Parasites (band)

This article is about the American rock band The Parasites. For other uses, see Parasite (disambiguation).
Parasites
OriginNew Jersey
Genres
Years active1986–2003, 2006–present
Labels
  • Something to Do
  • Electrified Hair
  • Radcore
  • Shredder
  • Radiation
  • Slumberland
  • Munster
  • Just Add Water
  • Wingnut
  • Lookout!
  • Clearview
  • Go-Kart
  • Kid Tested
  • Rock Indiana
  • Inya Face
  • Unless You Try
  • CR Japan
  • Eccentric Pop
  • Rad Girlfriend
  • Dead Broke
  • Cleopatra
  • Mom's Basement
  • Otitis Media
Members
  • Dave Parasite
  • Alex Rydzewski
  • Pat Holland

Parasites are an American pop-punk band. They were formed in the late 1980s by guitarist / singer Dave Parasite and bassist Ron Nole in New Jersey.[1] Dave later relocated to Berkeley, California, and continued with a new lineup during the heyday of Lookout! Records and the Bay Area pop-punk revival.[2]

Parasites have been releasing records since 1987 and toured the US, Europe and Japan extensively. They have played with Green Day, Rancid, NOFX, Bad Religion, Buzzcocks, Jawbreaker, The Queers, Lunachicks, Fear, The Adicts, Channel 3, Dayglo Abortions, JFA, Good Riddance, Street Dogs, Teenage Bottlerocket, The Mr. T Experience, The Smoking Popes, Dillinger 4, The Ataris, Swingin' Utters, Weston, Ben Weasel, The Ergs, The Methadones, The Lillingtons, Squirtgun, D.O.A., The Vibrators, Los Crudos, Sloppy Seconds, Dan Vapid and the Cheats, Voodoo Glow Skulls, Down By Law, Avail, J Church, Travoltas, The Apers, Sonic Dolls, Banner Pilot, Iron Chic, Boris The Sprinkler, FYP, Lemuria, Masked Intruder, and thousands of other bands.

After taking a break in 2003, the band reunited in 2006 to release Retro-Pop Remasters, a "Best Of" compilation, on Go Kart Records.[3][4] It was promoted with a US tour in November 2006 with the Ergs!.[5] They appeared at Insubordination Fest in 2008.[6] They have seen released new albums: "Solitary" in 2009, and "Non Stop Power Pop" in 2012, both on Kid Tested Records, Dave Parasite's imprint label of Go Kart Records, as well as many other releases. The band has toured in 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 and a 28 band Parasites Tribute album, Paracomp, was released in 2015. Between albums, singles, EPs, splits, and compilations, they have over 100 releases.

  1. ^ "Parasites - The official home of Kid Tested Records!". March 29, 2009. Archived from the original on March 29, 2009.
  2. ^ Prested, Kevin (1 December 2014). Punk USA: The Rise and Downfall of Lookout! Records. Microcosm Publishing. ISBN 9781621066125. Retrieved 25 January 2018 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "Parasites - Retro-Pop Remasters". Punknews.org. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Parasites return; plan new "Best Of" compilation, tour, record". Punknews.org. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  5. ^ Reinecker, Meg (October 16, 2006). "Parasites / the Ergs!". Punknews.org. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
  6. ^ White, Adam (March 16, 2008). "Ann Beretta, Lemuria, the 20Belows to play Insubordination Fest". Punknews.org. Retrieved June 13, 2022.