Submission Hold

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Submission Hold
Background information
Also known as Insult to Injury
Origin Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Genres Anarcho-punk, post punk
Years active 1993 (1993)–2005 (2005)
Labels G7 Welcoming Committee
Ebullition
Website submissionhold.org
Past members Jen Thorpe
Andy Healey
Stephen Flach
Calvert
J. Flis
Phil
Kirsten Elliott
Kenton Loewen
Ben Wilson

Submission Hold were a Canadian punk band from Vancouver active from 1993 to 2005.[1] They were known for their unusual sound, once labeled "post-genre", which combines hardcore punk with elements of experimental and Eastern European folk music. Submission Hold's lyrics often related to anarchist and feminist politics, but often with a more poetic and abstract quality than similar political bands. The band was known as Insult To Injury from 1993 to 1995 prior to changing their name.

History and influence

The band was also known for consistently maintaining and promoting a fierce DIY ethic, and in this respect were sometimes compared to Fugazi and the Dutch noise/punk band The Ex. Submission Hold were notable for helping introduce throughout the 1990s certain elements of European anarcho-punk and folk-punk to the North-American punk scene. They have fostered strong connections internationally, having toured in over twenty countries and having released records in Canada, on the United States' Ebullition Records, the United Kingdom's Flat Earth, Argentina's Civolentia Violenta, and Australia's Radio 1. Their recordings were also independently re-released in Indonesia, Poland, and Brazil, and on over 50 compilations.[2] Bassist Andy Healey is known within the Canadian zine community for writing the zine I'm Johnny and I don't give a fuck.[2]

Members

Discography

See also

References

  1. Submission Hold
  2. 1 2 [ Submission Hold // G7 Welcoming Committee Records]

External links

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