Brand New Unit is a Canadian hardcore punk band from Vancouver, BC. The band formed in 1991 near Surrey, BC and were widely known as the acronym B.N.U. in the early years, as a band name logo was needed to post on a playbill. They were featured on Thrasher Skate Rock Vol. 11 and in 1992 they were winners of CITR-FM

CITR-FM

CITR-FM, normally branded CiTR , is a Canadian FM radio station based out of the University of British Columbia's Student Union Building in the University Endowment Lands, just west of the city limits of Vancouver, British Columbia.CiTR is operated by UBC students and community volunteers under the...

's SHiNDiG live performance contest, which awarded them some studio time.

Influences of 7 Seconds and Dag Nasty

Dag Nasty

Dag Nasty was a Washington D.C. punk band formed in 1985 by guitarist Brian Baker of Minor Threat, drummer Colin Sears and bassist Roger Marbury, both of Bloody Mannequin Orchestra, and vocalist Shawn Brown...

 are evident in early recordings on the Three Minute Mile 7inch with original drummer Garnet Kulhavy , while later recordings feature a more post-hardcore feel with hard hitting live elements. With CD and Vinyl releases on HeartFirst Records, BYO Records

BYO Records

BYO Records is a Los Angeles, California based independent punk rock record label created by Shawn and Mark Stern, two of the three brothers of the seminal California punk rock band Youth Brigade . BYO stands for Better Youth Organization and aims to promote punk and other alternative youth...

, and Burning Heart Records, the band disbanded in 2000 with a re-union in Feb 2010. The band's current lineup is singer Gary Lavallee, guitarist Jinx Stringer, bassist Ben Hughes, and drummer Gabe Mantle

Gabe Mantle

Gabriel "Gabe" Mantle is a Canadian drummer, mostly known as the drummer of the pop punk group Gob. He has also been a part of a Vancouver hardcore band Brand New Unit's assembly as well as the pop band bloody chickletts and old school punk band death sentence.He also played drums on the .married...

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Discography

• Summertime 7" - Three Minute Mile Records
• Under the BigTop CD - Excursion Records
• Quickdraw 7" - HeartFirst Records, Berlin
• All For Nothing 7" - HeartFirst Records, Berlin
• No Heroes CD EP - HeartFirst Records, Berlin
• Looking Back Again CD - BYO Records
• Diddley Squat CD/LP - CreativeMan Disc
• Empty Usless Air - Burning Heart Records
• BNU/Kill Sadie
  Kill Sadie
  Kill Sadie was a Minneapolis-based post-hardcore band who formed in 1997 and eventually split in 2001 after a large number of line-up changes. It proved to be a launching ground for several influential modern emo, hardcore, and indie musicians, who found larger success in other outfits such as...
  
  split 7" - Modern Radio