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| Born Against | |
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| Origin | New York City, United States |
| Genres | Hardcore punk |
| Years active | 1989–1993 |
| Labels | Vermiform Records |
| Associated acts | Breathing Walker The Butchies The Great Unraveling Kylesa Life's Blood Men's Recovery Project Moss Icon Team Dresch Universal Order of Armageddon Vitapup Wrangler Brutes (Young) Pioneers |
| Former members | |
| Sam McPheeters Adam Nathanson Neil Burke Javier Villegas Bret Blue Tonie Joy John Guzman George Nigel Schreiber Daryl Kahan Jon Hiltz Melissa York Brooks Headley |
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Born Against was a radical leftist American hardcore punk band from New York active between 1989–1993.[1] In addition to their leftist politics, the group espoused a DIY punk message and challenged what they perceived as problematic within the underground hardcore punk community of their time.
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The group was founded in early 1989 by guitarist Adam Nathanson and bassist Neil Burke (both formerly of the New York hardcore band Life's Blood), vocalist Sam McPheeters, and drummer John Guzman[2], who was replaced in early rehearsals by a drummer named George. George's tenure was also brief, and he was replaced after a single show by drummer Nigel Schreiber in July 1989[3]. This lineup recorded a demo cassette and a track for the Murderers Among Us 7" compilation released on McPheeters' Vermiform Records label before Burke and Schreiber left the group in the fall. Born Against would continue to be plagued by rhythm section fluctuation throughout its career.
Six months later, the band reemerged with bassist Javier Villegas and drummer Darryl Kahan, the latter of the popular New York hardcore band Citizen's Arrest. This incarnation of the band produced its first two proper releases, the Eulogy single (whose anti-religious title track was controversially dedicated to Steve Reddy of Equal Vision Records upon his conversion to a Hare Krishna lifestyle) and a self-titled 7" EP, along with several compilation tracks. Late in 1990, Kahan was replaced by drummer John Hiltz, birthing the longest-lasting incarnation of the band. The group toured extensively, and released a debut LP, 1991's Nine Patriotic Hymns for Children, released on Vermiform. Villegas left the group in late 1991 – he would go on to play in the groups Iabhorer and, over a decade later, Kylesa. He was replaced in Born Against by bassist Bret Blue.
With Hiltz and Blue, Born Against continued its extensive touring, including a trip to Europe. By this point, the band's aggressive political message and related critique of their contemporaries had sparked much controversy.[4] The band took a vocal stance against such hardcore entities as One Life Crew and In-Effect Records, which bred prominent animosity towards the band in New York City and beyond. They began work on a new record, which was stalled in July 1992 when Hiltz left the group. The final sessions that produced the resultant 10" record, Battle Hymns of the Race War, featured Melissa York (later in Team Dresch, The Butchies and Ex-Members) on drums, although York never performed live with the group.
By early 1993, Nathanson and McPheeters had relocated to Richmond, Virginia, and begun a new incarnation of the band with bassist Tonie Joy (of Moss Icon and Universal Order of Armageddon) and drummer Brooks Headley (also from Universal Order of Armageddon). Although only extant for seven months, this was a prolific incarnation of the band, who continued to tour and released split 7"s with Screeching Weasel (in which both bands swapped lyrics) and Universal Order of Armageddon. Their radical leftist stance became increasingly drenched in cynicism, which slowly threatened to overtake their message – the results of this evolution are evidenced in the nonsense song "Lillian" and other non-sequitur pieces from this time. Their final release was a split 8" record with Man is the Bastard, and the group played its final show in July 1993.[3]
After the group's demise, members would continue to collaborate in future groups. Men's Recovery Project, McPheeters and Burke's absurdist/ironic noise rock outfit, would feature occasional guest appearances by Headley, Joy, and Nathanson. (Young) Pioneers, Nathanson's proto-folk punk band, also saw membership from Headley and Burke. Additionally, Joy went on to play in The Great Unraveling and The Convocation Of. Most recently, McPheeters and Headley reunited in the Wrangler Brutes, a hardcore punk band extant from 2003–2004.
Two posthumous CDs containing the entire Born Against canon (aside from their demo tape) have since been released – Patriotic Battle Hymns (featuring Nine Patriotic Hymns for Children and Battle Hymns of the Race War) and The Rebel Sound of Shit and Failure (featuring all other material). Initially released on the now-defunct Vermiform, these records have since been taken on by the Kill Rock Stars and Prank Records imprints.
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