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About Me

Black Fork was a punk band from the East Bay, CA, circa 1993-'97 that put out one LP, "Rock for Loot" on Lookout! Records in 1997, then promptly broke up. In 1995, an LP had been recorded, but due to lack of interest and a series of setbacks, the songs were divided into two EPs and released on labels that almost immediately folded. There is also a split 7" with comrades-in-arms Los Canadians, as well as tracks on various compilations, including Recess Records' "Play at Your Own Risk Vol 2.", Zafio's "This is the East Bay...", Lookout!/Kill Rock Stars' "A Slice of Lemon" and Very Small Records' "Wood Panel Pacer Wagon". The recordings never fully matched the intensity of the live show, which always left both band and audience close to deaf and soaked in a hot vapor of sweat and liquor-swill. The band was known to cram as many as 16 songs into a 20-minute set, leaving many to wonder both why and how they managed to play so fast. There were four or five exhausting (and for the most part ill-fated) U.S. tours, one of which saw the band return home starving, sick and penniless, riding with their equipment in the sweltering hold of a rented moving truck. There are currently no plans to reform or otherwise revive Black Fork. Â»-(Â¯`vÂ´Â¯)-Â» Design your MySpace with MyLook Â«-(Â¯`vÂ´Â¯)-Â«

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Member Since: 9/18/2005
Band Members: Voice: Robin Tussin * Guitar: Josh "Officer" Indar * Bass: Rusty Comiskey * Drums: Jim "Nastic" Anderson. (While this line-up lasted the longest, there were three previous drummers: Janelle "Blarg" Hessig, Candy "Chuckles" daClown and Ivy "Hellbaby" McClelland.)
Influences: Black Flag, Stains (L.A.), Battalion of Saints, Sick Pleasure, Code of Honor, Bad Brains, Blatz, Filth, Circle Jerks, Los Canadians, X-Ray Specs, X, Reagan Youth, Butthole Surfers, Rudimentary Peni, Dead Milkmen, Dayglo Abortions, New Bomb Turks, The Sonics, Poison Idea, The Wipers, Wire, Bikini Kill, Motley Crue, The Plugz, The Deadbeats, Motorhead, Ramones, Manowar, Go-Gos, AC/DC, Vice Squad, Black Randy, Weirdos, Crime, The Pretenders, Blondie, Descendents, Dead and Gone, Husker Du, Agent Orange, Dick Dale, The Modern Lovers, The Eat, Roach Motel, The Voidoids, Television, Minutemen, Venom, Void, Minor Threat, Sex Pistols, Black Sabbath, Slayer, Germs, MDC, MCG, The Lewd, Cheap Trick, Subhumans, The Clash, The Misfits, Elvis Costello, The Bags, White Flag, Los Crudos, Rudiments, Thatcher on Acid, N.W.A., Crass, DK, Heroin, Rice, Citizen Fish, Alice Cooper, Joan Jett, The Runaways, Iggy, Bowie, Ornette Coleman, Thrasher Skate Rock, The Jabbers...
Sounds Like: Extremely fast punk rock with female vocals.
Record Label: Lookout! and various others.
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

BLACK FORK TO REUNITE! ONE NIGHT ONLY!

Yes, it's true. Black Fork is getting together again for ONE SHOW to help ring in the new year and celebrate 20 years of punk rock at Gilman Street Project in Berkeley. DECEMBER 30, 2006, 924 Gilman S...
Posted by Black Fork on Tue, 10 Oct 2006 08:26:00 PST

Wonder what Robin Tussin's up to these days?

Among other things, she's rocking huge mosaics... http://www.robinindar.com
Posted by Black Fork on Sun, 09 Jul 2006 03:55:00 PST

a review

Black Fork, Rock for Loot (1997)Lookout!the miscreant files Black Fork, Rock for Loot (1997)Lookout!* * * * It's hard to defend an album of thirteen songs that's eighteen minutes long...
Posted by Black Fork on Tue, 22 Nov 2005 05:23:00 PST

If you have any photos of Black Fork playing...

Please send them to us, as we have almost none.
Posted by Black Fork on Mon, 19 Sep 2005 11:16:00 PST