Agent Orange

Agent Orange is an American
punk band. It was formed in
Orange County, California in
1979. The band is one of the
first to combine surf music
with punk rock. They first
caught attention with their
song "Bloodstains" which they
released on their own 7" E.P.
The first demo of the song was
offered to Pasadena radio
station KROQ's D.J. Rodney
Bingenheimer, which become one
of his show's biggest hits.

In addition having Mike Palm
and Scott Miller as original
members, Steve Soto was the
powerful trio’s first bass
player, the one who played on
the first "Bloodstains". Steve
Soto leave the band to form
The Adolescents. With new line
- up James Levesque on bass.
The session was their first
long player, Living In
Darkness (originally released
by Posh Boy Records in
November 1981). In 1988, Brent
Liles substitute James
Levesque on bass and that
year, Agent Orange recorded
Living In Total Darkness,
which was a re-recording of
the original Living in
Darkness album with several
new songs mixed in. This album
did not sold nationwide and
only several copies exist. In
1989, Derek O'Brien replaced
Scott Miller on drums and in
1990, Agent Orange recorded
Real Live Sound. This is the
only Agent Orange recording to
feature the Palm/Liles/O'Brien
lineup. Sam Bolle replaced
Brent Liles in January 1992,
and remained with the band
until May 2003, when he left
to join Surf Guitar Legend
Dick Dale's band, where he
remains to this day.

Agent Orange has had an
enormous influence on the
skate punk or skate-core scene
even though band members
stated on Living in Darkness
that "We don't like skating at
all." This may have occurred
because Mike Palm evidently
did skate as mentioned in an
interview with TxPunk.net.
Mike has also stated that he
didn't talk much in early
interviews and would sometimes
disagree with what the band
made seem like a unanimous
opinion.

Videos In The Playlist:

Cage - Agent Orange [Prod. Necro]
Sodom - Agent Orange
Agent Orange - BloodStains
Amazon Theater:Agent Orange
Agent Orange - Bite The Hand That Feeds
Pharoahe Monch - Agent Orange
Agent Orange - Mr. Moto
Agent Orange (PipeLine)
Agent Orange - Everything Turns Grey
agent orange - seek & destroy
Agent Orange - Wouldn't Last A Day
Atomship - Agent Orange
Limewax - Agent Orange
Kill Hannah - Agent Orange Skies video
Agent Orange - More Acid
Agent Orange -Voices In The Night
Agent Orange - ...So Strange