Form Follows Failure

Form Follows Failure is a band that comes from Missouri, USA. They started in late 2000 and it was more as a past time than a real band, but with time it became more serious. Unfortunately, for some reasons, they decided to end it around 2004. This band consisted of four guys that had a lot of talent which led them to join some famous punk bands after the disbanding of FFF. Indeed,  Matt later joined the band Near Miss where he played for a while. Jevin Kayle is now playing in Much The Same and Josh Segal is now playing in Break The Silence. It's interesting to see how sometimes bands have connections within them!

Discography:
- Demo (2001) CD
- Silent Shadows Walk Thin Lines (2003) CD

Listen to Form Follows Failure - Silent Shadows Walk Thin Lines

One Meter Stance

   

Somewhere around 1996, 3 guys from Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean decide to start a skatepunk band in the vein of the other bands that they were admiring the most : Brain Püker, Son Of A Beat, Choke, etc. In the spring of 1997, the band record an album but for some reasons this one will never be released. This is in the winter of 1998 that they record a demo that will finally be produced and sold. The demo is entitled Unlucky. One of the songs, Young Boyg will also appear on the first compilation on Punx Without Mohawx which is entitled Are You Punk Enough ? One Meter Stance will later play many shows with other local bands like Son Of A Beat, Brain Püker, From Grass To Cheese, Try Again, Homer, etc. In spring of 1999 OMS take part of the Board Fest II, a tour across Quebec with Choke, Trigger Happy and many other bands in the same style. The summer come and the guys spend most of it writing songs for a next album that will never be done, as the band are unable to get a drummer. The band disband a few years later.

Discography:
- Demo (1997) *unreleased
- Unlucky (1998) CD

Listen to One Meter Stance - Rudeness Dishonesty

8 Count

8 Count was a 5-piece skatepunk band from the area of Los Angleles, California. They started somewhere around 1997, and ended around 2003. Their music was fast and emotionnally charged, and it remind me sometimes of christian bands from California like Scarlet, Sick Of Change, Three For Flinching, etc. They played with many other local bands, principally at the famous Chain Reaction. 8 Count played a kind of skatepunk that died over the years, so it's totally worth checking them!

Discography:
- Complete Crap (1998) CD
- 8 Count (2001) CD
- Endurance (2002) CD

Listen to 8 Count - What's Wrong With Her

Uncollected Harmony

Needless to say, Italy has one of the best skatepunk/melodic hardcore scene! Not that much big names, but many bands doing quality music. This is the first Italian band that I put here but there will be many more for sure. About Uncollected Harmony, all I can say is that they started in 2000 and in 2001 released a small demo. I think they disbanded not long after. This is a very unknown band.. and maybe not the most fast and technical one, but I think it's good to know them!

Discography :
- Riding The Plugs (2000) CD

Listen to Uncollected Harmony - Pimpa Said Biwiwi

Warm-Up

Here's Warm Up, a good band from France that started from the ashes of 2 bands : Screwball and Karpok. The band formed in 1999 and right after their beginning they opened for big bands like Randy and Good Riddance. They released an EP in 2000 and were supposed to make a split with their friends Homeboys. I don't know exactly when their story ended but I don't think they had a long existence. They played a kind of melodic skatecore, good stuff!!

Discography:
- Démo (1999) CD
- What's Going'on? (2000) CD

Listen to Warm-Up - I Would Believe

Safety Catch

Safety Catch is a skatepunk band from Switzerland that started in the late 90's. Although the band is actually located in Switzerland, everything started in Venezuela. In fact, the members of this band are three brothers from Venezuela and that's where they started to play music, a very long time ago. In the beginning, they started under the name This Side Up, and they were getting some popularity in their country. But in 2000, they decide to make a trip to Swiss, Belgium and England to record a 3-song demo entitled Don't Care. When they come back from their trip with the demo, they are forced to change their name to Safety Catch because another punk band is already called This Side Up, and they start to make a lot of shows in Venezuela. They become quite popular there and they are even approached by Sony and Emi Music, which want to totally change the image of the band... Fortunately, the guys decline the offers and keep their fast punk sound. In 2002 they move to Switzerland and record a second demo entitled Hide And Seek. They will then start to tour with bands like Uncommonmenfrommars, Burning Heads, etc and start their own recording studio where they will record in 2004 the album New Life which is distributed by Leech Redda in 2005. In 2009, the guys plan to release a second album, but there arent any new about this since a while...

