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Nomeansno (sometimes stylized as NoMeansNo or spelled No Means No) was a Canadian punk rock band formed in Victoria, British Columbia and later relocated to Vancouver. They released 11 albums, including a collaborative album with Jello Biafra, and numerous EPs and singles. Critic Martin Popoff described their music as "the mightiest merger between the hateful aggression of punk and the discipline of heavy metal."[1] Nomeansno's distinct hardcore punk sound, complex instrumentation,[2] and dark, "savagely intelligent" lyrics inspired subsequent musicians. They were a formative influence on punk jazz, post-hardcore,[3][4] math rock, and emo.[5]
Formed in 1979 by brothers Rob and John Wright, they began as a two-piece punk band influenced by jazz and progressive rock.[6] They self-released their debut Mama LP in 1982, added guitarist Andy Kerr the following year, and signed with Alternative Tentacles. Kerr departed in late 1991 after five LPs with the band, and the group returned to its two-piece formation for the Why Do They Call Me Mr. Happy? album.
Guitarist Tom Holliston, and briefly second drummer Ken Kempster, joined in 1993. After three further LPs, they left Alternative Tentacles and issued their final album, All Roads Lead to Ausfahrt, in 2006. The Western Canadian Music Hall of Fame inducted them in 2015,[7] and they retired the following year.
^Popoff, Martin: "The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal", page 316. CG Publishing, 1997
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^Gold, Jonathan (1996). "Spins: Platter Du Jour – 7 – NOFX – Heavy Petting Zoo". Spin. 12 (1). Camouflage Associates: 113.
^Mosurock, Doug (August 3, 2006). "Dusted Reviews: Nomeansno – All Roads Lead to Ausfahrt". Dusted Magazine. Archived from the original on 26 February 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2010. [...] Something broke within Nomeansno following their masterstroke some 17 years ago (and it is that, one of the most aggressive and powerful opuses in post-hardcore ever made), and it hasn't properly healed. [...]
^"Live & Cuddly Review". AllMusic.
^Burian, Al (1 October 2012). "Going Gray with Nomeansno". Vice. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
^"Nomeansno to Be Inducted into Western Canadian Music Hall of Fame". Exclaim!. June 10, 2015. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
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lead vocalist and occasional guitarist of the progressive punk rock band Nomeansno, as well as the bassist of the pop punk band The Hanson Brothers. Wright...
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"Convex, Concave", by Biffy Clyro "Cousin Kevin", by The Who "Dad" by Nomeansno "Daddy", by Korn "Daddy" by Badflower "Daddy didn't love me", by AJJ "Dance...
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have released albums through Alternative Tentacles are Dead Kennedys, NoMeansNo, D.O.A., and Alice Donut. In addition to musical acts, Alternative Tentacles...
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