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About Me

DEATH TRAP is looking for some new members, guitar, bass and drums. If you're living in the San Jose/South Bay area get in touch. Early 80's American Hardcore Punk is what it's all about, Circle Jerks, Black Flag, Minor Threat, Government Issue, Negative Approach, Social Unrest and all the other greats. Should be at least 18 so you don't need your parents permission all the time. Looking to do all new songs plus just a couple old ones. Send a message if you're interested!!
We will be putting out a 7inch sooner or later on Pelado Records of a couple of these older songs so they can see the light of day. Be on the look out for that!
DEATH TRAP live @ Club Culture, Santa Cruz, CA with M.I.A, Doggy Style, Subterfuge and Justice League. The picture was actually put in our H.S year book!
Death Trap was around from 1983-1986 in King City California, we started out as DISTORTED YOUTH (82/83) for about a year before changing the name to Death Trap. King City is a small agriculture town in the south end of Monterey County or basically in the middle of fucking no where! Death Trap was the first hardcore/punk band in King City and probably the surrounding area. We were very sloppy 3 chord punk and we played it the way we thought it was meant to be played. At first we mainly just practiced and played a few local parties. The local following was pretty much the band and 6 or so close friends. King City had a high school rodeo team and plenty of shit kickers to go a long with it so they didn't take to kindly to our music or us. So we wrote a song just for them called "NO HICKS". Eventually I made contact with a promoter from San Jose and a few other contacts and we played shows in Fresno, San Jose and Santa Cruz a few times. We never put anything out or were never on any compilations or anything. We were in Maximum Rock n Roll issue ..32 and a small piece in a earlier issue. The nearest town with any punk rock was at least 1.5 hours away from us.
Later on Death Trap turned into Second Chance for less then a year but in that time played the famous GILMAN STREET PROJECT in late 1987 or early 88, can't remember exactly, it was with the HICKOIDS from Texas and a show with AGRESSION and D.I in San Luis Obispo
MY PERSONAL PAGE: www.myspace.com/grinder68
Here's a list of some of the bands DEATH TRAP played with:
Harsh Reality, Vicious Bunnies, Caustic Notions, Social Distortion, Vandals, Dr. Know, Capitol Punishment, Mistaken Idenity, Insurgency, Legion Of Doom, Ribzy, MIA, Doggy Style, Subterfuge, Justice League, Social Unrest, Battalion Of Saints, RKL, A.O.D, BL'AST!, D.O.A, Death Sentence, Pariah, Possessed, Death Angel (yep thrash metal!!)and a few I can't remember.

Also check out my record label:
www.myspace.com/peladorecords
CHECK OUT SOME OF THE NEW HARDCORE/PUNK BANDS WE LIKE ON OUR FRIENDS LIST. There's some great new bands out there!!

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Member Since: 8/18/2005
Band Members: We had quite a few people at different times including just about everyone of our friends tried out on vocals. On the songs currently on the site Pat Grindstaff is doing the vocals except for the track I Am Reagan that's Shane on Vocals and it's live from the Battalion of Saints, Social Unrest show. But the main line up was:

Shane "Skeeno" Larson - Vocals

Pat "OC" Grindstaff - Guitar/Vocals

Jody "Z Dog" Elzey - Bass

Pat "Shout" Lampo - Drums

Eron Daniels:
the official keeper of Death Trap songs and other history! He had songs that most of us didn't even have anymore!!
Influences: We were influenced by the 80's: Repoman, Fast Times At Ridgemont High, New Wave, Skateboarding, Ronald Reagan, he made hardcore punk what it was in the USA during the 80's!!! Punk Rock from the 70's we loved but it was the hardcore punk of the 80's that made bored kids from the middle of nowhere feel we found something that spoke to us.

All 80's American Hardcore:Nardcore, L.A/O.C, S.F/Bay Area, D.C, NYC, Mid West. M.A.D/BL'AST!, CIRCLE JERKS, BLACK FLAG, WASTED YOUTH, ADOLESCENTS, SOCIAL DISTORTION, AGENT ORANGE, YOUTH BRIGADE, D.I, AGRESSION, DR. KNOW, ILL REPUTE, STALAG 13, A.H.C, CRUCIFIX, SOCIAL UNREST, DEAD KENNEDY'S, BAD POSTURE, URBAN ASSAULT S.F., CODE OF HONOR, BATTALION OF SAINTS, MINOR THREAT, GOVERNMENT ISSUE, S.O.A, BAD BRAINS, FAITH, VOID, SCREAM, CORROSION OF CONFORMITY, DRI, VERBAL ABUSE, SICK PLEASURE, URBAN ASSAULT/TAHOE, CAPITOL PUNSHIMENT, OFFENDERS, ROACH MOTEL, AGNOSTIC FRONT, URBAN WASTE, ANTIDOTE, NEGATIVE APPROACH, TOXIC REASONS, NECROS, N.O.T.A as well as Canadian and some UK hardcore and many many more!
Sounds Like: 3 chord hardcore punk rock!!
Record Label: PELADO RECORDS/FERAL KID RECORDS
Type of Label: Indie