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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...

Corporate Avenger is a band from Southern California, USA. Hear Corporate Avenger's style change from song to song, ranging from techno to rap to metal. The message has always remained the same: peace, knowledge, and spirituality. The idea for the band is to remind the listener of their heritage and that life is a sacred gift. Vocalists Corporate and Adawee have stated in the past that they do not attempt to speak for all Native American people and only speak for themselves, but the band uses their music to reveal the truth about America's bloody past. Songs like "20 Dollar...

There are at least four bands and one artist named Scavenger: 1. a Belgian Heavy Metal band, they released "Battlefields" (full-length) in 1985 2. a German underground rock band from the dusty streets of Berlin 3. a sludge band from Texas featuring members of Kill The Client, Pride Kills, and Career Criminal. 4. Irish Heavy/Power metal band 5. the dutch atari composer Joe Maarten de Man that made music for the demoscene group called Synergy. 6. a Denver, CO alternative / hard rock band. .