Falling Sickness (band)
- "Falling sickness" is also an archaic term for epilepsy.
Falling Sickness | |
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| Origin | Riverside, California, USA |
| Genres | punk |
| Years active | 1989–2000 |
| Labels | Hopeless Records |
| Members | Mike Angel Gabe Gil Zach Howe Fritz Aragon |
Falling Sickness was a Riverside, California-based punk band, consisting of Fritz Aragon (vocals, guitar), Zach Howe (vocals, bass), Gabe Gil (vocals), and Mike Angel (drums). After six years of being an unsigned band and playing mostly local shows, Falling Sickness were signed to Hopeless Records in 1995. Their debut record Right on Time was released soon after in January 1996. The record, which chronicled the first six years of the band, is "about drinking, daydreaming and fucking up; a testament of our youth. After all, when we started [Gabe] was only 17 and Fritz was 14".[1] Their next, and final, record as a band, Because the World Has Failed Us Both was released in February 1998, also on Hopeless Records. Because the World Has Failed Us Both is "about our growing up" and focuses more on worldly politics rather than the teenage politics of Right On Time. In 2000, Falling Sickness disbanded. Since then, Fritz and Angel have formed the band Dogs of Ire (2000–2010). Fritz and his brother, Brenton, are currently in a thrash punk/hc project called MOXIEBEAT on their own label, Ethospine Noise, which has 24 releases to date.
Lead singer, Gabe Gil, died[1] on September 8, 2015, at the age of 43 due to organ failure.
Discography
Albums
- Right on Time (Hopeless Records, 1996)
- Because the World Has Failed Us Both (Hopeless Records, 1998)
Split
Compilations
- Hopelessly Devoted to You (Hopeless Records, 1996)
- Misfits of Ska Volume 2 (Asian Man Records, 1997)
- Hopelessly Devoted to You Too (Hopeless Records, 1998)
- Take Action: A Punk Rock Sampler (Sub City Records, 1999)
- You Call This Music?! Volume 1 (Geykido Comet Records, 2000)
References
- ^ Hopeless Records website biography
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