Look Back and Laugh
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Look Back and Laugh was a San Francisco Bay Area
80's style hardcore punk
band featuring members from many notable Bay Area bands. The name is from a song by Minor Threat
with the same name.
, Talk Is Poison, and Lesser of Two
. The band was formed as a hobby by its members who wanted to focus on other priorities in their life while still having a musical outlet. Despite this the band released three full length albums in its three year existence on two prominent independent labels Ebullition and Lengua Armada Discos
.
and Southern California thrashcore
. The music style was chosen to reflect some of the members' early musical influences. The name Look Back and Laugh was chosen to represent this choice because of its literal meaning as well as the fact that it is the title of a song by Minor Threat
, an 80s hardcore punk band.
San Francisco Bay Area
The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, is a populated region that surrounds the San Francisco and San Pablo estuaries in Northern California. The region encompasses metropolitan areas of San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose, along with smaller urban and rural areas...
80's style hardcore punk
Hardcore punk
Hardcore punk is an underground music genre that originated in the late 1970s, following the mainstream success of punk rock. Hardcore is generally faster, thicker, and heavier than earlier punk rock. The origin of the term "hardcore punk" is uncertain. The Vancouver-based band D.O.A...
band featuring members from many notable Bay Area bands. The name is from a song by Minor Threat
Minor Threat
Minor Threat was an American hardcore punk band formed in Washington, D.C. in 1980 and disbanded in 1983. The band was relatively short-lived, but had a strong influence on the hardcore punk music scene, both stylistically and in establishing a "do it yourself" ethic for music distribution and...
with the same name.
History
Look Back and Laugh was formed by former members of the bands Yaphett Kotto, Dead and Gone, DestroyDestroy (band)
Destroy! was an American crust punk band from Minneapolis from 1988 to 1994. Vocalist Felix Havoc founded Havoc Records in 1992 as a vehicle for Destroy!'s Burn this Racist System Down 7" EP.-Members:*Felix Havoc...
, Talk Is Poison, and Lesser of Two
Lesser of Two
Lesser of Two was a crust punk, crossover thrash, screamo and hardcore punk band which began in Florida in 1989 and relocated to Oakland, California in 1997. Lesser of Two disbanded in 2003.-History:...
. The band was formed as a hobby by its members who wanted to focus on other priorities in their life while still having a musical outlet. Despite this the band released three full length albums in its three year existence on two prominent independent labels Ebullition and Lengua Armada Discos
Lengua Armada Discos
Lengua Armada Discos is an American punk and hardcore independent record label run by Limp Wrist/Los Crudos frontman, Martin Sorrondeguy. It features such bands as Look Back and Laugh, Charles Bronson, Severed Head of State and Sin Orden....
.
Musical style
Look Back and Laugh plays a mixture of 80s-style hardcore punkHardcore punk
Hardcore punk is an underground music genre that originated in the late 1970s, following the mainstream success of punk rock. Hardcore is generally faster, thicker, and heavier than earlier punk rock. The origin of the term "hardcore punk" is uncertain. The Vancouver-based band D.O.A...
and Southern California thrashcore
Thrashcore
Thrashcore is a fast tempo subgenre of hardcore punk that emerged in the early 1980s. Thrashcore is essentially sped-up hardcore punk, with bands often using blast beats. Songs can be very brief, and thrashcore is in many ways a less dissonant, less metallic forerunner of grindcore...
. The music style was chosen to reflect some of the members' early musical influences. The name Look Back and Laugh was chosen to represent this choice because of its literal meaning as well as the fact that it is the title of a song by Minor Threat
Minor Threat
Minor Threat was an American hardcore punk band formed in Washington, D.C. in 1980 and disbanded in 1983. The band was relatively short-lived, but had a strong influence on the hardcore punk music scene, both stylistically and in establishing a "do it yourself" ethic for music distribution and...
, an 80s hardcore punk band.
Discography
- 2004: Look Back and Laugh - CD Ebullition RecordsEbullition RecordsEbullition Records is an independent record label and distro based out of Goleta, California. It published HeartattaCk, a zine focusing on independent punk and hardcore from around the world, informed by an anti-consumerist and D.I.Y. ideology....
- 2005: By The Pound - CD Lengua Armada DiscosLengua Armada DiscosLengua Armada Discos is an American punk and hardcore independent record label run by Limp Wrist/Los Crudos frontman, Martin Sorrondeguy. It features such bands as Look Back and Laugh, Charles Bronson, Severed Head of State and Sin Orden....
- 2006: Street Terrorism - 7" Deranged RecordsDeranged RecordsDeranged Records is a Canadian punk record label based in Roberts Creek, British Columbia. It was founded in 1999 by Gordon Dufresne. Notable bands who have had releases with the label are Fucked Up, Career Suicide and Brutal Knights...
- 2006: Public Safety - Compilation L.P. Maximumrocknroll
- 2007: State Of Illusion - CD Lengua Armada DiscosLengua Armada DiscosLengua Armada Discos is an American punk and hardcore independent record label run by Limp Wrist/Los Crudos frontman, Martin Sorrondeguy. It features such bands as Look Back and Laugh, Charles Bronson, Severed Head of State and Sin Orden....