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The Despised
Hardcore / Punk / Metal

The Band Voted "Most Likely To Incite A Riot!"



ATLANTA, GEORGIA
United States

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Last Login:  7/18/2009
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   The Despised: General Info
Member Since4/17/2005
Band Websitewww.despisedatlanta.com
Band Members

Rotknee- Vocals and Beer Tossing

Punk Rock Dave - Bass, Vocals and Crowd Harrassment

Matt - Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals and Sarcasm

Dark Ash - Rhythm Guitar (aka "the new guy")

Insane Shayne - Drums, Webmaster, Roadie and Monkey Trainer

Channel Bootleg-Nagoya-The Despised

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InfluencesOld School Hardcore and fast Punk: Submachine, Slayer, Poison Idea, Sheer Terror, Caustic Christ, Raw Power, Violent Society, SOD....you get the idea.
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Sounds LikeA tornado hitting a trailer park...
Record LabelNone currently. Wanna give us your money?
Type of LabelIndie


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   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Jul 22 2009 9:00P
Wells Street Warehouse Atlanta, Georgia
Jul 25 2009 8:00P
The Milestone - Charlotte, NC w/ Planet Piss Charlotte, North Carolina
Aug 29 2009 10:00P
Lenny’s - w/ ANTiSEEN! Atlanta, Georgia
Sep 24 2009 8:00P
Venue TBD - Houston TX - (CONFIRMED) Houston, Texas
Sep 25 2009 8:00P
Venue TBD - Austin, TX - (CONFIRMED) Austin, Texas
Sep 26 2009 8:00P
Venue TBD - San Antonio, TX - (CONFIRMED) San Antonio, Texas
Sep 27 2009 8:00P
US Tour - TBD - Need Help - TX El Paso, Texas
Sep 28 2009 8:00P
US Tour - TBD - Need Help - AZ Tempe, Arizona
Sep 29 2009 8:00P
Double Down Saloon Vegas (CONFIRMED) Las Vegas, Nevada
Sep 30 2009 8:00P
US Tour - TBD - Need Help - CA Hemet, California
Oct 1 2009 8:00P
US Tour - TBD - Need Help - CA San Diego, California
Oct 2 2009 8:00P
The Avenue - East LA, CA - (CONFIRMED) Los Angeles, California
Oct 3 2009 8:00P
Burnt Ramen - Richmond, CA - (CONFIRMED) Richmond, California
Oct 4 2009 8:00P
Gilman St - TBD San Francisco, California
Oct 5 2009 8:00P
US Tour - TBD - Need Help - OR Portland, Oregon
Oct 6 2009 8:00P
The Funhouse - Seattle, WA (CONFIRMED) Seattle, Washington
Oct 7 2009 8:00P
Drive Day Billings, Montana
Oct 8 2009 8:00P
Drive Day Fargo, North Dakota
Oct 9 2009 8:00P
US Tour - TBD - Need Help - MN Minneapolis, Minnesota
Oct 10 2009 8:00P
Hattrix - Kenosha, WI (CONFIRMED) Kenosha, Wisconsin
Oct 11 2009 8:00P
US Tour - TBD - Need Help - WI Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Oct 12 2009 8:00P
US Tour - TBD - Need Help - MO St. Louis, Missouri
Oct 13 2009 8:00P
US Tour - TBD - Need Help - OH Cincinnati, Ohio
Oct 14 2009 8:00P
Smiling Moose - Pittsburgh, PA - (CONFIRMED) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Oct 15 2009 8:00P
US Tour - TBD - Need Help - PA Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Oct 16 2009 8:00P
End of tour drive day Raleigh, North Carolina

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   About The Despised


We play old-school hardcore/punk. If you're in some EMO/Post-Hardcore band, hip-hop "band", garage rock/pop band or don't play fast metal, punk or hardcore we don't give a shit about you. Don't waste my time sending a friend request because we know you don't give a shit about us either and are just trying to "collect" friends. And again, WE DON'T GIVE A FUCK ABOUT YOU. If you play in a band that's "look" would somehow involve flat-ironing your hair, wearing stretch jeans a white belt and jacket and you sound like the Hives or think you're Motley Crue just without the talent, um, well, again, WE DON'T CARE ABOUT YOU. Period. Same goes for your invites: Stop sending them. Especially if you're in some band more than 20 miles away from downtown Atlanta. We're not going to come and you're wasting our time having to delete your invite.

