Stress Factor 9 is a 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 from Vancouver, formed in 2004. SF9's members include frontman 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...

 (founder of the hardcore band D.O.A.

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...

) and drummer Ray Hartmann (of thrash metal band Annihilator

Annihilator (band)

Annihilator is a Canadian heavy metal band hailing from Ottawa, Ontario, also from Vancouver, British Columbia between 1987-2002 by founding member, vocalist, guitarist and bassist Jeff Waters. The band has been around since 1984 and is the biggest selling heavy metal artist from Canada in history,...

.) Other members include Duane Chaos (22nd Century, Ace Koden, Driven Force, Centerfold, Smash Alice), Kick and Frank Fright.

The band has one CD (Brainwarp Mindspin) and last played in January 2007. They have not performed since the last ill-fated tour to Philadelphia which left Frank Fright, Duane Chaos and Kick stranded in the middle of the winter when Randy Rampage and Ray Hartmann were refused entry into the United States. The band ended up cancelling 6 shows immediately including several sold out shows with Overkill

Overkill (band)

Overkill is an American thrash metal band, formed in 1980 in New Jersey. They have gone through many line-up changes, with singer Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth and bassist D.D. Verni remaining from the original lineup. Along with Anthrax , the band is one of the most successful East Coast thrash metal...

 in Virginia. Since that tour, the band has not played publicly as Kick pursued a career helping to get Obama Barrack elected in the US presidential election.

Randy Rampage and Duane Chaos have performed live several times since with Randy joining 22nd Century

22nd Century (band)

22nd Century is a rock band from Vancouver, formed in 2007. 22nd Centurys members include guitarist/vocalist Tim Plommer , guitarist Jesus Krysler, bassist Duane Chaos and drummer Zippy Pinhead .-History:In the late 1980s, drummer Zippy Pinhead formed the...

 on stage and also playing with John Card of SNFU

SNFU

SNFU is a Canadian punk rock band formed in 1981 in Edmonton, Alberta and later relocated to Vancouver, British Columbia. They have released nine full-length albums and are cited as a formative influence on the skate punk sub-genre....

 and Jimmy Cummins or I, Braineater for a special show in Vancouver, their home town.

External links

• Official site
• Stress Factor 9 on Myspace
• Stress Factor 9 on Encyclopaedia Metallum