- Album list
- Singer Intro
The Locust is an American punk rock band from San Diego, California, United States known for their unique mix of grindcore speed and aggression, complexity, and new wave weirdness.
History
Prior to The Locust founding members Justin Pearson and Dylan Scharf where in the hardcore punk band Struggle together, formed in late 1990. The band only lasted three years. Despite this they had opportunities to share musical space with other significant bands with similar ideological perspectives such as Born Against, Downcast, Bikini Kill, and Econochrist. The band disbanded in 1994.
The Locust was formed in 1994 by Bobby Bray, Justin Pearson, Dylan Scharf, Dave Warshaw, and Dave Astor. After a number of personnel changes, they arrived at the current four-piece lineup in 2001, consisting of Bray, Pearson, Joey Karam and Gabe Serbian. The Locust was initially a powerviolence project whose first release was a split with genre pioneers Man Is the Bastard. Later releases incorporated synthesizers and became increasingly theatrical. The band regularly played shows in all-ages punk clubs in Los Angeles and San Diego, usually donning insect costumes.
In September 1998, The Locust released their first full-length album, The Locust, through Gold Standard Laboratories.
On June 24, 2003, The Locust released their second full-length album, Plague Soundscapes, through ANTI-.
On March 20, 2007, The Locust released their third full-length album, New Erections, through ANTI-. After lengthy touring following the release of New Erections, The Locust went on hiatus.
On May, 18, 2010 The Locust released an archive recording of their Peel Session recorded 9 years prior in 2001, simply named The Peel Sessions, released through Radio Surgery. This 16-track recording was the first time Gabe Serbian had started playing drums for The Locust, finalizing the lineup of Bobby Bray, Joey Karam, Justin Pearson and Gabe Serbian that has remained ever since.
On July 31, 2012, The Locust released a compilation album, The Gold Standard Labs, through ANTI-. The album contains all the band's material released on the Gold Standard Laboratories label which is all their material from 1997 to 2002.
Discography
Studio albums
The Locust (1998, Gold Standard Laboratories)
Plague Soundscapes (2003, ANTI-)
New Erections (2007, ANTI-)
Compilation albums
Molecular Genetics from the Gold Standard Labs (2012, ANTI-)
Live albums
The Peel Sessions (2010, Radio Surgery)
EPs
The Locust (1997, Gold Standard Laboratories)
Flight of the Wounded Locust (2001, Gold Standard Laboratories)
Well I'll Be a Monkey's Uncle (2002, Gold Standard Laboratories)
Follow the Flock, Step in Shit (2003, Three One G)
Safety Second, Body Last (2005, Radio Surgery)
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