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Infobox musical artist|name = 1208 |image =|caption =|background = group_or_band|origin = Hermosa Beach, California , United States|USA |Instruments =|genre = Punk rock Skate punk |years_active = 1994 & ndash;present|label = Epitaph Records (2001-200? ) Currently unsigned|website = http://www.1208music.com/|current_members = Alex Flynn Neshawn Hubbard Manny McNamara Bryan Parks|past_members = 1208 (generally pronounced "twelve-o-eight" or "twelve-zero-eight") is a punk rock band from Hermosa Beach, California that formed in 1994 .
The name "1208" came from the apartment number they first shared. To date, they have released two full-length studio albums on Epitaph Records : Feedback Is Payback (2002) and Turn of the Screw (album)|Turn of the Screw (2004). Their song "Fall Apart" from Turn of The Screw was featured on the popular PlayStation 2 and Xbox game Burnout 3 .
In November 2006, the band was reported to be working on a third album,cite web|url= http://www.punkbands.com/news/10121/ | title=1208 Working On New Album |publisher=Punkbands.com |accessdate=2009-03-29cite web|url= http://www.europunk.net/news/9515 | title=1208 to release another one? |publisher=Europunk.net |accessdate=2009-03-29 however the future of 1208 has been a topic for discussion on many internet message boards. No further news has been released on the status of the new album and the band has not confirmed if Epitaph or a new label will handle it. Recently, as of 2005, their official website has been down.
Singer Alex Flynn is the nephew of Black Flag (band)|Black Flag founder Greg Ginn and artist Raymond Pettibon .cite web|url= http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/1208-Biography/FA1E8B383727B5E848256D0A001FAEE6| title=1208 Biography |publisher= http://www.punkuponastar.com |accessdate=2009-11-28
"Next Big Thing" from Turn of the Screw (album)|Turn of the Screw
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Allmusic|class=artist|id=p517003|pure_url=yes 1208 at Allmusic
DEFAULTSORT:1208 Category:Musical groups established in 1994 Category:Musical groups from California Category:Epitaph Records artists Category:American punk rock groups
