Artist description The Insults are a New Jersey punk band, to use punk, as the Clash did, in the broadest sense of the term. The Insults' music represents an amalgamtion of their varied influences, from punk rock to all types of ska, to oi, hardcore, and reggae. The main focus for the band is their lyrics, which convey urgent messages of the need for society to clean up its act and let people live according to their own morals. Disturbed by what they observe to be a pessimistic, amoral and world as oppressive and ignorant as the repressed, pseudo moralistic world of the 50's which the modern world has replaced. The Insults aren't all gloom and doom however. They believe in being "Insults" to the negative influences of society, and believe that as people make themselves better as individuals, that we might just solve a few things. They sing about the problems that exist in the hopes that enough people can band together and start combatting them.

Music Style Ska/Old School Punk

Musical Influences The Clash, Joe Strummer and the Mescaleroes, Operation Ivy, Rancid, Common Rider, the Specials, Blondie, the Ramones, Madness, Less Than Jake, Five Iron Frenzy, No Use For A Name, the Dropkick Murphys, They Might Be Giants, NOFX, the NJ Royalties, the Dead Kennedys, the Skatalites, the Misfits, the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Skinnerbox, the Stubborn All-Stars, the Suicide Machines, Blink-182, the Radiation Kings, OneCoolGuy, Catch-22, Goldfinger, Minor Threat, H2O, the Beat, the Toasters, the Bodysnatchers, MxPx, King Django, TenFootPole, Toots & the Maytals, Descendents.

Similar Artists The Clash, Operation Ivy, Rancid, Stubborn All-Stars, Minor Threat, H2O, Dropkick Murphys, the Suicide Machines (old), the Specials, Madness.

Artist History The Insults were formed by Jay Menapace and Go AL Disco member Justin LeBlanc in March of 1999. They were soon joined by Tucker Brennan and Sean Moran of For Laughs. The Insults played their first show on May 4th, 1999, at Red Bank Regional High School's UNITY Coffeehouse. Fill in musicians helped out in subsequent shows, including Matt Agresti of Go AL Disco (on guitar) and Pete Andrews of Pteradactyl (on drums). In September of 1999, founding member Sean Moran left the band, replaced briefly by Tim Lavigne. With the onset of 2000, however, the lineup again shifted, and Sean returned to the band. Tucker and Tim moved on to another project. After a brief hiatus, Justin and Sean have both returned to the band, and Matt Agresti has stepped up to replace Tucker on guitar. This lineup proved to be short lived, and after over 6 months of tryouts, practices, and frustration, the new lineup of the Insults premiered in April 2001, with new additions Mike Regrets on guitar and Sue Pagliorola on drums joining remaining members Jay and Sean. After Sue's departure from the band due to health circumstances beyond anyone's control, the band played with fill-in drumemrs for a time, before settling on Tom Weeks, formerly of the Jabsco Project. Additionally, the band has augmented their sound with Matt Dango on lead guitar.

Group Members Jay Insult - Lead Vox; Sean Moran - Bass, Vox; Mike Regrets - Guitar, Vox; Matt Dango - Guitar, Vox; Tom Weeks - Drums.

Instruments Vox/Guitar/Bass/Drums

Albums Demo of material recorded in 1999

Press Reviews "Emerging young band with abundant energy...these guys could really make some waves." --Jane Jubilee, The Aquarian Weekly East Coast Rocker, August 18-25th, 1999 "Of all the bands I saw that night, the one that impressed me the most was The Insults....The Insults were just a powerful sounding explosion of music. I knew three of their songs... they covered the Clash and Operation Ivy, and I just happened to know the words to 'London in the Rain.' I love that song. I can tell you right now that I really hope I can get them to play a Flood City show...One of my new favorite bands."--Mike Ambrose, 10/28/01, via www.thenjscene.com

Location Shrewsbury, NJ - USA

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