Artist description Visitor 42 is a San Francisco Bay Area band that pounds familiar punk traditions into a fresh mix of Speed Racer meets west coast post-millennium rock.

Music Style Punk / Indie Rock

Musical Influences Black Flag, Wire, Ramones, Nirvana, Hank Williams Sr., Beatles

Similar Artists Black Flag, Agent Orange, Wire, Stooges, Minutemen, Naked Raygun

Artist History The band -- doubledan, and kurt -- began to slug out original tunes and formally entered the punk scene by gigging around the Bay Area in 1995. Just prior to recording their first full-length recording project in 1996, the band recruited a second guitar. The hired gun, negative man, added a seasoned mix of angst and butane-hot licks to fill out the band's raw and biting sound on the first CD, "Gnaw on it." The rest is, as they say, "history".

Group Members Curt Knudsen - Bass & Vocals, Dan Sauter - Guitar & Vocals, Tim Warder - Guitar & Vocals, Dan Johnson - Drums & Back Vocals

Instruments Gibson, Fender, Ibanez, Marshall, and Pearl Drums.

Albums Monkeys Throw Shit, Heavy Handed Hospitality, Gnaw On It

Press Reviews "Quirky, random and insane: just a few words to describe this semi-pop-punk band from Alameda, California. They've got a sound that is reminiscent of the New York Dolls having lunch with Mudhoney and the Velvet Underground. I have not heard a band this intense in awhile. All of the members share the vocals on this disc, and for the most part, that works well. The highlight of Heavy Handed Hospitality is a riveting cover of The Rolling Stones "Paint it Black" as well as the tracks "United Police States," "The Prey," and the opening song, "Man of Steel." The song "Cactus" reminds me so much of Mudhoney that it almost makes me smile. It's nice to know that there are a few bands here in the Bay Area that don't sound so mundane and similar." -Josh Joesten regarding 'Heavy Handed Hospitality'

Location Oakland, CA - USA

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