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Avengers

Punk '77. We are not fascist pigs!

About Me

A NOTE FROM THE AVENGERS: While it's flattering to have a lot of Myspace friends, we'd like to mention that we're not interested in having any racist, sexist, fascist or homophobic friends. If you consider yourself one of these please DO NOT send a friend request. Also anyone who voted for Bush can just take their Avengers CDs and... cash them in at the used record store, right now. Everyone has a right to their beliefs and everyone has a right to choose their friends. Nuff said, here's the bio:From June of 1977 to June of 1979, The Avengers played just over 100 shows, appearing with the Sex Pistols at Winterland that group's legendary last show, recording with Pistols guitarist Steve Jones and headlining dates with the X, the Go-Go's, and the Dead Kennedys. During their brief existence they released one 3-song 7-inch EP on Dangerhouse Records. A few months after they broke up the 4-song 12-inch EP came out on White Noise. In 1983 band members gathered together various recordings and put out a full length self-titled LP (the pink album )

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/15/2004
Band Website: penelope.net
Band Members: 2007
Penelope Houston, vox (original Avenger)
Greg Ingraham, guitar (original Avenger)
Joel Reader, bass and vox (The Plus Ones, MTX, and scAvengers)
Luis Illades, drums (The Plus Ones, Pansy Division)1977
Penelope Houston, vox
Greg Ingraham, guitar (1977-1978)
Brad Kunt, guitar (1979)
Danny Furious, drums
Jimmy Wilsey, bass
Sounds Like: The Avengers
Record Label: DBK Works
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Bruce Conner/Mabuhay exhibit and Punk films

Hi folks,Be sure to check out the Bruce Conner/Mabuhay exhibit at the Berkeley Art Museum this month. It features 53 pics of The Avengers, Negative Trend, UXA, F-Word, Sleepers, The Mutants, the audie...
Posted by Avengers on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 11:22:00 PST

Jimmy, Danny, Greg, Brad... Jonathan: Where are they now?

Being the caretaker of the Avengers sites, I realize that there's lots of info on me and not much on the other early Avengers. To remedy that I've dug up a few links for the curious:Chubby Cleaver: Or...
Posted by Avengers on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 06:59:00 PST

Avengers Tour posters and flyers

Hi, We've got flyers you can download and post for all the shows of our tour. http://penelope.net/flyersOct.html and a handout with a list of everything you you can leave around: http://penelope.net/a...
Posted by Avengers on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 05:56:00 PST

presidential politics and Avengers lyrics

From writer Falling James in this week's LA Weekly. "The Avengers, Pansy Division at Spaceland. Great moments in presidential speeches rewritten: "Ask not what you can do for your country/What's you...
Posted by Avengers on Fri, 05 Oct 2007 10:47:00 PST

Avengers US Tour

Hi people,Here's the promo blurb for the upcoming US tour... It's 99% true.On October 10th 2007, San Francisco's notorious female-led punk rock band THE AVENGERS will embark on their first-ever cross-...
Posted by Avengers on Sat, 15 Sep 2007 02:08:00 PST

Penelope plays Pink Section on Pirate Cat

April 15th 2007 Just had the funnest time on Pirate Cat Radio, the lovely local pirate station. DJ Drinks with Tony had me DJ-ing and I dug out some old 45s to spin... Pink Section, Inflatable Boy Cla...
Posted by Avengers on Mon, 16 Apr 2007 10:17:00 PST

back in the USSA

Phew... survived another tour. It was fun and a bit exhausting too. But this time I managed to keep my voice, so that was a big improvement over last year in Europe.I brought back a bunch of the two n...
Posted by Avengers on Sat, 10 Mar 2007 03:19:00 PST

fancy a flyer? got tape?

Dear friends,When's the last time you went flyering? Yep, taping outlaw flyers up on a pole outside some record store or cafe. Maybe you never have, but it's time to hit the streets and put your stapl...
Posted by Avengers on Sat, 12 Aug 2006 07:45:00 PST

Avengers/Penelope news

Hi folks,Last week was pretty crazy for me. Sang "The American In Me" 3 times; breaking personal records in the hottest, biggest crowd, and best local gig catagories.On Sunday, I went with Avengers gu...
Posted by Avengers on Thu, 27 Jul 2006 12:19:00 PST

brand new! Avengers video up on Myspace

Me and the boys rocking "We Are the One" in Hamburg a few months ago.Check it out at:http://www.myspace.com/avengers Also check our shows page. 4 Cali Avengers shows coming up in July.Get yer tix befo...
Posted by Avengers on Tue, 20 Jun 2006 04:58:00 PST