Defiance

Genre:Street Punk,Hardcore Punk,Anarcho Punk


Defiance are an anarcho street punk band from Portland, Oregon formed in 1993. Their discography includes five E.P.s, four full-lengths, and one album of out of print and rare songs. They have been sited as major influences on bands such as Anti-Flag and The Unseen.In the winter of 1993, members from the bands Deprived, Unamused and Resist formed the first line-up of Defiance, with Tony and Alaric on vocals, Mike on guitar and vocals, Kelly on bass and Eric on drums. Shortly after, the band entered the studio to record what would later become the first two EPs: Defiance and Burn, both released on Consensus Reality, label property of Kelly, bassist of the band. After releasing the self titled the band did a U.S. tour, shortly after the tour ended Tony left the band, so Mike and Alaric shared vocal duties for the Burn EP.
After the release of the Burn EP the band went to make a short tour in Canada and the U.S. In the fall of 1995 the band did an east coast tour with The Final Warning, The Casualties and The Varukers, later, they went to make a European tour, on which they released their third EP: European Tour 1995, limited to approximately 1000 copies sold at the shows.
After touring 19 countries through two and a half months the band went to inactivity until the first LP No Future No Hope was released in early 1996, being released in the U.S. by Mind Control and by the German label Skuld Releases in Europe.
After the European tour Kelly left the band, being replaced with Chris, so the fourth EP was released under the title No Time, followed by an East Coast tour in 1997. When Defiance returned to Portland, Matt (former The Obliterated) was recruited as second guitarist, and after a short tour with The Riffs the second LP Nothing Lasts Forever was released. Following this release Alaric, Eric and Chris decide to leave the band, and because of this, the band went on a long hiatus.
It wasn't until late 2000 that Mike and Matt decided to get together and began to write new material, and after the addition of Brian on drums, Matt recruited Alan on bass from a Portland band called Treason and respectively a tour in Mexico was booked. With the new line-up, Defiance recorded the third album, Out of the Ashes, released on Punk Core Records. Along with a U.S. tour alongside A Global Threat, Clit 45, and The Riffs, the band made an appearance in the Holidays In The Sun festival 2002 in New Jersey