No Use for a Name
No Use for a Name or NUFAN was an American punk rock band that was founded in 1987 in Sunnyvale, California. In its beginnings, the songs were very much hardcore -heavy, while they were significantly more melodic from the 1990s. The longtime frontman Tony Sly died in the summer of 2012.
History
The group was founded in 1987. Two years later, got out several of the founding members and Tony Sly joined the band.
In 1990, she participated Let ' em Out! which was later released on the label New Red Archives released their first album called Incognito.
1992 rose Chris Dodge as a rhythm guitarist and the four of them also published on New Red Archives released their second album Do not Miss the Train (last hardcore album). However, Chris Dodge did not stay long in the band and has been featured on the next album Daily Grind, which is their debut on Fat Wreck Chords and thus made it one of the first bands on this label, replaced by Robin Pfefer. However, Tony Sly rhythm guitar and Robin Pfefer now took over the lead guitar.
A fact for No Use for a Name were known back then, was the very high "wear" on guitar, and so does Robin Pfefer in 1995 replaced by Ed Gregory, with the fourth album Leche con carne was taken.
Apart from the usual replacement of the lead guitarists No Use for a Name 1997, a new bassist on board caught. Chris Shiflett now took over the lead guitar and Matt Riddle ( ex- Face to Face ) the bass. In this constellation, they released their fifth album Making Friends in the same year.
In fact, they managed in this formation in 1999 More Betterness! to publish, but Chris Shiflett got out just before the following publication tour to hire at the Foo Fighters. The gap left by him filled until July 2009 Dave nassie ( ex- Suicidal Tendencies ), but the changes after completing a European tour to Bleeding Through.
In 2000, her old label New Red Archives published a collection of her older works under the name The NRA Years.
Opened in 2001, No Use for a Name Live in a Dive series of the record label Fat Wreck Chords and thus released their first and only official live album with a selection of old and new songs. In the same year, Fat Wreck Chords put her first two albums with new artwork on again.
A year later came out with Hard Rock Bottom 's first studio album with Dave nassie to which then in 2005 their album Keep them confused followed the much more mature and softer sounds than the previous.
2007 the band did their first tour of South America, Premiere concert was on August 7, 2007 at the Teatro Caupolican in Santiago de Chile.
The latest work ( 1 April 2008) is entitled The Feel Good Record Of The Year and is musically more in the direction of the former Fat Wreck albums. It was produced by Bill Stevenson and Jason Livermore at the Blasting Room. About the title " Biggest Lie" is also a music video was released.
Dave nassie has now left the band to hire for Bleeding Through, it is replaced by Chris rest of Lagwagon. The band has started writing the lyrics of an album, which should appear in 2011.
Tony Sly died on 31 July 2012 at the age of 41 years of unspecified reasons.
After the show in honor of Sly on September 8, 2012 in Quebec City, Canada bassist Matt Riddle announced that this was the last show ever, and the band would dissolve.
Discography
Studio albums
Live album
- 2001: Live in a Dive Fat Wreck Chords
Best of
- 2000: NRA Years, New Red Archives
- 2007: All the Best Songs, Fat Wreck Chords