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The past, the present & no future

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Madrid
Spain



MEMBER SINCE: 12/01/2007
LAST LOGIN: 05/04/2008 11:53:39
BAND WEB PAGE: www.myspace.com/rejectspunkrock
BAND MEMBERS: Marcos: Guitars & vocals Feddo: Drums & vocals Piza: Bass & backing vocals Isidro: Guitars
SOUNDS LIKE: Streetpunk


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REJECTS BIOGRAPHY (last updated 9th of December, 2007)

The Rejects were formed in Madrid, Spain in the year of 2002. They were originally a 4 member band:

Feddo: Drums & Vocals

Marcos: Guitars & Vocals

Payom: Bass & Vocals

Andoni: Guitars

The four of us had had experience in previous bands, with more of a hardcore background. We decided to put together a band with influences of american bands such as the US Bombs, Swingin´ Utters, Forgotten, etc…which all have clear influences of classics such as Stiff Little Fingers, The Clash, Cock Sparrer…

After a few months Andoni left the band. At that same time he was playing in Matando Gratix, a local punk band. From that point on, Rejects came to be a trio.

At the beginning of 2003 we recorded our first demo in our jamming space. This demo has 6 original songs: Johnny, Roots, Destiny, Never Learn, First Hour, & Rejects. We never did much with this demo and have few copies left.

At the end of this year the Rejects did their first live show in a place called "Al lab Oratorio" on the 5th of December in Madrid.

In 2004, the Rejects record their 2nd demo with 7 new songs: Not Alone, Situations, Classwar, Saturday Night, Feelings Unshown, Just Another Punk-rock Song & To Live/To Pretend? It was recorded in April of 2004 in Attack Studios, Madrid. At first it was released in CD-R format, and approximately 300 copies were spread around the continent. At the time the Rejects were playing a few shows with bands such as: Twenty Fighters, Los Dryheavers, Secret Army, 100% Placer, Turbofuckers etc…From where we decided to release 500 copies of this 7 track demo on vinyl. Meanwhile the Rejects went into the studio again to record 4 new songs: Love & Sin, One Size Fits All, Fucked up World, and the SLF´s cover: 78 rpm. These 4 songs were recorded and mixed by Samu of VRS Studios. The idea was to release these songs for a split with Los Dryheavers which in the end, never happened.

In the summer of 2005, Feddo, apart from playing the drums in the Rejects, decides to sing and form part of The Bad Bloods (Madrid Punk/Old School HxC style band with ex-members of Mal Chance).

When things were seeming to go well for the band we decided in September of 2005 that it would be better for Payom to leave the band due to personal indifferences. Since then, we´ve had numerous bass players and therefore progressed very little.

That same September Pepe entered the band with the bass, who also played the guitar and sang in The Nerds, a melodic-punk band from Madrid. We played a few shows with him during his time with us such as the Txörlitohead, Bad Bloods show which took place on October 15th in Madrid. We also played on the 10th of March 2006 with the Lower Class Brats and Social Combat.

This was our last show with Pepe and now Rafa the Bad Blood´s bass player, decides to form part of the Rejects and help us out. With Rafa we played a few shows: Bombshell Rocks, TDK, La Urbe, Kick Out…

Marcos, at the beginning of 2006, had become part of the legendary Madrid punk band TDK, on the strings, like in Rejects.

We now decided to do something with those four songs we recorded for that split that was never done, so at the beginnings of 2007 we went into the VRS studios again to record another 4 new songs in order to put them together with the other 4 unedited songs and release an 8-track cd. This way, Rafa could also put his part in for the release.

Rafa decides to leave the band in May of 2007 because of various personal circumstances and lack of time, considering he´s also playing in the Bad Bloods.

At this moment David Pizarro (Piza) becomes Reject´s new four-string member. A great skateboard lover, due to an ankle injury, decides to change the deck for his bass and plays with us.

The 18th of September we release the 8-track cd titled: "The Past, The Present & No Future", relating to the fact that 4 of the songs were recorded in the past and the other four in the present. The cd presentation was held that same night sharing the stage with the Sacramento, CA, Whiskey Rebels.

The latest news in the Rejects is that we have a new guitarist, Isi, who originally formed part of the band "Txörlitohead", mentioned earlier. Isi has been with us since November, 2007.

We´re now again a four-piece after 5 years of being a trio.

The Rejects are now:

Feddo: Drums & Vocals

Marcos: Guitars & Vocals

Piza: Bass & Vocals

Isi: Guitars


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