The band began in 1990, with the members brought together by their shared love of punk, whose popularity had begun to decline after hair metal, synth pop and new wave began to top the charts. The band’s lineup has seen constant changes throughout their career, with Jorge Herrera being the only long lasting member. It was not until 1991 that the band managed to stabilise enough to record their first EP, “40 Ounce Casualty.”
After this release, The Casualties toured heavily, building a loyal following in their hometown of NYC, US. Further lineup changes occurred and it was another three years, in 1994, that the band were to release another record, their second EP, “Drinking Is Our Way of Life.” This EP never saw a formal release but it was incorporated into their retrospective “Early Years: 1990-1995” which came out in 1999.
In 1996, they travelled to London, UK to perform at the Sun Festival. From here they started to build fans in the UK, expanding their fan base. In 1997, their debut full-length, “For The Punx” was released, followed by an extensive tour in support, opening for the band, The Varukers.
The Casualties constantly toured throughout the next decade, travelling all across the US and Europe. In 2000 and 2001, they released the albums, “Who’s In Control?” and “Stay Out of Order,” before moving to Side One Dummy Records to release “Die Hards.” These albums helped build the band’s popularity, eventually building to achieving a main stage slot on the Vans Warped Tour. Moving to the Season of Mist record label, they released their ninth album, “Resistance” in 2012.
Although they’ve been going since the early 90s, the street punk band The Casualties are still going strong and gave an incredibly tight performance in their recent show, staying true to their punk origins. Although Jorge Herrera is the only remaining original member, as he’s the front man, he’s managed to maintain the majority of the groups dynamics, and their sound was if anything, improves and refreshed by the new members of the band that have gradually joined over the years.
They opened the show with their oldest EP 40 Ox, Casualty, which was great as their demonstration that they hadn’t lost sights of their roots over the years. They then performed a selection of tracks from their later work, such as We Are All We have, and Resistance. Their performance was electric, with their punk energy being driven into crazy dance moves, a lot of jumping, and even some crowd surfing on their part. Their punk outfits also added to the performance, and their enthusiasm to remain stuck in the era was contagious, and everyone was dancing around in true punk style.
The got everyone in the audience singing and dancing along over the top of them bashing out crazy talented riffs and trills on their instruments. It was electric from start to finish.
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