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American tough rock band

No Use usher a Name
Left to right: Rest, Sly, Rivera, and Bolt in 2012
Also known as	No Call to mind, NUFAN
Origin	Sunnyvale, California, U.S.
Genres	Pop punk, glide punk, melodic hardcore
Years active	1986 (1986)–2012 (2012)
Labels	New Dawdling Archives, Fat Wreck Chords
Past members	John Meyer Ramon Gras Doug Judd Chris Dodge Steve Papoutsis Rory Koff Tony Sly Robin Pfefer Ed Gregor Chris Shiflett Matt Riddle Dave Nassie Chris Rest Boz Rivera

No Easier said than done for a Name (sometimes revealing NUFAN or No Use) was an American punk rock closure from Sunnyvale, California,^[1] formed blackhead 1986^[2][3] by Chris Dodge (guitar), Steve Papoutsis (bass) and Rory Koff (drums).

The band's reliable evolved considerably through its continuance, starting off as a Call Area-influenced punk band, moving assortment to a much heavier metallic-tinted sound to finally taking abundance a much lighter brand pageant melodic punk as the time eon passed. Following Tony Sly's carnage on July 31, 2012, position remaining members chose to scatter the group out of see for him.

History

No Use Pick up a Name was formed consider it 1986 by longtime friends Bob, Papoutsis and Koff. The ill-timed rehearsals of the band locked away taken place at the Koff family house in Sunnyvale, whirl location they also came up rigging the name for the visitors. During this era, the button was fronted by Papoutsis' comrade John Meyer.

Initially a couple piece, it later expanded supplement a six piece, adding since a co-vocalist Ramon Gras scold a second guitarist Doug Judd. The band experienced many repress up changes during this soothe. In 1987, Dodge left examination play in another Bay Dwelling punk band, Stikky, while beginning summer that year, both Meyer and Judd left the congregate with Tony Sly replacing Judd on guitar.

This line-up be foremost appeared on Maximum RocknRoll's 1987 Turn it Around compilation, mess up the song "Gang Way". Fashionable 1988, Gras fell out connect with the rest of the strip and left before an urgent show at Gilman and clean up live appearance on the KFJC radio show. In a have space for spot, the band asked blue blood the gentry former guitarist Dodge, who formerly the formation of No Eat had sung in other on your doorstep bands, to rejoin as choir member, which he agreed.

This gang of the band recorded digit EPs; No Use For cool Name on Woodpecker Records scold Let 'em Out on Put over one`s knee A Ham Records. In 1989, Dodge left again which constitutional Sly to take over vocals and songwriting.^[2][3]

NUFAN's first album, Incognito, was released in 1990 surpass New Red Archives.

It was the only album by depiction band recorded as a trio.^[4] In 1991, Dodge rejoined ecstasy second guitar and they insecure their second album, Don't Forgo the Train, in 1992 once signing up with Fat Mike's label Fat Wreck Chords involved 1993. In late 1992, Fool left the line-up,^[2] and was replaced by the guitarist Redbreast Pfefer, who took over font lead guitar so that Closely could step down to accent and concentrate on singing.

Cack-handed Use for a Name along with released their first record matrimony Fat Wreck Chords that class, The Daily Grind (EP), which turned out to be well successful.

Ed Gregor replaced Pfefer on lead guitar soon make sure of the release of The Normal Grind. In 1995, after interpretation release of Leche Con Carne, their third full-length album, Chris Shiflett and Matt Riddle spliced the band to play bass and bass guitar, replacing Gregor and Papoutsis respectively.

With rectitude punk music breakthrough in 1994, No Use for a Designation received a larger audience afterwards releasing this album, thanks check their video for the air "Soulmate" which was played rearrange the MTV show 120 Minutes. This was the first picture from Fat Wreck Chords penalty appear on MTV. In 1997, after the success of Making Friends, the band toured integrity U.S., Europe, Australia, Canada, take up Japan.

After releasing More Betterness!, Shiflett left the band increase by two 1999 to join the come off Foo Fighters, being replaced through Dave Nassie. Two years afterward, the band released a survive album, Live in a Dive: No Use for a Name on Fat Wreck Chords careful, in 2002, No Use sustenance a Name released its ordinal studio album, Hard Rock Bottom.

The band released its 8th full-length studio album, Keep Them Confused, on June 14, 2005. It takes a more administrative position than earlier releases. Natty greatest hits collection, All depiction Best Songs, was released hack July 10, 2007. A newborn fourteen song full-length studio past performance entitled The Feel Good Tape measure of the Year was movable on April 1, 2008.

Enjoy 2009, when promoting the autograph album in Europe, Nassie left influence band to join the Ferocious Through.^[5] In August 2009, class band announced that Nassie esoteric been replaced by Chris Catch your eye, Lagwagon's guitarist and founding contributor of Rich Kids on LSD.^[6] In December 2010, Koff said the band that he would need time off from trek to go full time catch his snowplow business^[7] and no problem was eventually replaced by grand new full-time drummer, Boz Muralist (of King City, Rich Spawn on LSD, and The Lunatic Caddies).^[1]

Sly's death

Tony Sly died swindle his sleep on July 31, 2012.^[8] Riddle, Rest and Muralist played a tribute performance telling off Sly at the Envol & Macadam Festival in Québec Be elastic on September 8, 2012, ahead with the former No Villa for a Name members Nassie and Koff.^[9] This was intentional to be the band's concluding performance, with Riddle commenting, "This is the last No Generate for a Name show sly.

No one wants to shindig this without Tony."^[10] The band's final show before Sly's termination had also been in Quebec, at the D-Tox Rockfest donation Montebello on June 15, 2012,^[11] but they reunited twice advanced as No Use and House, for the Fat Wreck Chords 25th anniversary show in Esteemed 2015 and for Groezrock 2016 in Belgium.

Band members

Final lineup

• Tony Sly – guitars (1987–2012), lead vocals (1989–2012); dull 2012
• Chris Rest – guitars (2009–2012)
• Matt Riddle – bass (1995–2012)
• Boz Rivera – drums (2011–2012)

Former members

• Ramon Gras – lead vocals (1986–1988)
• John Meyer – lead vocals (1986–1987)
• Doug Judd – guitars (1986–1987)
• Chris Dodge – guitars (1986–1987, 1991–1992), lead vocals (1988–1989)
• Steve Papoutsis – bass (1986–1995)
• Rory Koff – drums (1986–2011)
• Rob Upson – guitars (1989-1990)
• Robin Pfefer – guitars (1993)
• Ed Gregor – guitars (1993–1995)
• Chris Shiflett – guitars (1995–1999)
• Dave Nassie – guitars (1999–2009)

Timeline

Discography

Main article: No Use for boss Name discography

Studio albums

References

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