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Avengers were formed in San Francisco, in the first wave of American Punk. Penelope Houston was the lead singer, primary songwriter, and her persona was a large part of the draw for the act. The other band members were James Wilsey (bass), D. Furious (drums), and Greg Ingraham (guitar). Critic Greil Marcus once said Avengers were, "...San Francisco's best punk band - in their moments, they were, you knew, better than any other band playing that night anywhere in the world." Avengers gained much publicity when they opened for the Sex Pistols in San Francisco, for their legendary final show...

The Avengers VI may seem like another one of those archival rock & roll discoveries of the 1960s, endlessly fascinating to the mavens of surf music but easily overlooked by most listeners — but listeners would be doing themselves a serious disservice to overlook this particular band. These guys were not only good — they were superb, and all the more remarkable for a band whose median age was around 16 when they turned semi-professional and 17 when they cut their only surviving sides (which do, indeed, live up the group’s reputation). The Avengers VI started out as trio of...

The Scavengers were formed in Auckland during the mid-70s. They were four graphic art students, bent on playing a brash form of street rock, and with a knack for ludicrously silly stage pseudonyms. The Scavengers are best known for their punk nuggets 'Mysterex' and 'True Love' that featured on the punk compilation 'AK79'. Between 1977 and 1978 the Scavengers regularly perfomed at Auckland punk club Zwins in Durham Lane, and The Windsor Castle in Parnell. In mid 1978 they featured on a TVNZ documentary presented by the late Neil Roberts investigated the NZ punk scene. Later that year they rerecorded...

The Mighty Avengers were an English pop group, who were formed in 1962 in Coventry, England. The group were managed by Andrew Loog Oldham, who at the same time, also managed The Rolling Stones. Mick Jagger and Keith Richards wrote the group's only hit, "So Much In Love" b/w "Something They Say" written by Tony Calder and Andrew Loog Oldham, which spent two weeks in the UK Singles Chart, reaching number 46 at the end of 1964. The song fared better in Australia, reaching #22. The group released several more singles, including "Hide Your Pride and "Blue Turns To Grey"...

East Coast Avengers , the new hip-hop group composed of veteran underground emcees Esoteric, Trademarc and producer DC the Midi Alien. Their rap consists of Politics and hardcore hip hop. .