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Legal Weapon
Origin
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres
Punk rock, hardcore punk
Years active
1980–2018
Labels
Arsenal Records, MCA Records, Triple X Records, Last Resort Records, Sewer Line Records
Past members
Kat Arthur Brian Hansen Charlie Vartanian Patricia Morrison Mike R. Livingston Steve Soto Frank Agnew Adam Maples Eddie Wayne Margo Reyes Derek O'Brien Tom Slick Danny Halperin Jerry Jones Haskin Sharon Needles Steve Reed "Mad Dog" Karla
Legal Weapon were a Southern California-based punk band, initially composed of singer Kat Arthur and guitarist Brian Hansen (both previously of the Silencers), bassist Patricia Morrison (formerly of Bags and later of the Gun Club, the Sisters of Mercy and the Damned), drummer Charlie Vartanian and guitarist Mike R. Livingston.[1]
The band's early full-length albums Death of Innocence (on which their lineup included Steve Soto and Frank Agnew of the Adolescents) and Your Weapon were well received. Later efforts moved away from punk to a more hard rock sound.[2] The band released one album on a major label, 1988's Life Sentence to Love, during a period in which they were signed to MCA Records.
With her powerful voice, Arthur was often called "the Janis Joplin of punk".[3] She died October 14, 2018, at the age of 62.[4]
^American Hardcore: A Tribal History by Steven Blush, Feral House. ISBN 9780922915712
^"LEGAL WEAPON: BEYOND PUNK". Los Angeles Times. April 27, 1986.
^"Interviewees — Women of Rock". 5 June 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-06-05. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
^James, Falling (October 16, 2018). "The Death of Innocence: Legal Weapon's Kat Arthur Passes Away". LA Weekly.
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