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Punk
to the core, yet with audible influences from early heavy metal
and surf rock, Agent Orange formed in Fullerton, California at
the end of the '70s, with vocalist/guitarist Mike Palm, bassist
James Levesque and drummer Scott Miller. The first Agent Orange
record, released in 1981 on Poshboy Records in the midst of
Southern California
's already hectic hardcore community, cemented their reputation
as one of the best skate-punk bands around the area. Two EPs
during the next few years were all the band released until
1986's This Is the Voice, for Restless/Enigma. A much less
energetic LP with brighter melodies and an emphasis on vocal
audibility, it was also Agent Orange's last for quite awhile,
except for a 1990 live record. The group was resurrected later
in the decade, touring the world and recording the 1996 LP
Virtually Indestructible. In 2000 Cleopatra released Greatest
and Latest, a collection of songs from Agent Orange's catalog
rerecorded by the band with three new songs, which was later
reissued in 2004 on the Anarchy Music label under the title
Blood Stained Hitz. In between these two identical issues,
Restless released a two disc "best of" titled Sonic
Snake Session chronicling many of the group's defining moments
in one set.
The
original lineup was:
Mike
Palm - vocals
James
Levesque - Bass
Scott
Miller - Drums
Mike
reformed Agent Orange in 1990, with a new drummer and new bass
player, they are playing all over the world!
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