Allegiance (band)

Infobox musical artist
Name = Allegiance


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Origin = San Francisco, California
Genre = Hardcore punk
Years_active = 2002–2008
Label = Rivalry Records Malfunction Records Anchor Records(Canada) Endwell Records
Associated_acts = T21 Some Still Believe Right On Killing The Dream Foreign Nature Set It Straight Breaker Breaker Internal Affairs Set Your Goals The Separation Alcatraz
URL = [http://www.myspace.com/allegiancesf Official Allegiance Myspace Page]
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Past_members = John "8Clip" Stark Duane Harris Ross Trenary Isaac Fratini Dante Campanile

Allegiance was a San Francisco based straight edge hardcore punk band with a metal influence that existed from April 2002 to February 2008. The majority of their catalog was released and is still available by popular Bay Area hardcore punk record label Rivalry Records. Although they were not the first band to use the name “Allegiance” as there was a black metal band from Sweden and a street punk band from Japan with the same name, they were the first notable American band to do so. Through out the band’s career they were locals at the local legendary DIY-Punk venue 924 Gilman in Berkeley, California which is where they played their first show and last show. They also did countless tours up and down the west coast, along with a handful of full USA tours and an extensive 5 week tour of Europe.

Discography

Band members

*John "8Clip" Stark - vocals (Right On, T21)
*Duane Harris - guitar (Some Still Believe, Internal Affairs, Foreign Nature)
*Ross Trenary - guitar (Some Still Believe)
*Isaac Fratini - drums (Killing The Dream)
*Dante Campanile - bass (Right On, Foreign Nature, Love, Hope and Fear)

Former Members

*RJ Phillips - bass (Life Long Tragedy)
*Mike Quirk - bass (Some Still Believe, Set Your Goals)
*Nate Corbin - drums (Some Still Believe, The Separation, Foreign Nature, Set It Straight)
*Ben Kinzie - drums (Breaker Breaker, Alcatraz, Dead To Me, Knockdown)
*Jonah Nishihara - bass (Breaker Breaker)

References

* [http://www.hardtimes.ca/node/3765 Allegiance Interview] at Hardtimes.ca
* [http://www.scenepointblank.com/features/164 Allegiance Interview] at Scene Point Blank
* [http://rivalryrecords.com/bands_detail.asp?bid=ALG Official Allegiance Bio Page] at Rivalry Records

External links

* [http://www.myspace.com/allegiancesf Official Allegiance Myspace Page] at MySpace
* [http://www.youtube.com/allegiancesf Official Allegiance Youtube Page] at YouTube
* [http://www.crgphoto.net/bands/Allegiance%204-15-07/Allegiance.html Allegiance photo gallery] at Intrepid Photography
* [http://www.scenepointblank.com/reviews/1414 Review of "Desperation"] at Scene Point Blank