(K. Izumi/guitar)
(Kreep/drums) current
(J. Moore/drums) alumni
(LB Steve/bass)
(Icky/vocals)
Influences
cigarettes, Serena Dank, alcohol, bounced paychecks, weapons, Peter Ivers, ghetto birds, armchair philosophy, 1981, Hal from the Foothill
Sounds Like
I found some change in my couch.
"Fuckin brilliant.this is the shit that I'm pushing all the time: fast,
urgent, raw and disorderly.pure punk rock. SPIDER merge the classic '70s
punk sound with an unruly hardcore tinge and it fuckin smokes. It's so wild
and so dominant yet it maintains a really, really raw edge and that's
everything I want out of punk rock. It's insistent and confident and just
gushing with genuine punk rock spirit. This is what it's all about." - NO FRONT TEETH ZINE
"A slight hint of the sleezier, faster side of The Stooges as heard on Raw Power lend considerable fuel to Spider's musical drive." - MODERN FIX MAGAZINE
"A solid punk record...it's nice to see bands getting back to the original punk sound of The Dammed, Iggy and The Stooges and The Clash because the pop punk scene has truly run its course." - SKRATCH MAGAZINE
"The lyrics are a mix of dark metaphors, similes, and just straight-up talkin trash. Driving bass, killer guitar chord work and leads pack the power punch...high energy." - REAL SKATE
"One of Long Beach's best punk bands. The most aggressive mic sound from the region heard in some time other bands are nowhere near the richter scale that SPIDER hits. Solid, powerful. Sing along with a fist in the air. Straight up punk rock. " - ALIVE AND KICKING
Spider brings it fast and furious as many of the Long Beach bands do so well. Their sound is a mixture of 80's LA punk rock and Red Alert or The Exploited. Musically their sound is raw and they get the point accross loud, clear, and in your face! ... Check out Spider, they rock! - BIG WHEEL MAGAZINE
Spider is an endangered species that makes me feel the way I felt the first time I heard Suicidal Tendencies or Circle Jerks. I hope they get lots of money or guns and take over the airwaves, so all these little woe-is-me pussies with hairstyles from the Seventies will stop passing their favorite high-art emo band off as punk. THE GRADE: FUCKIN' A! - TL CHICKEN.COM
This album is a re-release, but it's actually really great in that it has a nice throw back feel to it, ... I think it's great, a sound that we haven't heard for some time. "Youth Insurance" ... is a twelve track blast of blistering old school styled punk rock. Snotty and dirty...I'm often times thinking of the Dead Boys and early Clash sounds mixed with the Damned when listening to this album... the feel and the sound of the disc harkens back to a more pure time in the history of punk rock. A time when the music felt vicious, ferocious, grimy and, dare I say it, dangerous! With tracks that go on about life, loss and just plain humor, Spider nails all fronts of thought with a solid blast from their punk rock hammer! You may even recognize the vocals, courtesy of Hector Martinez, a member of Bullet Treatment at a time when BT needed a voice to set itself away from the rest of the west coast hardcore bands. Ultimately, Spider is for fans of filthy punk rock that makes you wanna fight and drink, and I for one find a new found interest in boxing hippies. -HUSSIESKUNK RADIO
Well, I also saw you guys at the show at The Echo this past Tuesday, and I also thought you rocked super nice like. . . and your singer got blood on me I think. All in all, great show, keep it real, thanks for doing what you do. - (show review from a new fan)
Check it out, you can download FREE Spider ringtones here!
Classic, nascent punk replete with raw guitars, lo-fi bile simmer-before-the-explosion vocals and a rhythm section delivering with the velocity and energy of a full throttle jackhammer.
SPIDER's songs convey primal emotion with an old school punk noise flavor. The songs are snapshots of life that cover everything from the bitter sweetness of wisdom gained, control lost or someone having wield it over you, self-reflection and humor--
For fans of music thats occasionally dark, sometimes sleezy, sometimes angry, sometimes humorous and sometimes all of the above. SPIDER delivers a solid release getting back to punk's original spirit through conviction, humor and lack of ego.
SPIDERS full length Youth Insurance out now on BASEMENT RECORDS.
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