- Legal Weapon
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Name = Lega l Weapon
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Origin =Los Angeles, CA , USA
Genre =Punk rock
Years_active = 1981-present
Label = Arsenal Records
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URL = [http://www.pacificwebjournal.net/legal_weapon_2_009.htm]
Current_members = Kat Arthur
Brian Hansen
Charlie Vartanian
Patricia Morrison
Past_members =Legal Weapon was an early Southern California
punk band , initially comprised of singer Kat Arthur, guitarist Brian Hansen, drummer Charlie Vartanian and bassistPatricia Morrison . The band's early full-length albums "Death of Innocence" (for which their lineup includedSteve Soto andFrank Agnew ofThe Adolescents ) and "Your Weapon" were well-received, its later efforts less so. Arthur, with her powerful voice, has been called "theJanis Joplin of punk".Discography
*No Sorrow (EP, 1981)
*Death of Innocence (1982, Arsenal Records)
*Your Weapon (1982)
*Interior Hearts (1986)
*Life Sentence to Love (1988, MCA)
*Take Out The Trash (1991, Triple X)
*Squeeze Me Like An Anaconda (1994, Last Resort)
*Legal Weapon (2002)Compilation appearances
* "
Hell Comes to Your House " (1981)
** Includes "Daddy's Gone Mad"
* "American Youth Report " (1982)
** Includes "Pow Pow"
* "Dudes - The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Album" (1987, MCA)
** Includes "Time Forgot You"
* "Spinning The Chamber" (1995, Last Resort)
** Includes "Warsaw Tuinal"External links
*http://www.pacificwebjournal.net/
*http://www.stdteco.ca/~rina/legal_weapon.html
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dO84lrfEozU Video clip, "Equalizer"]
* [http://www.pacificwebjournal.net/legal_weapon_2_009.htm Official web site]
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