Want to book a show in Atlanta? Read the blog about booking Atlanta and don't email us! Yeah, it's a little out of date...but it's more info than you'll get from emailing us. Well, let me rephrase that: If you don't play a style that's remotely similar to what we're doing we really can't help you. If you're an unknown band with no draw we can't help you. We don't book shows. Hell, we rarely play in Atlanta so we really can't help you. Sorry! If you happen to be a good fast hardcore band and you really think you can do well here then first read the blog and after contacting those places go ahead and eamil us. If you're a big-name touring band then you probably don't need our help, but those shows we can generally set up somewhere around town. If you're an international band touring the states and you play fast hardcore or punk, sure send me an email and I'll try to help since many of you guys have helped us a ton over the years. But I get so many emails from garage-rock bands and shit emo bands that would get eaten by our "fans" that I feel I have to put this out there.

All that shit aside: A little history of The Despised
We formed in 1995
We broke up in 2000 so our singer could deal with a divorce and work on raising a kid
We reformed in 2005
We've done three full European tours in 2006, 2007 & 2008 and played Punk & Disorderly in Berlin in Feb of 2009
We've done three full Japanese tours in 2006, 2007 & 2008
We're currently booking a full US tour for September/October of 2009 (and we'd love any help we can get on this!)
We'll be returning to Europe in 2010 and hopefully more international destinations including a return to Japan in 2010 and beyond.

Ya know, we had this great bio written up with history and all that shit and then Designated Dale from Razorcake magazine summed it up best of all:

"This isn’t that pull-up-your-goddamned-sagging-pants, nü-metal, craptacular OzFest “hardcore.” And it sure as shit ain’t that mesh-trucker-cap-pulled-to-the-side-of-your-head-with-an-H2O-hoodie-on-in-90-degree-heat “hardcore,” either. No, FUCK alla that. This is “get in, or get the fuck out” hardcore. The real deal. This is The Despised." –Designated Dale (Issue 43)

 

The web-site is under construction but go to www.despisedatlanta.com for more info although the MySpace page gets updated a little more regularly.

All photos in this Slideshow courtesy of Fred Loridant/www.photorock.com and were shot in Lille, France

 

Please note: All album and T-Shirt art was drawn by Marvel Comics master ROD WHIGHAM and all art is copywritten by The Despised. The band name "The Despised" is also Federally and Internationally Trademarked and owned by The Despised so if you started a band by the same name, you'll probably want to change the name of your band. (Sorry kids!)

WE HAVE TWO ALBUMS for sale and ONE BRAND NEW 7"!! "Give Me Back My 10%" is a CD with all of the old stuff that has been out of print for 6 years! Then in 2006 we released "Punk, It's Not For Rich Kids Anymore!" which was all new and features covers of Sheer Terror's "Just Can't Hate Enough" and a re-worked version of Jim Carroll's "People Who Died" honoring many of our Atlanta friends who've left us over the years. BUY THEM!!!! They're $10 through CD Baby so just follow the link below and buy one today! OR, maybe you don't want to spend a whole $10 on the album but would rather be a techno geek and just download a song or two.....well, NOW YOU CAN!!! Go to iTunes and download "Give Me Back My 10%!" here or "Punk, It's Not For Rich Kids Anymore!" here!!!!!

