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Fight
Released: Oct 19, 2006
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General Info

  • Genre: Hardcore / Punk

    Location WESTFIELD, Massachusetts, Un

    Profile Views: 80123

    Last Login: 2/14/2011

    Member Since 10/19/2006

    Website Your looking at it...or Google it damnit

    Record Label Free Association, Incas, Bootleggin' Bastards

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    Outpatients, along with Deep Wound, was one of the seminal hardcore bands from Western MA. The band was formed in 1982 by brothers Vis and Scott Helland and drummer Mike Kingsbury, they were known for their highly energetic and crazed live shows. "One of the most brutalizing live bands from the period" (Flipside) They played throughout the North East Coast, Canada and South America. They released several records and tapes including 2 classic demos "the Basement tape" and "Committed". Their 1983 Radio Beat studio sessions were released on the Hardcore Outcasts '82-'84 CD in 1995. It includes all the material from the Basement tape like "Light Blue", "Fight" and "Balloon Head". Their Outcasts II '85-'95 CD features the band's more metallic crossover sound with 15 songs from various releases in their last ten years. They played with some great bands of the period like Black Flag, GBH, Husker Du, SSD, Agnostic Front, Cro-mags, 7 Seconds, Melvins, C.O.C, Murphy's Law, Necros, Articles of Faith, Crucifix, Negative FX, D.Y.S, Battalion of Saints, Vatican Commando's, 76% Uncertain, Scream, Raven(!), Prong, Sorry, The Proletariat, Leeway, Gang Green, Sheer Terror, Bedlam, Mental Abuse, Reagan Youth, Dough Boys, The Dicks, The Mob, The Freeze, RKL, Raw Deal, School of Violence, Cancerous Growth, Verbal Assault, Seige and the list goes on... as well as cool Western Ma bands like Deep Wound, Da Stupids and No Preservatives! Outpatients CDs are available through www.frenchyandthepunk.com, though a limited quantity exists, so get 'em while you can. Yup, a cool part of hardcore history to check out! .... Scott Helland also played with the hardcore bands Deep Wound, School Of Violence and DarksideNYC. Scott now plays with Frenchy and the Punk (formerly the Gypsy Nomads), a french/gypsy/celtic/folk punk duo based in New York.....Vis Helland also played with School Of Violence....Other members of Outpatients at one point or another were Scot Bates (Drums), Marc Lichtenstein (Guitar) and Mike Smith (Drums)....You can also check out the books:..American Hardcore...A Tribal History..Fucked Up and Photocopied...Instant Art of the Punk Rock Movement..Choosing Death...The Improbable History of Death Metal and GrindCore..All Ages...Reflections on Straight Edge..Our Band Could Be Your Life...Scenes From The American Indie Underground.... ...... Limited number of original (printed in 1990!) Outpatients shirts available... Only $10 plus $2.50 shipping....... (Use Buy Now button for domestic orders only...International Orders please message first for shipping amount.).... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ........Size........XL.. ........ .. .... .. ..Test of Time (metalcore) CD $10.00.. .... .. 12 songs Featuring 'Fight'..'Something Else in Mind'..'Little Kings'.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..Outcast ll '85-'95 (rock,post punk,metal) CD $10.00.. .... .. 15 songs Featuring 'Backwards Explosion'..'Pure Force'..'The Killer Kid' .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... .... ..Hardcore Outcasts '82-'84 (hardcore punk).. ..Songs Available through iTunes only, Click Here!.... .... .... .. .. .. .......... ..........

  • Members

    Vis Helland-Vocals, Guitar.. Scott Helland-Bass Guitar, Vox.. Mike Kingsbury-Drums.... ...... .... ...... .... ...... .... ..........

  • Influences

    Motorhead, Discharge, Black Flag, Bad Brains, Minor Threat, S.O.A., Ramones, GBH, Fear, Killing Joke, King Crimson, Hendrix, Zappa, Kraftwerk .... .......... .......... ......

  • Sounds Like

    Ragin' early eighties hardcore played by freaks from western mass.. .. .. .... .. ..

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