The band was named after the Count Five song "Psychotic Reaction" by band member Psychotic Robb.

We play live all time all year round in Connecticut and the Northeast mostly. We live to play out live. Some of our best shows were opening for some of our favorite bands like the UK Subs, Aus Rotten, Total Chaos, Blanks 77, etc.

It allows a bigger audience for bands from people who would normally never hear about you. It also allows more choice than the crap that is regurgitated in the media (TV, Radio,etc)

I'd have to read the contract....

In the Beginning....there were four punk rockers
Dennis Reaction,Ace,Dr. J,Psychotic Robb
who came together in 1997. They started with a common interest in The Clash, The Sex Pistols, The Misfits, The Replacements, etc., etc, you get the picture. Anyway, things went well. We got along (with a few bumps in the road here and there) and then we played our first show together in December '97 at a birthday party for our friend Sal (Cykoside). Well, the show was less than impressive but it was a start. We started practicing more, and more, and more and then we starting writing songs. And they were good....

Next came the road test. We started booking shows. Hanover House (which became our home for a while), the Tune Inn, local shows which we put together, you know you've been there (literally) or to something similar in your life. Anyhow, the shows were fun and we had a blast. People liked us and our songs. So, in 1998 we decided to put something down on tape which became "The Adventures of Slyvester and Tweety" ep
Recorded at White Elephant Studios in West Haven, the ep featured four songs, "I Hate You", "Slyvester and Tweety", "Party" and "Revolution". We we're pretty happy with the results and our fans were as well. What next? More shows, poor turnouts, frustration, low morale, etc., etc. then came a break with Yoohoo Warped Speed Compilation
One of our songs, "Slyvester and Tweety" was picked for this compilation and the contest. We were supposedly "one of the 10 best unsigned punk/ska bands in the United States". WOW! Pretty cool.

Well, that wore off fast and then it was on to more shows including our first Toad's Place show which was cool. We started getting our sh*** together finally. Mailing lists, websites, t-shirts, cds, tapes, etc, etc, etc. Everything was cool except for poor turnouts. No matter how much promoting we did we could never get enough people to our shows to get us really excited about playing. (Mind you we are really grateful for the people who do come, we just want more people to hear us and see us). So what do we do. We release our debut album in 1999.
Self-titled, it is our first album which features songs that you've heard if you've been to any of our shows (and some surprises, if you heard it you know what I mean). The album was recorded and produced by the band at their rehearsal space in West Haven. It came out pretty well. It got some pretty good reviews in the New Haven Register (one of the best of 1999) and in local/national zines/ websites.
Psychotic Reaction finally gains some notoriety in its hometown being voted the #1 punk band in the New Haven Advocates Grand Band Slam 2000!
Well it's 2001 and we see the release of Psychotic Reaction's first 7" release "Red Alert"
and the release of their second album "Last Train to Nowhere". Both were recorded at Trod Nossel Studios in the Winter of 2000/2001. After 3 years, 8 months Ace, our original drummer and Psychotic Reaction have gone their separate ways. For mutual reasons they've parted company and now the search is on for the new drummer for Psychotic Reaction....
And the search was over in December 2001 with recruitiing of Mike "Dirty" Sanchez. Mike was picked after one audition and has proven himself a worthy addition to the band bringing the goods Psychotic Reaction needs for their future endeavors......

Streetpunk oi hardcore old school punk rock. Bands like Exploited, Rancid, Blanks 77, Dead Kennedys, Sex Pistols, Ramones, Casualties

California

Guitars,Bass,Drums,Mics