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The State

THE STATE

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Member Since: 4/20/2006
Band Website: WWW.STATENOILLUSIONS.COM
Band Members: CLICK ON THE BAND WEBSITE ABOVE FOR MERCHANDISE. PRESTON - VOCALS. ART - GUITAR. JEFF - BASS. KEIR - DRUMS
Influences: From the 70s through the early 80s the Michigan under ground music scene was primarily noted for producing two types of bands: hard rockin proto punk or vicious pummeling hardcore. In the case of the State they could and did pull off both generes though they would remain best known as being a hardcore band with their punishing "No Illusions" 7" sitting high atop many a hardcore record collector's want list. More than twenty years after these recordings were made they still sound as vital as the band itself, who continue blasting out the tunes with all their youthful energy intact to a whole new generation of frenzied fanatics. -Grand Theft Audio.
Sounds Like: Raging Michigan Hardcore. Influences include hardcore bands like Void, Minor Threat, Black Flag, Negative Approach, Discharge, etc.
Record Label: HAVOC/GRAND THEFT AUDIO/UNDERESTIMATED
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Upcoming E.P. with Fuck This!

Hey everyone! The State is way pleased to announce that we have three new tunes heading your way via a split 7" EP with Grand Rapids ragers Fuck This!  It will be released on the Punks Befor...
Posted by The State on Fri, 20 Jul 2007 05:42:00 PST

10/12/06 State interview from Australia for Distort magazine (pts.1 & 2)

Distort: Tell us a little about when the band first started. What was the impetus behind the band?What kinda life were you living at the time, and what made you wanna play music, let alone hardcore p...
Posted by The State on Wed, 03 Jan 2007 09:34:00 PST

Distort interview (pt.3)


Posted by The State on Wed, 03 Jan 2007 09:27:00 PST

"ALL WRONG" out now on CD...ALL RIGHT!

Hey Hey Hey..."All Wrong" C.D.'s are (finally) hitting the streets  AS WE SPEAK. Y'know, as much as we love vinyl, the State has a notion that a lot more people will actually hear this recor...
Posted by The State on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 04:15:00 PST

SOME RECENT REVIEWS of "All Wrong" and "Nixed Life"

Review by Ali for Hardcore Times 10/20/06 State - Nixed Life, All Wrong I don't like to think of the State's latest two offerings, the Nixed Life dicography and their new L.P. All Wrong, as recorded m...
Posted by The State on Wed, 01 Nov 2006 10:57:00 PST

About "I'm On The Outside"...

Well here we go lookin' WAY back. This song was recorded in 1980, as part of a session I (Art) did before the  State as we now know it was formed. Back in those days I used to be the State's sin...
Posted by The State on Mon, 09 Oct 2006 11:59:00 PST

About "Drug War"...

This song is the last track on our  2006 LP "All Wrong",  out  now on Chicago's Underestimated Records. "Drug War" was one of the first new things we came up with someti...
Posted by The State on Mon, 09 Oct 2006 11:36:00 PST

THE REASON OUR BLOGS ARE ALL ABOUT OUR RECORDS

IS THAT OUR RECORDS ARE ALL ABOUT EVERYTHING ELSE. As the New York Dolls once said (via Sonny Boy Williamson)...don't you start me talkin'! ...
Posted by The State on Sun, 20 Aug 2006 01:46:00 PST