Articles Of Faith

   
Artist: Articles Of Faith

   Genre(s): 
Hardcore
   

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Discography:


   
 Give Thanks

   Year: 1984   
Tracks: 12

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A Chicago-based hard-core band that took a strong political stance, Articles of Faith were considered one of the vanguards of that Midwestern city's scene and released a handful of extremely influential records. Fronted by former protest vocalist and eventual history instructor Vic Bondi, Articles of Faith first came on the scene in 1981. Their first EP, What We Want Is Free, was released in 1982 and was followed by the Wait EP in 1983 and the LPs Give Thanks (1984) and In This Life (1985), which were both produced by Bob Mould. While their early releases contained a mélange of differing styles, their last button, In This Life, is unmatched of the records credited with kick-starting the emocore sound. The ring (Bondi, vocals and guitar, Dave Shield, freshwater bass and vocals, Virus-X, drums, Dorian Tajbakhsh, guitar, and Joe Scuderi, guitar) stony-broke up in 1985. Bondi went on to form Alloy and Jones Very, released the EP Fortunate Son in 2003, and appeared in the 2006 documentary American English Hardcore. In 2002 goon rock judge mainstay Alternative Tentacles released Complete, Vol. 1 and Complete, Vol. 2, a comprehensive anthology of the band's run.