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Click Here To View the Suicide Commandos w/ David Thomas - Final Solution - January 17th, 2009 - Minneapolis, MN
Click Here To View Pere Ubu's David Thomas backed by The Suicide Commandos 1/17/09 Minneapolis
Before Prince, Hüsker Dü, Soul Asylum, and the Replacements dominated and defined the Minneapolis rock scene of the '80s, three guys, Chris Osgood, Steve Almaas, and Dave Ahl, had a swinging little punk rock combo called the Suicide Commandos. They made only two records, one of them a live one, but they were one of, if not the first and most influential, honest-to-god faster 'n' louder punk rock band to come out of the Twin Cities. Along with giving the Minneapolis punk scene a jump-start, the Commandos, along with Pere Ubu, were the first (and, as it turned out, only) bands signed to Mercury Records punk label Blank. While Ubu was art-punk, the Commandos were revved up and ready to rock, leaving hooks and riffs buried under a speedy wall of distortion. But the accent on simplicity shouldn't detract from your enjoyment of Chris Osgood's guitar playing, one of the best and most underrated axeslingers...the Twin Cities has ever produced....Perhaps...the greatest of the early Minneapolis punk rockers, it would have been hard to imagine the excitement of the Minneapolis rock scene of the '80s happening without the Suicide Commandos providing the impetus.
by John Dougan from the All Music Guide
In 2006 The Suicide Commandos were inducted into the Minnesota Rock & Country Hall of Fame
“These guys are a band to love.” -Rolling Stone, 1978
“A pure blast of Rock n’ Roll.” -City Pages, 1995
“An American Punk classic.” -UnCut, 2006
"[They] often seemed to be playing three different songs as the drums, bass and guitar went helter skelter in different directions." - Tsotlah Mills, 2007
Click here for the Suicide Commandos Live at the 331 Club August 2007
Click Here To View State Fair Photos by Steve Cohen
Click here for Jon Bream's Report in the MPLS StarTribune
Click here for a photo collage by Jim Walsh and Henry Heyer-Walsh
Click here for a Q&A with Steve Almaas of The Suicide Commandos
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Member Since: 6/9/2007
Band Website: http://www.twintone.com/commandos/
Band Members: Dave Ahl - Drums

Chris Osgood - Guitar

Steve Almaas - Bass
Influences: Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms
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In 2006 The Suicide Commandos Were Inducted Into
The Minnesota Country and Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame
CBGB's June 1976

1977 Suicide Commandos "Burn it Down"

BUY COMMANDOS!
Click Here for Anthology Recordings
Click Here for Garage D'Or Recording Company

Minnesota State Fair August 26th, 2007

Suicide Commandos "Complicated Fun" filmed by Robb Henry

I Need A Torch

The Suicide Commandos: Attacking The Beat

I'll Wait

Complicated Fun

Record Label: Blank Records
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Snipe Hunting

Posted on February 3, 2008 by ClovisYou may have been on a snipe hunt, but you’ve probably never hunted snipe.There really is such a thing as a snipe, and folks do hunt themespecially masochist...
Posted by on Sun, 06 Apr 2008 07:27:00 GMT

Rocky Taconite!

Venture off of Highway 61 into the town of Silver Bay, MN, and you will be greeted by Rocky Taconite! Back in the 1970's, the Suicide Commandos figured out how to extract punk rock from taconite, and ...
Posted by on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 07:06:00 GMT

The Hoop Snake

Kingdom: AnimaliaLocation found: North America, Australia and Anoka.image Sightings of hoop snakes have been reported since colonial times in North America and for at least the past century in Anoka. ...
Posted by on Tue, 15 Jan 2008 06:40:00 GMT

Sidehill Gougers

Sidehill Gougers are said to inhabit the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia and the southwestern sandhills of Saskatchewan. The legs on one side of their body are significantly shorter than the legs ...
Posted by on Thu, 10 Jan 2008 11:24:00 GMT

The Jackalope

The jackalope is a cross between a jackrabbit and an antelope (hence the name), goat, or deer, and is usually portrayed as a rabbit with antlers. Some believe that the tales of jackalopes were inspire...
Posted by on Thu, 10 Jan 2008 11:15:00 GMT

Last Installment of the Commando Memoir (for now)

Big Fish In A Small Pond We returned to Minneapolis as conquering heroes. While the reality of our gig at CBGB's had been modest success, the cache we acquired at home for having done it was enor...
Posted by on Wed, 19 Dec 2007 05:38:00 GMT

Steve Almaas: The Commandos Head East 1976

33rd And Colfax Although my search for any and all information about Patti Smith had led me to reading about CBGB's and Max's in the pages of Rock Scene magazine, and Oarfolkjokeopus had started g...
Posted by on Mon, 03 Sep 2007 07:21:00 GMT

Chris Osgood: The Longhorn

When we returned from playing CBGB's the summer of 1976 there was a new music club open in Minneapolis. The Longhorn Bar had formerly been a Jazz club where local greats Natural Life held forth and wa...
Posted by on Fri, 13 Jul 2007 07:45:00 GMT

Steve Almaas: Head Out Of The Driveway

Chris and Dave would often change the words to songs to crack us up on stage. When we did the Yardbird's version of I Ain't Got You, the lines "I got women to the left of me. I got women to the right...
Posted by on Fri, 13 Jul 2007 07:41:00 GMT

Scandinavian Nation Lays Claim to Steve Almaas

Norwegian Officials Invite 'Son' to VisitBy Pete Perabo, APBERGEN, Norway (Feb. 7) - When the government of one of the world's coldest nations learned that Steve Almaas had taken a DNA test showing hi...
Posted by on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 15:38:00 GMT