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Frank Portman
Frank Portman
American musician, singer, guitarist, songwriter, author
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Sweet Baby
Sweet Baby
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Masters of Reality
Masters of Reality
American rock band
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Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
band that plays punk rock
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Samiam
Samiam
American punk rock band
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The Queers
The Queers
American punk band
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Samhain
Samhain
American rock band
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the Avengers
the Avengers
American punk rock band
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Avail
Avail
band
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The Criminals
The Criminals
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Squirtgun
Squirtgun
American punk rock band
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Isocracy
Isocracy
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Subb
Subb
band
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Ann Beretta
Ann Beretta
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88 Fingers Louie
88 Fingers Louie
band
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The Meatmen
The Meatmen
American punk band
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Lotus Eater
Lotus Eater
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Operation Ivy
Operation Ivy
American ska punk band
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Pink Lincolns
Pink Lincolns
American Punk Rock Band
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Nomeansno
Nomeansno
Canadian alternative rock band
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Down by Law
Down by Law
American punk rock band
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MDC
MDC
American punk rock band
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Guttermouth
Guttermouth
American punk rock band
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Ilan Rubin
Ilan Rubin
American musician
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The Lillingtons
The Lillingtons
American pop punk band
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The Ataris
The Ataris
band
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Gang Green
Gang Green
American punk rock band
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Much the Same
Much the Same
American punk rock band
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(Young) Pioneers
(Young) Pioneers
American folk punk band
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Groovie Ghoulies
Groovie Ghoulies
American pop punk band
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Noise Ratchet
Noise Ratchet
Californian rock band
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Rubin Steiner
Rubin Steiner
musician
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Boris the Sprinkler
Boris the Sprinkler
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Melvins
Melvins
American rock band
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Crimpshrine
Crimpshrine
American punk rock band
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Fabulous Disaster
Fabulous Disaster
American all-female punk rock band.
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The Effigies
The Effigies
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American Steel
American Steel
band
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Common Rider
Common Rider
former American ska punk band
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Pansy Division
Pansy Division
American rock band
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Dead Milkmen
Dead Milkmen
American satirical punk rock band
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The Scientists
The Scientists
post-punk band from Perth, Australia
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Errortype: Eleven
Errortype: Eleven
American punk band
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Fear
Fear
American band
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Swingin' Utters
Swingin' Utters
American punk rock band
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Catch 22
Catch 22
American ska punk band
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The Vindictives
The Vindictives
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Bratmobile
Bratmobile
American punk band
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Screeching Weasel
Screeching Weasel
American punk rock band
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Wire
Wire
English rock band
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The Honor System
The Honor System
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The Smugglers
The Smugglers
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Victims
Victims
Swedish hardcore punk band
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Universal Order of Armageddon
Universal Order of Armageddon
band
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Tré Cool
Tré Cool
Drummer, punk rock musician
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Authority Zero
Authority Zero
band
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The Cost
The Cost
band
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Ruth Ruth
Ruth Ruth
Punk band
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T.S.O.L.
T.S.O.L.
American punk rock band
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The Vandals
The Vandals
band
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The Chinkees
The Chinkees
musical artist
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The Unseen
The Unseen
band that plays punk rock
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Fuel
Fuel
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Turbonegro
Turbonegro
Norwegian punk rock band
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D.O.A.
D.O.A.
Canadian punk rock band
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The (International) Noise Conspiracy
The (International) Noise Conspiracy
Swedish rock band
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Face to Face
Face to Face
American punk rock band formed in 1991
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Millencolin
Millencolin
Swedish band from Örebro
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downset.
downset.
band
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Angry Samoans
Angry Samoans
American punk rock band
The Mr. T Experience
American punk rock band formed in 1985 in Berkeley, California

The Mr. T Experience

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American punk rock band formed in 1985 in Berkeley, California
Record Labels
Members, past and present

The Mr. T Experience (sometimes abbreviated MTX) is an American punk rock band formed in 1985 in Berkeley, California, United States. They have released eleven full-length albums along with numerous EPs and singles and have toured internationally. Their music is best classified as pop punk and is intentionally playful, comical, and satirical, often dealing with issues of love and relationships. The band's name is taken from actor and television personality Mr. T.

The Mr. T Experience serves mainly as the creative outlet for singer/guitarist "Dr. Frank" Portman, its primary songwriter and sole continuous member throughout multiple lineup changes. The band is closely associated with the Berkeley and greater San Francisco Bay Area punk rock movement of the late 1980s and the 1990s, revolving around the 924 Gilman Street venue and the Lookout! Records label, through which they have released all of their albums since 1990.

MTX are contemporaries of numerous other groups who emerged from this same "scene," including Green Day, Operation Ivy, Rancid, Jawbreaker, The Donnas, Tilt, and NOFX. They also share stylistic similarities with other bands not native to the Bay area but closely associated with this movement, including The Queers, Screeching Weasel, and the Groovie Ghoulies. Over the years the Mr. T Experience has performed, toured, and shared a record label with many of these bands. They also share a heavy Ramones influence, which was more prevalent in the band's early albums but is still evident in their recent work.