| Agent Orange | |
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 Mike Palm in 2007
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Orange County, California, U.S. |
| Genres | Punk rock Surf punk Hardcore punk |
| Years active | 1979 – present |
| Labels | Posh Boy Records |
| Website | Official Website |
| Members | |
| Mike Palm Perry Giordano Dusty Watson |
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| Former members | |
| Scott Miller James Levesque Brent Liles (deceased) Derek O'Brien Sam Bolle Charlie Quintana Steve Soto Steve Latanation Bruce Taylor |
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Agent Orange is an American rock band formed in Orange County, California in 1979. The band is one of the first to mix punk rock with surf music. They first gained attention with their song "Bloodstains" which they released on their own 7" E.P. An early demo of the song was presented to Pasadena radio station KROQ's D.J. Rodney Bingenheimer, which soon became one of his show's biggest hits.
Besides having Mike Palm and Scott Miller as original members, Steve Soto was the power trio’s first bass player, the one who played on the first "Bloodstains". The Darkness Version of this song later appeared on Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4. Soto later left the band to form The Adolescents. With new member James Levesque on bass, the group found their way to the famous Living In Darkness sessions at Brian Elliot recording studio (Elliot is most known for having composed Madonna’s hit "Papa Don’t Preach"). The result of these sessions was their first long player, Living In Darkness (originally released by Posh Boy Records in November 1981). In 1988, Brent Liles replaced James Levesque on bass and later that year, Agent Orange recorded Living In Total Darkness, which was a re-recording of the original Living in Darkness album with a few new songs mixed in. This album did not go national and very few copies exist. In 1989, Derek O'Brien replaced Scott Miller on drums and in 1990, Agent Orange recorded Real Live Sound. This is the only Agent Orange recording to feature the Palm/Liles/O'Brien lineup. Sam Bolle replaced Brent Liles in January 1992, and remained with the band until May 2003, when he left to join Surf Guitar Legend Dick Dale's band, where he remains to this day.
Agent Orange has had an enormous influence on the skate punk or skate-core scene even though band members stated on Living in Darkness that "We don't like skating at all." This may have occurred because Mike Palm evidently did skate as mentioned in an interview with TxPunk.weebly.com. Mike has also stated that he didn't talk much in early interviews and would sometimes disagree with what the band made seem like a unanimous opinion.
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   | The Official Agent Orange Website - Agent Orange.net |
| | Agent Orange BeBad videos - AGENT ORANGE BeBAD.us Entertainment |
| | Posh Boy Records Guestbook Discussion of Agent Orange - Guestbook Archives: 1998 |
| | Amazon Agent Orange Artist Page - Amazon.com: Agent Orange: Albums, Songs, Bios, Photos |
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