The Koller brothers originally intended for their first band to be named General Chaos, however Lamb proposed calling the band Sick of All, with the intent to abbreviate it to S.O.A. History Early career (1986–1992) įormed in 1986, the members met while attending Francis Lewis High School in Queens, New York City, the band was formed by Lou Koller on bass and vocals, Pete Koller on guitar and David Lamb on drums. Sick of It All's latest album, Wake the Sleeping Dragon!, was released in 2018 and is the band's first release on Fat Wreck Chords in 15 years. This label released their eighth studio album Death to Tyrants in 2006 to positive reviews (Abacus eventually went out of business, though Sick of It All would remain on Century Media, which released the band's next three albums). The band was dropped from the label in 2005, when they signed to Abacus Records, a subsidiary of Century Media. Despite the success of Built to Last, Sick of It All was dropped from East West and signed in 1998 to Fat Wreck Chords, which released the band's next three albums. Their 1997 follow-up Built to Last was also highly acclaimed.
Sick of It All's third and major label debut album, Scratch the Surface, was released in 1994 to critical acclaim and included the singles "Scratch the Surface" and "Step Down" (the video for the latter single would also be featured in the 1995 Beavis and Butt-head episode "Premature Evacuation"). After the release of their second album Just Look Around in 1992, East West Records saw the band's potential and signed them in 1993. Though their 1989 debut album Blood, Sweat and No Tears was a moderate success, Sick of It All did not achieve commercial success until later albums. Sick of It All is considered a major part of the New York hardcore scene, and by 2020, the band had sold at least half a million records worldwide. The band's lineup consists of brothers Lou and Pete Koller on lead vocals and guitars respectively, Armand Majidi on drums, and Craig Setari on bass. Sick of It All is an American hardcore punk band formed in 1986 in Queens, New York City. If you still feel you can enjoy our music anymore because of what they said, we hope you had fun with us up till this point.Revelation, Relativity, East West, Elektra, Fat Wreck Chords, Abacus, Century Media, Woah Dad! Again, I hope you understand that we are four guys who grew up together, and have always had different opinions yet somehow we have managed to stay together for over 30 years. Instead as soon as you disagree with the opinion of one member you condemn us all and disrespect us with your funny meme. Maybe do that before you condemn a band who you supposedly admired or was a fan of. And if you really feel that strongly that you want to condemn us all, before you do that I urge you to go to their pages and talk to them. I mean come on they didn’t convince you to change your minds about this plague and the vaccine. And as “influential” as you think they are they are really just giving people something to think about. Yes they have their views and should be able to express them. In fact they are probably more cautious than most when dealing with this. They are two very intelligent people not just reactionary idiots. That doesn’t mean Armand and Craig are running around ripping masks off people and causing riots at Walmarts across the country. Each of us in the band came to our own conclusions and live our lives the way we see fit. Do you take everything your government says as fact? Like they have such good track records? It would easier if we just sang about hanging with da boys and drinking beer and yelling Oi Oi Oi in every song. (Just to be clear that’s the other fans words not ours, ok) If you are just casual fans you might not notice that a majority of our lyrics are about questioning the powers that be. It’s also funny that we (SICK OF IT ALL) are getting shit from fans who are saying we AREN’T doing enough to standing up to the oppression that is happening. If you notice they have never pushed them on the bands pages. I find it sad that you are all so quick to condemn the whole band and all we stood for and fought for, because the opinions that Armand and Craig have expressed. Nun hat sich Frontman Lou Koller, über die Kommentarspalte eines Instagram-Posts, zu den Anschuldigungen geäußert: Man kann sich jedoch noch in einigen Podcasts ein kleines Bild dazu machen, wie z.B. Dieses taten sie unter anderem über Instagram, wobei die meisten kritischen Posts mittlerweile gelöscht wurden. Wie leider viele andere Mitglieder aus Bands, äußerten sich auch die beiden Sick Of It All-Mitglieder Armand Majidi und Craig Setari in der näheren Vergangenheit immer mal wieder etwas fragwürdig zur aktuell vorherrschenden Pandemielage und weiteren Verschwörungstheorien.
Lou Koller mit Sick Of It All (Photo by Sven Nöhren)
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