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One of the most entertaining and influential of the punk bands that emerged in the late 70s in Los Angeles, California, Fear consisted of Lee Ving (vocals, guitar, harmonica), Philo Cramer (guitar), Derf Scratch (bass) and Johnny Backbeat (drums). Formed in 1978, the band's sarcastic, almost nihilistic, stance, captured on Penelope Spheeris's The Decline Of Western Civilization film, formed the basis of a recorded career that never quite captured the band's stroppy, chaotic live shows. The debut album, The Record, was, nevertheless,...

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