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Fleshies
Fleshies
1
Jello Biafra
Jello Biafra
American singer
2
Dead Kennedys
Dead Kennedys
American hardcore punk band
3
Victims Family
Victims Family
American hardcore punk band
4
Lard
Lard
American band
5
Tsunami Bomb
Tsunami Bomb
band
6
Les Thugs
Les Thugs
band
7
Black Ice
Black Ice
band
8
The Criminals
The Criminals
9
Akimbo
Akimbo
American hardcore punk band
10
East Bay Ray
East Bay Ray
American guitarist
11
D.H. Peligro
D.H. Peligro
American punk rock musician, drummer
12
Brujeria
Brujeria
Mexican-American extreme metal band
13
M.I.A.
M.I.A.
1980s American punk rock band
14
False Prophets
False Prophets
American hardcore punk band
15
Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine
Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine
punk rock band
16
Legendary Shack Shakers
Legendary Shack Shakers
American punk blues band
17
The Fartz
The Fartz
18
D.O.A.
D.O.A.
Canadian punk rock band
19
The Crucifucks
The Crucifucks
American punk rock band
20
Nomeansno
Nomeansno
Canadian alternative rock band
21
Really Red
Really Red
American Hardcore Punk Band
22
Life After Life
Life After Life
American punk band
23
Zeni Geva
Zeni Geva
Japanese noise rock band
24
Métal Urbain
Métal Urbain
band
25
Alice Donut
Alice Donut
26
Melvins
Melvins
American rock band
27
Subhumans
Subhumans
Canadian band
28
Winston Smith
Winston Smith
American artist
29
Leftöver Crack
Leftöver Crack
Punk Rock band
30
Big John Bates
Big John Bates
Canadian musician
31
16 Horsepower
16 Horsepower
American alternative country music group
32
Zolar X
Zolar X
American band
33
The Yuppie Pricks
The Yuppie Pricks
34
Filth
Filth
musical artist
35
Steel Pole Bath Tub
Steel Pole Bath Tub
36
Pig Destroyer
Pig Destroyer
American band
37
Galloping Coroners
Galloping Coroners
Hungarian musical group
38
Dayglo Abortions
Dayglo Abortions
39
Jucifer
Jucifer
American sludge metal band
40
American Standards
American Standards
Chaotic Hardcore Band, Mathcore Band, Chaotic Metalcore Band, Noise Punk Band, Metallic Hardcore Band, Metalcore Band, Post Hardcore Band, Hardcore Punk Band, Arizona Band, AZ Band, Phoenix Band
41
Zen Guerrilla
Zen Guerrilla
American band
42
MDC
MDC
American punk rock band
43
Butthole Surfers
Butthole Surfers
American rock band
44
Lynn Breedlove
Lynn Breedlove
American musician
The Phantom Limbs
American Punk/Deathrock Band

The Phantom Limbs

Intro
American Punk/Deathrock Band
Record Labels

The Phantom Limbs were a post-punk/deathrock band formed in Oakland, California, in 1999. The group combined the unusual keyboard-driven compositions of Stevenson Sedgwick with an aggressive, punk-influenced rhythm section and a very odd singer, Loto 'Hopeless' Ball, whose howled lyrics and unpredictable stage behavior quickly gained them an infamous reputation in the SF Bay Area.

They were quickly approached by Sam Atakra of the fledgling Atakra records label, which released their first 3-song 7", featuring their seminal "Hot Knives and Hornets."

With critical acclaim for their live shows and 7" recordings, the group was approached by Jello Biafra of the Dead Kennedys and were signed to his seminal label, Alternative Tentacles, on the spot. After seeing the band at 924 Gilman St in Berkeley, he declared them the strangest band that he had ever see there, let alone that the punks actually liked

Their debut full-length Applied Ignorance was released on Alternative Tentacles in 2001. A US tour followed. The group released two more full-length records on Alternative Tentacles, as well as singles, an EP and many compilation tracks on various labels including Gold Standard Labs, Hungry Eye Records and Trans Solar in Germany.

The band completed two more US tours and a two tours of Europe, playing over 200 shows in total. The group played shows with many notable acts including Jello Biafra, the Melvins, Neurosis, [[The Vanishing, The Fleshies, Neptune, and The Holy Kiss, among others.