E.P. entitled "The Twenty Second Century in early 2009, produced by legendary music producer John Webster
. By December 2009, the single "509" had hit #1 on the Somojo UK Indy charts and held in the top 5 for several weeks. 22nd Century also received an honorable mention in Billboard Magazine's 2009 global song writing contest. The band has enjoyed early success by licensing their music to Adobe TV (owned by Adobe
Systems, Inc.) and has radio airplay in many countries. In late 2009, 22nd Century again headed south and played in Los Angeles to a crowd of thousands as the headliner. .38 Special
road bass player Scott Fegette joined the group on stage for a version of Blitzkrieg by The Ramones.
In June 2010, 22nd Century returned to the studio after a brief stint in New York to begin recording their second album which was released Jan 6, 2011 on Bugnut Records. Producer John Webster
once again brought the band to Mushroom Studios
in Vancouver, BC. The 7th track on the CD is a cover of Echo Beach
written by Mark Gane and originally recorded in 1979 by Martha and the Muffins
. The new CD "Where's Howie?!!" also contains a cover of The Angels (a.k.a. "Angel City) single "No Secrets", written by Doc Neeson
and Graham "Buzz" Bidstrup. During the time of recording, 22nd Century placed 1st place via popular vote in a nation-wide Indie contest sponsored by Supernova entitled "Band on the Run" as well as playing several venues in Western Canada and as far away as New York, NY. During the contest performances, D.O.A. co-founder Randy Rampage
joined the group on stage for a few older songs. The band has sold or streamed well over 5,000,000 songs globally from sites such as Jango.com, tv.adobe.com, Reverbnation, MySpace, Mix2r, iTunes and many more.
In 2011 local guitarist Jesus Krysler joined the band as second guitarist and played his first live gig as the band headlined one of Vancouver's biggest summer street festivals. The band rapidly climbed the Reverbnation charts reaching #1 (locally) and #21 (nationally) since the addition of the 4th member and being interviewed and appearing on the front cover of L.A. based Punk Globe Magazine. Their second video released from the Where's Howie!? CD based on the title track was launched in August 2011 .
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
band from Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
, formed in 2007. 22nd Century
D.O.A. (band)
D.O.A. is a hardcore punk band from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. They are often referred to as the "founders" of hardcore punk, along with Black Flag, Bad Brains, Teen Idles, and Minor Threat. Their second album Hardcore '81 was thought by many to have been the first actual reference to...
, The Dils
The Dils
The Dils were an American punk rock band of the late 1970s, originally from Carlsbad, California, and fronted by brothers Chip Kinman and Tony Kinman...
).
History
In the late 1980s, drummer Zippy Pinhead formed the Stiffs with Gerry Useless (who later formed the SubhumansSubhumans
Subhumans may refer to:* Subhumans , featuring singer Dick Lucas*Subhumans , featuring singer Wimpy Roy and bass player Gerry Hannah...
) and Mike Normal; later forming “Sgt. Nick Penis and the Brassball Battalion” with D.O.A. founders Randy Rampage
Randy Rampage
Randy Rampage is a founding member, bass player and occasional vocalist of the Canadian hardcore band D.O.A.. He played on D.O.A.'s seminal early punk albums Something Better Change and Hardcore '81, along with vocalist/guitarist Joe Shithead, drummer Chuck Biscuits and guitarist Dave Gregg in...
and Chuck Biscuits
Chuck Biscuits
Chuck Biscuits is a Canadian-born drummer, now a U.S. citizen, who is best known as an original member of the heavy metal/hard rock band Danzig. Most recently, he was a member of the punk rock band Social Distortion in the late 1990s...
. Duane met Zippy and Randy while playing bass for soon to be star Chrissy Steele and became friends. Zippy went on to move to San Francisco to play with the influential band K.G.B. before returning to Vancouver to join D.O.A. Over the next 6 years, Zippy Pinhead shifted between Vancouver and California playing in some well known bands (The Dils
The Dils
The Dils were an American punk rock band of the late 1970s, originally from Carlsbad, California, and fronted by brothers Chip Kinman and Tony Kinman...
, Art Bergman, The Mutants
The Mutants
The Mutants is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in six weekly parts from 8 April to 13 May 1972....
, Los Popularos, Black Molly’s, Beat Farmers and The Fiends.) and even appeared on music videos with Sheena Easton
Sheena Easton
Sheena Easton is a Scottish recording artist. Easton became famous for being the focus of an episode in the British television programme The Big Time, which recorded her attempts to gain a record contract and her eventual signing with EMI Records.Easton rose to fame in the early 1980s with the pop...
and Rick Springfield
Rick Springfield
Rick Springfield is an Australian-born singer-songwriter, musician, and actor. He was a member of pop rock group Zoot from 1969 to 1971 and then started his solo career with his début single "Speak to the Sky" reaching the top 10 in Australia. In mid-1972, he relocated to the United States...
. Duane left the music scene for a while to pursue a career in professional cycling after leaving recording band Centerfold when the band’s funding vanished. He returned to music nearly a decade later after joining up with Wade Morissette, brother of Alanis Morissette
Alanis Morissette
Alanis Nadine Morissette is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, record producer, and actress. She has won 16 Juno Awards and seven Grammy Awards, was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards and also shortlisted for an Academy Award nomination...
, to play acoustic performances. During this time, Tim Plommer enjoyed success by co-founding a band called Anthill which had a radio single "Child of Ambition".
