No Slogan

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS United States hardcore

NO SLOGAN - Santurce PR en los 10 años de Tropiezo

http://www.myspace.com/noslogan

No Slogan Bio

No Slogan began in late 2002 as a side project for members of Pretentious Assholes, I Attack and Los Jodidos. Amador, Benny, Chris and Danny wanted to start a band that played in a very Midwest early 80’s style. Although all of the members come from different backgrounds (grind/crust, metal, h.c., punk) we all had a love for early 80’s Midwest punk (Toxic Reasons, Zero Boys, Naked Raygun, Articles of Faith, The Effigies, etc.). Let’s face it No Slogan is a “wanna be” Bhopal Stiffs tribute band. However, we will never come close to being as good as them, but we try.

We don’t remember when our first show was and all of that other bullshit, all we know is that we have played w/ a bunch of good bands, and some really shitty ones as well (often times us being the shitty one!). The important thing is that we have met a ton of cool people within the diy scene during our time in this band, and that’s all that really matters.

Lyrically, our songs deal with/talk about circumstances that affect us (the band) day in, day out. Everything from gentrification in our neighborhoods, to our right to protest in the streets (even under the 2nd incarnation of the Daley Machine/Gestapo regime), how much we hate urban hipsters, the police state that inner city kids in Chicago live under, fashion punks who won’t be punks by the time they reach 21, upper middle class white boys from the suburbs who think it’s so cool and shocking to sport Swazi t-shirts, the exploitation of “illegal” workers in our communities and generally how much we hate right wing America amongst other things. No Slogan is a pro-Paiza (Mexican slang, look it up pendejo), kill whitey band (even the 1.5 Caucasians in the band hate whitey).

Collectively as a band we do consider ourselves a politically conscious band (not as politically active as we should be) and have no qualms about expressing our points of view on and off the microphone. We have no problem with punk as a primal scream, art expression or nihilism but when you start making comments or recordings bashing immigrants, women, minorities and gays then you are no longer apolitical or artistic. Such comments make you a dickhead and ARE political. Fuck trying to be like Sid Vicious, Stiv Bators was much cooler!

No Slogan will play just about anywhere (some people say we play out too much, fuck ‘em) providing the space/show is not booked by or with racist, homophobic, major label sponsorship bands or people. If you have a basement or any other dive please contact us!!! Currently the members in the band are:

Amamdor Castro Bass Benny Hernandez Screams Chris “Juan Jose” Cabay Guitar Joe Skeletor Drums

Danny Attack was our first drummer and started the band w/ us but left us in November of 2004 because his metal band Malas and his other band I Attack are much better than us, and his other band mates kept bitching about he was in too many bands. In all honesty Danny left on very good terms and will be sorely missed. Joe Skeletor is an old friend and has fit right in w/ the band, but he too is a band whore who plays in too many bands. Nonetheless, he has already written a shitload of new songs w/ us and loves Midwest punk as much as he loves grind core. Better yet he’s also a “southsider”!!!!! Well Amador is a Humboldt Park native (pre-gentrification you fucking hipsters) but he’s cool and a “Paiza” so he’s off the hook. You don’t have to be a “southsider” to be in the band but you do need ghetto credentials. We don’t know why the fuck you have read all of this, but if you have thanx!

“What we want is free!!”

www.southkorerecords.com