Artist:Pennywise
Song:Alien
Album:Straight Ahead
Pennywise is a skatepunk band very similar to Blink-182 and Offspring but not as successful. Most of their success was in the late 90s but they are still around. Pennywise is from Hermosa Beach, CA. Singer Jim Lindberg, guitarist Fletcher Dragge and bassist Jason Thirsk all attended Mira Costa High School in Manhattan Beach. Drummer Byron McMackin attended Redondo Union High School. After releasing a couple of EPs, Pennywise signed with Epitaph Records owned by Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz in 1990. They have remained with Epitaph for their entire career. There is no pressure on Pennywise to be commercial so the label was perfect for them. After the 1991 album Pennywise got them some buzz in the punk community, Lindberg left Pennywise to get married. Thrisk took over as lead singer and Randy Bradbury was brought in to play bass on the 1993 album Unknown Road. Lindberg returned for the 1995 album About Time. While recording the 1997 album Full Circle, Thrisk left to deal with his alcoholism. He committed suicide on July 29, 1996. Full Circle was dedicated to Thrisk and Bradbury returned to Pennywise. The band personnel has been stable since then. Alien is from the 1999 album Straight Ahead. By this time Pennywise is writing and producing their own music and their fanbase is consistent. Obviously a big hit single would have helped Pennywise but they continued to release albums until Lindberg left in 2009 and was replaced by Ignite lead singer Zoli Teglas. Lindberg and his new band The Black Pacific released an album. After suffering a back injury during a 2012 concert requiting emergency surgery, Teglas left Pennywise and Lindberg returned. Pennywise is still touring and there may be a new album on the way. Here's the video for Alien by Pennywise.
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