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other usesInfobox musical artist | name = Strung Out| image = Strung Out Adelaide 2008.JPG| caption = Strung Out in Adelaide , July 2008.| image_size = 320px| background = group_or_band| alias =| origin = Simi Valley, California | genre = Punk rock Melodic hardcore Skate punk | years_active = 1989–present| label = Fat Wreck Chords | associated_acts =| website =| current_members = Jason Cruz Jake Kiley Rob Ramos Chris Aiken Scared Straight (band)|Jordan Burns | past_members = Jim Cherry (deceased)| notable_instruments = Strung Out is a Californian punk music|punk rock band from Simi Valley, California|Simi Valley , California , formed in 1989. http://punkfiction.servhome.org/Strung-Out They are known mainly for their musical style, which fuses aspects of punk rock and Heavy metal music|heavy metal to form their primary sound. They have released seven albums on Fat Wreck Chords and appeared on numerous compilations and skate/surf videos. They have played on the Warped Tour and continue to tour internationally.
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The band formed in 1989 in Simi Valley, California|Simi Valley , California . The original lineup consisted of vocalist Jason Cruz , guitarists Jake Kiley and Rob Ramos, bassist Jim Cherry and drummer Adam Austin. After releasing a self-titled 7" record, they became one of the first bands to be signed to Fat Wreck Chords , the record label owned and operated by Fat Mike of the band NOFX . Austin left the band in 1992 and was replaced by Brad Morrison who also left the band and was replaced on drums by Jordan Burns, formerly of fellow Simi Valley natives Ten Foot Pole . Their first album, Another Day in Paradise (Strung Out album)|Another Day in Paradise , was released in May 1994. Suburban Teenage Wasteland Blues followed in 1996. In 1998 they released The Skinny Years...Before We Got Fat , a compilation album of their pre- Fat Wreck Chords material.
The band showed notable musical growth on their 1998 album Twisted by Design , which was both speedy and technical but also with darker overtones. The album established a mixture of the fast, poppy sound the band had established with Suburban Teenage Wasteland Blues but mixed it with more atonality and more abstract song structures.
Bassist Jim Cherry left the band in 1999 and went on to play in Pulley and Zero Down , but died of heart failure in 2002. He was replaced by Chris Aiken, whose musical background had a strong impact on the 2000 album The Element of Sonic Defiance .
In 2002 the band released their fourth full-length album An American Paradox , their first release to appear in the Billboard 200| Billboard 200 . The initial production run contained a bonus song entitled "Don't Look Back". A video was filmed for the song "Cemetery" and was included on several punk rock video compilations. In 2003 they recorded and released a live album as part of the Fat Wreck Chords Live in a Dive series. Exile in Oblivion , was released in 2004, with a video filmed for the song "Analog." Strung Out released their sixth full-length album, Blackhawks Over Los Angeles on June 12, 2007.
While on tour with Evergreen Terrace in the fall of 2007 in Philadelphia PA, the band's van was stolen, which contained their equipment, merchandise, and personal belongings. The band continued the tour, traveling and playing with instruments provided by supporting acts I Am Ghost and Evergreen Terrace. Notably, this happened to ska/punk act Suburban Legends at the same hotel.
When they are not touring or making music, Jason Cruz enjoys life as an artist, Jordan is a co-owner of Moto XXX along with NOFX drummer Erik Sandin . Rob Ramos works in the film industry, and Jake gives occasional musical lessons.
In March 2009, Strung Out released a collection of rarities & b-sides entitled Prototypes and Painkillers . The album will be the second such compilation from the band who previously compiled material on The Skinny Years: Before We Got Fat in 1998.
On September 29, 2009, Strung Out released their 7th studio album titled Agents of the Underground . This has a less political tone to it than their previous one, and it also combines more of the old fast sound with heavy metal influences.
July 19, they are releasing a compilation album named "Top Contenders: The Best Of Strung Out". In it are remastered versions of 23 songs, and 3 new songs; "City Lights", "Saturday Night", and "Here We Are". http://www.fatwreck.com/record/detail/768
http://www.concertlivewire.com/interviews/strungint.htm Concert live wire: interview
http://www.thelandsalmon.com/interview-with/interview-with-strung-out.html Interview at The Land Salmon
http://www.thepunksite.com/interviews.php? page=strungout2 Interview with Chris Aiken
http://www.thepunksite.com/interviews.php? page=strungout Interview With Jake Kiley
Strung Out Category:Musical groups from Ventura County, California Category:Fat Wreck Chords artists Category:American pop punk musical groups Category:Musical groups established in 1989
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