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Razorwire

About Me

Razorwire was founded in Boston, MA in 1991. The original line up of Mike Chaos on vocals, Chris 'Noodles' Mello on guitar, bassist Dave Pratt and drummer Bill Close (of legendary Boston punk band the Freeze) quickly made a name for themselves on the local club circuit, with their high octane, no nonsense approach to punk. After five years and numerous live shows the band encountered a setback when original members Mike and Noodles moved to Austin ,TX, leaving bassist Dave Pratt to spend time playing in Boston with the band Out Cold and drummer Bill to resume his guitar duties with the Freeze.
A new chapter in Razorwire history began when Mike and Noodles moved back to Boston in 1998. Bassist Dave was glad to join his old mates in a slightly revamped lineup of the band. During the next year the band would re-establish themselves among the new crop of punk bands in the city of Boston. Razorwire also recorded and released a slew of new music in 1998 including the CD entitled "Caught in the Wire" a sort of retrospective, and appearing on a CD compilation "Banned in Boston" with other notable Boston bands such as Bastard Squad and Mung.
Guitarist Noodles decided to depart at the end of 1998, opting to go back to Austin, after which the band's drummer Mike decided to leave the band as well. Vocalist Mike and bassist Dave, not wanting to let seven years of hard work go to waste, recruited some new members to inject some much needed fresh blood. Jim Maxine already a veteran of Boston Bands All Systems Stop and the Dislexics, at the age of twenty one to play drums. The trio then recruited Scotty Montropolis of Boston's Bastard Squad to handle guitar duties. With tons of new energy the band went right to work writing, recording and playing shows.
Throughout 1999 and into the year 2000, Razorwire was as busy as ever releasing a 7" single called "Man the Guns" on Rodent Popsicle Records which garnered the band sparkling reviews in nationwide punk magazines such as Flip Side, Hit List and Suburban Voice. Followed by the song "Prophet" which was released on the Rodent Popsicle Records compilation CD "Another Boston Punk Comp".
The band broke up for good in the year 2000 with members moving on to Boston's the Fast Actin' Fuses and Austin, Texas' the Pink Swords.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 17/01/2006
Band Members: Always:
Mike - Vocals
Dave - Bass

At one time:
Chris - Guitar
Scott - Guitar
Andre - Guitar
Bill - Drums
Mike - Drums
Jim - Drums
Influences: the Freeze, Naked Raygun, Motorhead, Black Flag, MC5
Sounds Like:
Banned In Boston
released in 1998
American Bulldog Records

Caught In the Wire
released in 1998
Bubba Chick Records

Man the Guns 7"
released in 1999
Rodent Popsicle Records

Another Boston Punk Comp
released in 1999
Rodent Popsicle Records

the Chaos Years
released in 2000
American Bulldog Records

Boston Punk 2000
released in 2000
Rodent Popsicle Records

Left For Dead
Released in April 2006
Razorwire Recordings
Record Label: American Bulldog Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Some more new pics

More pics from our Texas trip are up on the pics page.
Posted by on Wed, 04 Oct 2006 14:29:00 GMT

New photos

Some photos from Texas 2006 are up on the photo page. Check 'em out.
Posted by on Wed, 20 Sep 2006 02:13:00 GMT

Check it out...

It looks like Chris "Noodles" Mello who is the original guitarist in Razorwire is going to be playing all of the shows with us in April. This is awesome news.
Posted by on Mon, 27 Mar 2006 17:25:00 GMT

New Song Added

We added a new song to the page. "Left For Dead" is the title track from the CD we will be selling at our shows in Texas.
Posted by on Thu, 02 Mar 2006 11:24:00 GMT

Back from the Dead... Sort Of

Check it out folks...Razorwire tour dates!!! If you live in Texas we are playing a bunch of shows the week of April 12th to April 18th. We've only played one show in the last six years so don't miss o...
Posted by on Thu, 02 Feb 2006 12:10:00 GMT

Shows

It looks like we are actually going to be playing some shows in April 2006 in Texas. We are working out the details right now and will keep you posted.
Posted by on Wed, 18 Jan 2006 12:47:00 GMT

Some old reviews

American Oi/Punk similar in sound to Billyclub with lyrics way above the average group wallowing in the insipid "streetpunk" pigeonhole. Strong production, good hooks and energetic performances make t...
Posted by on Tue, 17 Jan 2006 21:10:00 GMT