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AnonymousOnSoundClick

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Avenging Beauty

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Two Sets of Nine

Awesome
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Messenger

Pissed off.
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Customer

Loud. Fast. Frustrated
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Spent

Fast. Loud. Frustrated
Most consistant line up: Sean - Guitar/vox Xtian - Guitar /vox Aaron Edge - Bass/ vox David Wagenschutz - Drums Full length CD - Tony Lipovsky - Drums past members - Scott Golley, Christine Ashurst Jason Rinker, Rocco Corona, Ron Kuhn 2009 Line-up Seattle-Sean, Ron, Xtian, Dave LV Reunion show-Sean, Dave, Ron, Xtian
Band/artist history
Anonymous started in the basement of the Mammy House on the south side of Bethlehem, PA in the spring of 1993. The original line up included Bill (drums), Mark (guit), Steve (bass), Sean (guit) and Xtian on vox. The line up wrote a few songs together, but only eventually kept "Monday", an anti-imperialist response to the Columbus Day celebration in the US. A few short practices later and that line up had completely changed. Rocky came on board for bass duties, and Sean decided to teach Xtian how to play the guitar due to Mark dropping off. Bill lasted on drums for a few more months until he was replaced by Jason. The goals of the band and its political undertones were shared between Sean and Xtian, and the two set out to write as many songs together as they could until they were satisfied with a permanent line up. This would never happen in the entire life of the band. It would always be Sean and Xtian as Anonymous (by this point in 1994 they had a name and it stuck) In the spring of 1994 the two moved to Philadelphia. As they settled into a new city with new opportunity, Sean and Xtian set out in search of a drummer and bass player. it wouldn't be long until the two candidates would show up at Xtian's door at his south Philadelphia home where the band practiced. Dave Wagenschutz recently left NJ and his former band Lifetime (Jade Tree) moved into the house and moved in the position as drummer. Dave would become their first solid drummer in two years. Not long afterward, Dave would invite a local Philadelphia art student from Virginia to sit in on practice. Aaron Edge was in as the new bass player. The four went on to record their debut 7" with Geoff Turner (3, Grey Matter, Dischord) at WGNS studios in Washington DC, and the three song 7' was put out on FOE records by long time friend Frank Pearn Jr. in the spring of 1995. The seven inch is currently out of print but is available in MP3 on http://foe.firstpress.net/ over the summer of 1995 Anonymous played all over the NE with bands like Lifetime, Shades Apart, Citizen Fish, Ensign (their first show), Chokehold , Damnation AD and Boy Sets Fire. In the summer of 1995 they played a bunch of shows with Washington DC's Anasarca (Ebullition) and the two bands became friends and decided to put out a split 7" on Planeria Records (nick from Anasarca's label) distro'd by Ebulition (HeartAttack Zine). The first pressing sold out rather quickly and is hard to find (even for the band). Although the summer seemed successful, after a short four day tour in the fall of 1995, Dave decided he was going to leave the band to do other things (like tour as the drummer for the newly formed Ink and Dagger) Aaron felt the loss of the momentum after Dave left, and also had to focus on graduating from school. Aaron, Xtian and Sean would not practice again until the early spring of 1996, when the three decided to get together and finally record a full length CD. Easily Unamused (http://www.firstpress.net/doubledecker/) was recorded in a week working from 11 pm till 6 am for 7 days. Recording engineer Brian McTear (http://www.minerstreet.com/) took on the project at his newly built (and still then under construction) studio in Manyunk PA. Former band mate and Lehigh Valley music scene veteran (he started playing in bands at 13, Robosphere, Jessica, Klines Island, Ox) Tony Lipovsky would learn the bands menu in a few weeks and the four set forth to bang out 14 tracks (including some hidden tracks entirely done by Aaron) and one song entirely composed by Tony on the spot. Easily Unamused would be picked up and put out by local PA label Double Decker Records. One track would eventually end up on Kill the Messenger Comp (http://www.easysubculture.8m.com/ ) and another on the second Lehigh Valley FOE comp This is the Lehigh Valley http://foe.firstpress.net/. This line up would play one show opening a Free Leonard Peltier benefit with Lifetime and Atom and His Package (I think it was Atom's first show). But that was the last time Aaron played in Anonymous. He shortly afterward relocated to Seattle, WA (eventually to be joined by Xtian in 1998 to form Himsa (Revelation, Prosthetic) with ex Trial (Equal Vision)) Anonymous played three shows in the summer of 1998 with Christine Ashurst on bass, and Scott Golley (current Lifetime drummer) on drums. And again in 2009 with Dave Wagenschutz on Drums and Lehigh Valley veteran Ron Kuhn on bass. Sean relocated to Seattle to join Xtian and Aaron, and now concocts wonderful harccore/trance/drum and bass music. Xtian has fronted Himsa, The November Group, and produced Search Party Music. Aaron Edge has been in way too many bands since then to list here but most recently Brothers of the Sonic Cloth with Tad Doyle (SubPop) . Dave Wagenshutz went on to play in Ink and Dagger, Kid Dynamite, Good Riddance, and Paint it Black (Jade Tree) and Higher Giant with Ernie from Token Entry. Tony started Sound Of Reverse and Battering Ram. The End
Have you performed in front of an audience?
Not since 1998. Reunion August 8th, 2009 in the Lehigh Valley
Your musical influences
Husker Du, Lemonheads, Black Flag, Fugazi, some mid 90's DC and Ebulition Stuff, Drive Like Jehu.
What equipment do you use?
Martial
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