Parasites (band)

This article is about the American rock band The Parasites. For other uses, see Parasite (disambiguation).
Parasites
Also known as The Creeping Illness
Origin New Jersey, U.S
Genres
Years active 1985-Present[1]
Labels Shredder, Munster, Wingnut, Clearview, Go-Kart, Kid Tested, Eccentric Pop, Electrified Hair
Associated acts Pillage Sunday, Spastic Children
Members
  • Damon Fries
  • Dave Parasite
Past members
  • Bob Masucci
  • Dan Cofer
  • Denny Muller
  • Jason Duncan
  • Ray Lujan
  • Rob Goellner
  • Rob Green
  • Ronnier Parasite
  • Scott Cofer

Parasites are an American pop punk band. They were formed in the late 80's by guitarist / singer Dave Parasite and bassist Ron Nole in New Jersey.[2] 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.[3] The Parasites have had many personnel changes over their long career, with the most notable members being drummer Dan Cofer and his brother Scott Cofer, both formerly of the 80s thrash-metal band Pillage Sunday.

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, 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., Los Crudos, Sloppy Seconds, Dan Vapid and the Cheats, Down By Law, Avail, J Church, Travoltas, The Apers, Banner Pilot, Iron Chic, Boris The Sprinkler, FYP, Lemuria, Masked Intruder, and thousands of other bands. Parasites have toured in 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, and 2002.

After taking a break in 2003, the band released Retro-Pop Remasters , a "Best Of" compilation in 2006, on Go Kart Records,[4] and several new studio CDs:[5] "Solitary" in 2009, and "Non Stop Power Pop" in 2012, both on Kid Tested Records, Dave Parasite's imprint label of Go Kart Records, and a track on a 4 way split 7" in 2013. Since resuming in 2006, the band has toured in 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016, and a 28 band Parasites Tribute album, Paracomp, was released in 2015.

Discography

Albums

7" Vinyl Singles and EPs

Compilations

Tribute Albums

References

  1. 1 2 "Discogs - Parasites".
  2. ↑
  3. ↑ Punk USA: The Rise and Fall of Lookout! Records
  4. ↑
  5. ↑
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