Fifteen

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• Formed: 1988
• Genres: Rock
• Representative Albums: "Swain's First Bike Ride", "Extra Medium Kickball All-Star (17)", "Allegra

Biography

Formed in 1988 after the demise of the Bay Area punk band Crimpshine, from day one Fifteen forged punk-pop songs with strong social messages. Singer/guitarist Jeff Ott's lyrics focus on social justice and issues such as homelessness, drug abuse, environmental destruction, and government strong-arm tactics. Many of the themes that his songs deal with seem to be pulled from his own experience; sexually abused as a child, he left home at 13 and lived the life of a gutter punk on the streets for 11 years. Other bandmembers had their own struggles; their 1999 album Lucky was named after a former bassist who killed himself after suffering from an amphetamine addiction. Other albums included three apiece for Grass and Lookout Records, as well as their self-produced album, Extra Medium Kickball All-Star. In the summer of 2000, the band released an EP with Sub City Records, Hush. Fifteen followed up several months later with the full-length Survivor. Kickball All-Star was reissued in fall 2003 with appended tracks as a benefit for the organization Any Positive Change, which worked to prevent the transmission of HIV and hepatitis C through needles. ~ Stacia Proefrock, All Music Guide

Extra Medium Kickball All-Star (17) Buy this CD	Extra Medium Kickball All-Star (17) [Hopeless] Buy this CD	Survivor Buy this CD	There Is No Place Like Home [EP] Buy this CD	Allegra Buy this CD
Hush [EP] Buy this CD	Swain's First Bike Ride Buy this CD	Buzz Buy this CD	Lucky Buy this CD	Choice of a New Generation Buy this CD

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