22nd Century was formed in 2007 with guitarist Tim Plommer, Duane Chaos and original drummer, Glen Gaupholm, who left the band in 2009. Rob Lulic (of Rymes With Orange
Rymes With Orange
Rymes with Orange is a band from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.-History:RWO formed in Vancouver in the early 1990s. Rob Lulic and Alexander Julien were looking for a fresh new singer to assist them in the upcoming Battle of the bands. After a chance meeting with Manchester born singer Lyndon...
fame) briefly played with the band while it was forming but left before the recording of the first CD, The Twenty Second Century. Duane continued playing part time for Punk-Metal band Stress Factor 9
Stress Factor 9
Stress Factor 9 is a hardcore punk band from Vancouver, formed in 2004. SF9s members include frontman Randy Rampage and drummer Ray Hartmann Other members include Duane Chaos , Kick and Frank Fright.The band has one CD...
which included former Annihilator
Annihilator
Annihilator may refer to:* Annihilator , a mathematical concept* The annihilator of a vector subspace* Annihilator method, a type of differential operator, used in a particular method for solving differential equations...
drummer Ray Harttman and D.O.A. bass player/founder Randy Rampage
Randy Rampage
Randy Rampage is a founding member, bass player and occasional vocalist of the Canadian hardcore band D.O.A.. He played on D.O.A.'s seminal early punk albums Something Better Change and Hardcore '81, along with vocalist/guitarist Joe Shithead, drummer Chuck Biscuits and guitarist Dave Gregg in...
. 22nd Century made its first road trip to California in late 2008 playing in San Francisco.
The band released a 6 song E.P. entitled "The Twenty Second Century in early 2009, produced by legendary music producer John Webster
John Webster
John Webster was an English Jacobean dramatist best known for his tragedies The White Devil and The Duchess of Malfi, which are often regarded as masterpieces of the early 17th-century English stage. He was a contemporary of William Shakespeare.- Biography :Webster's life is obscure, and the dates...
. By December 2009, the single "509" had hit #1 on the Somojo UK Indy charts and held in the top 5 for several weeks. 22nd Century also received an honorable mention in Billboard Magazine's 2009 global song writing contest. The band has enjoyed early success by licensing their music to Adobe TV (owned by Adobe
Adobe
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Systems, Inc.) and has radio airplay in many countries. In late 2009, 22nd Century again headed south and played in Los Angeles to a crowd of thousands as the headliner. .38 Special
.38 Special
The .38 Smith & Wesson Special is a rimmed, centerfire cartridge designed by Smith & Wesson. It is most commonly used in revolvers, although some semi-automatic pistols and carbines also use this round...
road bass player Scott Fegette joined the group on stage for a version of Blitzkrieg by The Ramones.
In June 2010, 22nd Century returned to the studio after a brief stint in New York to begin recording their second album which was released Jan 6, 2011 on Bugnut Records. Producer John Webster
John Webster
John Webster was an English Jacobean dramatist best known for his tragedies The White Devil and The Duchess of Malfi, which are often regarded as masterpieces of the early 17th-century English stage. He was a contemporary of William Shakespeare.- Biography :Webster's life is obscure, and the dates...
once again brought the band to Mushroom Studios
Mushroom Studios
Mushroom Studios was a music recording facility located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada with a long history in Canadian music. It has now been relocated to Toronto, Ontario, Canada....
in Vancouver, BC. The 7th track on the CD is a cover of Echo Beach
Echo Beach
"Echo Beach" is a song recorded by the Canadian group Martha and the Muffins in 1979. It was released as a single from their album Metro Music in 1980 and won the Juno Award for Single of the Year. It was certified gold in Canada on October 1, 1980, a month after Metro Music achieved gold status...
written by Mark Gane and originally recorded in 1979 by Martha and the Muffins
Martha and the Muffins
Martha and the Muffins are a Canadian new wave band, active from 1977 to the present. Although they only had one major international hit single under their original band name, they had a number of hits in their native Canada, and the core members of the band also charted in Canada and...
. The new CD "Where's Howie?!!" also contains a cover of The Angels (a.k.a. "Angel City) single "No Secrets", written by Doc Neeson
Doc Neeson
Bernard "Doc" Neeson is an Australian rock singer. Neeson is known as the lead singer and frontman for Australian hard rock band The Angels.-Early life:...
and Graham "Buzz" Bidstrup. During the time of recording, 22nd Century placed 1st place via popular vote in a nation-wide Indie contest sponsored by Supernova entitled "Band on the Run" as well as playing several venues in Western Canada and as far away as New York, NY. During the contest performances, D.O.A. co-founder Randy Rampage
Randy Rampage
Randy Rampage is a founding member, bass player and occasional vocalist of the Canadian hardcore band D.O.A.. He played on D.O.A.'s seminal early punk albums Something Better Change and Hardcore '81, along with vocalist/guitarist Joe Shithead, drummer Chuck Biscuits and guitarist Dave Gregg in...
joined the group on stage for a few older songs. The band has sold or streamed well over 5,000,000 songs globally from sites such as Jango.com, tv.adobe.com, Reverbnation, MySpace, Mix2r, iTunes and many more.
In 2011 local guitarist Jesus Krysler joined the band as second guitarist and played his first live gig as the band headlined one of Vancouver's biggest summer street festivals. The band rapidly climbed the Reverbnation charts reaching #1 (locally) and #21 (nationally) since the addition of the 4th member and being interviewed and appearing on the front cover of L.A. based Punk Globe Magazine. Their second video released from the Where's Howie!? CD based on the title track was launched in August 2011 .
Discography
- 2009: The Twenty Second Century
- 2010: Radio Hits 3 (Eastern European Compilation)
- 2011: Where's Howie?!!
- 2011: Riot on the Sunset (Compilation)
External links
- Official site
- 22nd Century on Myspace