Personality Crisis (band)

Personality Crisis was a punk rock band formed in 1979 in Winnipeg, Canada. Personality Crisis is widely credited with having a more complex sound than most other punk rock bands of the early 1980s while retaining the power of the early 1980s punk sound.

Personality Crisis released one LP, "Creatures for Awhile", in 1983, as well as several demo tapes.

After the breakup of the band in 1984, band member Jon Card went on to join SNFU, D.O.A. and the Subhumans. Singer Mitch Funk played in other bands, including Honest John, while guitarist RIchard Duguay would later work with Guns N' Roses, including contributing guitar tracks for "The Spaghetti Incident?".

Personality Crisis songs have been covered by SNFU and The Forbidden Dimension.

Band members

Original lineup(this band was called LE KILLE)

*Mitch Funk - bass
*Tommy Wharton - screaming lead guitar
*Ed Asselin - drums
*Walter Kot(mickeys dad) - guitar
*J. Le Plume - wind instruments (short-lived)
*Doug Bauer - vocals

Other members

*Mark Halldorson - Drums
*Richard Duguay - Bass/Guitar
*Jimmy Green - Lead Guitar
*Duane Eddie - Bass
*Jon Card - Drums
*Mitch Funk - Vocals after the original Le Kille... Ed leaves...Mark joins(1980) Doug leaves..Mitch sings,Richard on bass(1980) Tom leaves..Jimmy joins(now called PERSONALITY CRISIS)(1981) Mark leaves..Jon joins(1981) Richard leaves..Duane joins(1981) Walt leaves...Richard joins(1982)

Discography

*"Creatures for Awhile" - LP on Risky Records (1983)
*"Creatures for Awhile" - Reissue LP on Overground Records (1989) (This LP had a different cover than the original and had four different tracks replacing four tracks that had been on the original LP)
*"Twilight's Last Gleaming/The Jam" - 7" on Overground Records (1989)

Compilations

*"Burning Rain", "Sundays", "On The Sidewalk Bleeding" on Demo tape (1981)
*"Wonder What They're Thinking","Waiting","Shotgun","Empty Sky","Losing Time"(81 demo)
*"Wonder What They're Thinking", "Waiting", "Shotgun" on Charred Remains (compilation)(1981)
*"Piss On You" on Something to Believe In (compilation) (1984)
*"Case history" on Rat Music for Rat People, Vol. 2 (CD Presents, 1984)

External links

* [http://www.punkhistorycanada.ca/noise/view.php?id=137 Personality Crisis bio on Punk History Canada ]
* [http://www.myspace.com/personalitycrisistherealpc Myspace site]
*http://www.7inchpunk.com/?p=48
*http://homepages.nyu.edu/~cch223/canada/personalitycrisis_main.html
*http://www.punktapes.com/ (search under Personality Crisis)