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Jul 18 2009 12:08 AM

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Rabbi Jacore





Jul 17 2009 10:42 PM

hey ! hey !
Chief Blackdawg





Jul 14 2009 10:18 PM


al8er





Jul 14 2009 7:07 PM

Hey, many thanks for the add, it's great to be friends with you.
If you get a minute or two it would be really great if you could have a quick listen to one or two of my songs and let me know what you think of them.
Hope you're having a great day....keep it rocking......
al8er





Jul 13 2009 11:50 PM

Hey, great to be ya' friend, hope you had time to check out some of my sounds and really hope you're having a great day...



Bob


Caustic Defiance





Jul 13 2009 10:28 PM

CAUSTIC DEFIANCE / NEGATIVE ELEMENT
SPLIT CD available NOW from AKASHIC Records (Japan)!

•Old School Chicago / Peoria hardcore punk reissue from 1982 & 1983

•20 Page deluxe booklet with tons of stories, lyrics, photos and flyers

•Contains the lost “Original Mix” of Negative Element’s rare 1983 “Yes, We Have No Bananas” EP (Version Sound)

•27 songs including many unreleased tracks

Steve Albini wrote that Negative Element’s “Yes, We Have No Bananas” EP is “just brimming with real enthusiasm, joy, intelligence, wit and well-directed anger.”

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Jul 10 2009 11:36 PM

Thanks for the add, Matey!


Azrael





Jul 10 2009 8:04 PM

That last Wells St show was fun as fuck, even though we played like shit. Is the Halloween fest going down for sure?
Wild Warrior Queen





Jul 9 2009 7:01 PM

Ye are most welcome and perhaps next year, ye'll come and give us a wee Slaínte in Èire ...

 

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Jul 7 2009 10:08 PM

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CHECK US OUT IN BOMBSITE FANZINE ISSUE 7!!! ONCE YOU READ THIS FANZINE ONCE, YOU WILL BE HOOKED IF YOU ARE A TRUE MUSIC FAN!!!!

SPEEDFREAKS





Jul 7 2009 12:40 AM

GOOD VIBES ... RIGHT ON.
KEEP IN REACH AND KEEP IT REAL ...
S/F-N.S.C.
SYKOSWORD





Jul 6 2009 9:23 PM

Hurts to Laugh





Jul 6 2009 3:25 PM

We rock for the fans. Thanks for the add.

I Tried by Hurts to Laugh

Hope Over Fear





Jul 3 2009 7:10 AM

Thanks for the friendship! Dale/HOF
Thrift





Jul 2 2009 10:23 PM

It's gonna rule.  Terrorizing L5P on halloween is gonna be a blast. 
ramus





Jul 2 2009 9:29 PM

I stole your picture from the pizza shop. I couldn't help myself. Hope you take it as a compliment!!!
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Jun 26 2009 7:00 PM

Hi! Thanks for the add and your friendship! Best wishes!
We invite you and everyone else to feel free to drop by often as we will be adding new items regularly. Keep an eye out for our bulletins & blog to see our sales and discounts.

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Jun 25 2009 7:16 PM

Please rate my 5 pics 1-10 :)
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Jun 24 2009 1:52 PM

ramus





Jun 13 2009 9:48 PM

I CAN'T WAIT FOR THURS!!!

Damn you Rodney for hosting your b-day in the Clermont tho! How am I supposed to take pictures of your drunk ass?! How am I supposed to remind you of the debauchery that I am sure you will not remember?!
The BackLash





Jun 9 2009 1:31 PM

hey hope you guys are doin its gonna be great havin you guys back in marseille in october we played a show with hippycore and alfatec an italian band a few weeks ago at the machine a coudre were playin in montpellier in a few weeks and in paris and st etienne and probaly be doin some more show with ippycore this summer. tale care see ya in october
BLOOD CURSE





Jun 1 2009 10:17 AM

Yeah, next year The Despised and Blood Curse will kick some ass together !! : )
Sons of Tonatiuh





May 28 2009 4:13 PM

MANOLO





May 27 2009 1:48 AM

hey guys...cool soundz...cheers 4d add.
Mikki Sexx™: No Message=No Add!!





May 27 2009 1:47 AM

hellllllloooooo to Atlanta!!
greetz from fuckin trash tokyo!
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