- Headnoise
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Name = Headnoise
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Origin =Orange County, California , U.S.
Genre =Christian punk
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Label = Sofa Records
Grr Records
Associated_acts =The Crucified
Officer Negative
No Purchase Necessary
One-21
Past_members = Edie Goodwin
Robert Goodwin
Sid Duffour
Casey
AndyHeadnoise is one of the main pioneers of "old-school" Christianpunk rock , founded in 1994. They are prominent for being on the forefront of theSouthern California -based "JCHC " underground movement, along withOfficer Negative . This was the second wave of the "Old-SchoolChristian Punk " movement, following in the footsteps of bands like 'The Crucified ', Nobody Special, and 'Scaterd Few .'Headnoise has had several lineup changes over their long career, but the core of the band are husband and wife team Robert & Edie Goodwin (on Bass and Vocals, respectively), and Sid Duffour (on
Guitar ). They are characterized as being extremely bold and uncompromising about their faith [http://www.angelfire.com/zine/rxmag/headnoise.html] , withguitar -driven, powerfully fast, yet sophisticatedhardcore punk music and provocativeChristian lyrics . Their songs are deep and intelligently written, with subjects ranging from modernpragmaticism ,social injustice , personal struggles, and practical spiritual insights.Originally based in
Orange County, California , they eventually moved toIllinois in the year 2000 to joinJesus People USA (aka "JPUSA"), an intentional Christian community and urban ministry serving inner-cityChicago with national and international branches of ministry. There, they became one of the top bands on the JPUSA-run record label,Grrr Records .In the winter of
2005 they announced their retirement from touring and recording in order to focus on their families and other ministry callings. However, the band did reunite for the2006 Cornerstone Festival . In 2007, the band decided to end their hiatus to continue playing and recording. The band is slated to play at the2008 Cornerstone Festival in Bushnell (see www.cornerstonefestival.com).References
* |issue=76 |pages= |accessdate=2007-04-24 |url=http://web.archive.org/web/20010714054509/www.hmmagazine.com/issue76/76Albums.htmExternal links
* [http://www.headnoise.org Official site]
* [http://www.grrrrecords.com/artist.cfm?ID=9 Record Label Profile]
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