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This Punk-Rock band was formed in 1988, in Hermosa Beach, California
USA, by lead singer Jim Lindberg, guitarist Fletcher Dragge, bass player
Jason Thirsk and drummer Byron McMackin.
A year later the group released their debut EP, "A Word From The
Wise", on Theologian Records, the set had a positive impact on the
nascent West Coast punk scene.
The quartet signed a new deal with Epitaph Records for their eponymous
1991 debut full-length album; but soon after, Lindberg left the group
to settle down and marry, Thirsk switched to vocal duties and Randy Bradbury
was added on bass.
Lindberg re-joined Pennywise midway through the recording of the follow-up
to the self-titled effort; heavily touring to support the album the band
sold a few hundred thousand copies of "Unknown Road", upon its
release, in 1993.
Two years later, in the summer of 1995, the band issued "About Time",
which entered The Billboard Top 200 Albums chart at #96.
While the recording sessions for the next album, "Full Circle",
were still taking place, on July 29, 1996, Jason Thirsk committed suicide
after a drinking binge; the remaining members decided to continue, re-adding
Randy Bradbury as a permanent member; the band's fourth album was completed
and finally released in April 1997; it reached the #79 on The Billboard
200 list.
Two years later, "Straight Ahead", peaked at #62 in U.S. Top
200, cracked the top 20 of the Canadian Albums charts and generated the
Modern Rock top 40 hit single "Alien".
In late 2000, Pennywise released the concert album "Live At The Key
Club" and followed up, the next year, with the studio-CD "Land
Of The Free?", which stalled in the top 70 of The Billboard Top 200
list; "Fuck Authority", the sole single from the album, made
top 40 on The Modern Rock Tracks chart.
"From The Ashes", the band's seventh full-length disc of all-new-material,
was issued in September of 2003 and became their highest charting album
of their career, peaking at #54 on The Billboard Top 200 chart.
In August 2005 Pennywise released their latest album, "The Fuse";
the set included the alt-Rock radio single "Disconnect".
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