Discography:
- Don't Care (2000) CD
- Hide And Seek (2002) CD
- New Life (2005) CD

Listen to Safety Catch - Amanda

B-Huge

B-Huge was a fast skatepunk band from the area of Sherbrooke, Quebec. They did their first show in 2000 with Bald Vulture and they continued during a couple of years to play a lot of shows with many good bands like Adhesive, Boneweary, Gob, Mute, Choke and tons of bands from the Quebec scene. During their time of existence they only recorded a few songs. They planned to release a split CD with another skatepunk band from Sherbrooke called Strictly Enough, but the project never saw the light, although all the songs were recorded by both bands. By the way, one member is missing on the pic, because it was a 4-piece band, but it's the only pic I could find...

Discography:
- Demo Velerya (one song) (2001) CD

Listen to B-Huge - Velerya

Barton Dean

Barton Dean, that was a fucking good band from Netherlands that played in the end of the 90's, 1996 to 2000 to be more exact. If you like old swedish skatepunk you'll love this band. In their existence they only released their stuff on tape, which make their music very hard to find. An interesting fact about this band, is that 2 members also formed (Jeroen is still plaing in) the metal band Within Temptation, which is now very famous! Yeah, the dudes started in a skatepunk band!!

Discography:
- Stiekum Ontzettend (1997) TAPE
- Coming Out (1998) TAPE

Listen to Barton Dean - Hey Dreamer

The Victory

Here's a small band that played around 2002. They were from Queens, New York and started under the name Know It All. I remember I got some of their songs on mp3.com and they were pretty good. I really don't have much infos... do they released something ?I guess that yes, probably a demo or EP. Their songs are a bit pop/punk but they keep it fast and they are catchy!

Discography:
Unknown

Listen to The Victory - Picture On Your Wall

No Plan B

No Plan B was a 3-piece punk band from Australia. They started in 2001, played many shows with other Australian bands. They released an EP and participated on a couple of local comps. In 2006 they disbanded . On the song I uploaded we can hear their main influences are coming from skatepunk bands, but I think they also had a more pop/punk sound on some of their other songs.

Discography:
- No Plan B (2003) CD

Listen to No Plan B - Ode To The Lonely

Señales Difusas

Here's a very good band from the latinoamerican scene. They are from Argentina and started in 2001 under the name Salida De Emergencia. Soon after their beginning, they had composed over 10 songs and started to make shows in and around their hometown. Not long after they decide to change the name of their band to Señales Difusas and in 2003 they plan to release a first album entitled Perfeccion Superficial. In 2004, the CD is not out yet and they start to record a little EP entitled Suicidio colectivo which is released by the end of the year. The first CD they planned to release was then put on the ice and finnally never released, although all the songs were recorded. They stopped in 2007, but they started a new band called Falling From My Hands which is more Metal/rock

Discography:
- Suicidio Colectivo (2004) CD

Listen to Señales Difusas - A Vos

My Own Way

My Own Way formed in late 2001 in the city of Berthierville, Quebec. At this time they were called Shifter and their principal influences were Lagwagon and Millencolin. They played most of they shows in their hometown, and a couple in the cities nearby. In 2004 their bass player Patrick quit the band and is soon replaced by Phil, which add a new sound to the band which is more similar to bands like Belvedere, Strung Out and Every New Day. In 2005 they enter the studio for the first time to record a small 2-song demo entitled My Last Word. They were planning to make a full lenght in the future, but the band disbanded not long after and never had the chance to finalize the project

Discography:
- My Last Word (2005) CD

In Public View

In Public View are from Vancouver, WA in USA and they started in 2001 as a fast and technical skatepunk band. They later changed their style and are now playing some kind of Alternative/Rock. They are very good misicians and they put a lot of passion and energy in their songs. I've also heard of amazing stage performances. They put out 2 albums but they were released in limited quantities and most of them only given at shows.

Discography:
- In Public View (2003) CD
- Product Of Flipping The Switch (2004) CD

Listen to In Public View - Less Vision, More Passion