Allegiance (American band)

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Allegiance
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Background information
OriginSan Francisco Bay Area, USA
Genres Hardcore punk
Years active20022008
LabelsRivalry Records
Malfunction Records
Anchor Records (Canada)
Past membersJohn "Eightclip" Jenkins
Duane Harris
Ross Trenary
Isaac Fratini
Dante Campanile
RJ Phillips
Mike Quirk
Nate Corbin
Ben Kinzie
Jonah Nishihara
Nathan Beneishai
Nick Portalupi
Website rivalryrecords.com

Initially rising from the remnants of Northern California hardcore bands Some Still Believe and Breaker Breaker, Allegiance was a San Francisco Bay Area-based straight edge hardcore punk band that existed from April 2002 to February 2008. The majority of their catalog was released by the popular Bay Area hardcore punk record label Rivalry Records. Although they were not the first band to use the name "Allegiance", they were the first notable American band to do so. Throughout their existence, the band were regulars at local DIY-Punk venue 924 Gilman in Berkeley, California, where they played both their first and final shows. Allegiance extensively toured the West Coast and throughout the rest of the United States and Europe. During this time, they performed at various music festivals such as Positive Numbers, Sound & Fury, Rivalry Records Showcase, Death Or Glory, Sink With Cali, Pressure Festival, and Hellfest.

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Discography

YearReleaseMediumLabelNotes
2002Demo 20027-inchRivalry RecordsOriginally made by hand by members of the band on tapes and CD-R. Eventually re-released on vinyl by Rivalry Records in 2005.
2003Allegiance (EP)CD, 7-inchAnchor Records (Canada) & Rivalry RecordsCD version had additional tracks not included on the vinyl, such as cover songs by Minor Threat ("Bottled Violence") and Some Still Believe ("Wasted"). The CD version also includes the 2002 demo. Both the CD and vinyl quickly went out of print, which lead to Rivalry Records re-releasing the CD in 2005.
2004Internal Affairs Split7-inchMalfunction Records & Rivalry Records (split release)Split 7-inch with Internal Affairs from Los Angeles. This was a combined release between Rivalry Rivalry and Malfunction Records.
2004Coastal Flooding Vol. 1 - The West Coast7-inchEndwell RecordsHardcore compilation featuring: Allegiance, Champion, Find Him & Kill Him, Blue Monday, The Miracle Mile, and Where Eagles Dare.
2004Pity The Backseat (A Northern California Hardcore Compilation)CDSpiderghost PressgangReleased by Sammy The Mick from All Bets Off, this Northern California hardcore compilation features Allegiance, Set Your Goals, Animosity, Powerhouse, Life Long Tragedy, Killing The Dream, Embrace The End, Hoods, Lights Out, Jealous Again, At Risk, Consign, The Damage Done, These Days, Hammertime, Duckhunt, Cross The Line, Charm School, Benumb, Endure, Suffokate, Stars Are Falling, Gather, The Mourning Dawn, Days To Streaks, Actions Aside, and Stars & Bars. Liner notes of CD written by Davey Havok of AFI.
2005OverlookedLP, CDRivalry RecordsThe band's debut LP, and featured 12 songs, including new recordings of a compilation song ("Don't Tell Me") and two songs from the split 7-inch with Internal Affairs ("Never Said A Word" & "On The Line"). The song "No Dice" was re-recorded and included as a hidden track after the last track on the release.
2005Locked & Loaded 3 CDRivalry Records, Youngblood Records, Old Guard Records, 1917 Records, Endwell RecordsHardcore compilation featuring Carry On, Go It Alone, Lights Out, Verse, Guns Up!, Piece By Piece, The Answer, Blue Monday, Dangers, Worn Thin, Lion of Judah, Dead in Hollywood, Last Priest, Die My Will, More To Pride, Another Breath, Snake Eyes, Like It Or Not, Eaten Alive, Shook Ones, and Bad Business.
2006Animal StyleCDRivalry Records, 1917 Records, Malfunction RecordsHardcore compilation featuring Guns Up!, Ceremony, Verse, Another Breath, Bitter End, Attitude, Ruiner, Learn, Betrayed, The First Step, Right On, Bracewar, Eaten Alive, Internal Affairs, Go It Alone, and Meltdown.
2007Out Of My Blood7-inchRivalry RecordsReleased as a single prior to the band's second LP, "Desperation" and features two songs from the record ("Out Of My Blood" & "Just Martyr Me").
2007DesperationLP, CDRivalry Records

The band's final release and featured 11 tracks in total, including both songs from the "Out Of My Blood" 7-inch.

Videography

YearReleaseMediumLabelNotes
2005Rivalry Records Showcase TwoDVDRivaly RecordsVideo release with over 60 minutes of live footage from 'Rivalry Showcase #2 (held on January 29, 2005), plus live photo galleries, interviews, and more. Features Allegiance, Verse, Go It Alone, Internal Affairs, Killing The Dream, More To Pride, Time For Living, and Physical Challenge. Compiled, directed, authored, and encoded by John Eightclip at Eightclip Media.
2006Rivalry Records Showcase 2006DVDRivalry RecordsVideo release with over 90 minutes of live footage from all 11 bands, plus interviews, photos, and more. Recorded on February 25, 2006, at the Phoenix Theater in Petaluma, CA. Features Allegiance, Champion, Betrayed, Ceremony, Time for Living, Go It Alone, Verse, Killing The Dream, The First Step, Blue Monday, and More To Pride. