Pieced together in the confines of a dark and musty New Brunswick basement in the fall of 1995,
Ensign has managed to emerge as one of the area’s most prominent and hardworking bands. Always at a pivotal and confrontational point of never exactly being in synch with the changing times around them,
Ensign has fought and toured relentlessly, endearing themselves to an ever-increasing following of fans bridging both the punk and hardcore scenes. Too negative for the youth crew kids, too positive for the negative kids, too punk for hardcore and too hardcore for punk they have found some form of gray area to exist within. There have been countless member changes in the past 12 years
Ensign has been around, however, the pairing of vocalist
Tim Shaw and bassist
Nathan Gluck has proven to be the most consistent. With
Tim’s signature vocal styling and
Nathan’s continuous songwriting
Ensign has managed to maintain a common thread throughout the years and the changes. These two have constantly strode to take
Ensign everywhere possible, both musically and literally. It wasn’t until the addition of
P-nut on drums and
Frank Piegaro on guitar, both hailing from New Jersey’s bastard sons
the Degenerics, that a sense of completion and ease was felt.
Ensign has shared the stage with the likes of
Rancid,
Avail,
Hatebreed,
Sick Of It All,
Good Riddance,
A.F.I.,
the Suicide Machines,
H2O and countless others reaching many a shore and grassy knoll. Ireland, Europe, Japan, Korea, Australia, England, Puerto Rico, Canada and the continental U.S. are all places that
Ensign has called home at some point or another for days, weeks and months of touring. Despite extensive touring all over the world, they still find time to write and record constantly. To date
Ensign has released 3 ep’s, 4 albums, 5 split ep’s, a punk rock/hardcore covers album and are currently working on material for a split release with Arizona's
Hour Of The Wolf as well as finishing work on their forthcoming album
"Lost Message On A Fading Frequency". Continuous musical growth and consistent touring plans ensure that
Ensign will be a band on the rise for years to come. Spark the revolution!
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