Active between 1998 and 2006, NoComply were a metal-influenced punk rock sextet hailing from Plymouth, Devon in the south of England. They were one of several UK bands mixing ska punk with other genres in the early 2000s.

History

NoComply formed in the autumn of 1998. The founder members were Kelly (vocals), Jon (guitars), and Nick (bass). The final line up was completed by Si (drums), Oz (trombone), and Matt (saxophone). They took their name from the skateboarding trick known as "no comply". Early incarnations of the band were driven by covering the likes of Pennywise and AFI in Jon’s bed, all learnt from the internet. In these early years the band produced three demos Never Unknown, Bring It On, and Should Have Guessed. The band honed their sound as they introduced a brass section into the proceedings and in 2001 recorded their demo Misuse Of Control. The band’s evolution took them into the altogether harder territory of ska-core pioneered by underground legends like CapDown and Link 80.

The band went straight out on the road with Asian Man Records' MU330 on a mammoth UK tour. It wasn’t long after that the band came to the attention of the Big Cheese Magazine offshoot Deck Cheese Records & they joined to their roster in the summer of 2002.

Discography

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!Year

!Title

!Label

!Type

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|2001

|Misuse of Control

|Self-released

|Demo

|-

|2002

|Your Life (Is Your Direction)

|Deck Cheese

|EP

|-

|2004

|With Windmills Turning Wrong Directions

|Deck Cheese

|Album

|-

|2005

|Unleash the Fury

|Deck Cheese

|DVD

|-

|2005

|The Price of You

|Deck Cheese

|Single

|-

|}

See also

  • Antimaniax

References

  • Deck Cheese Records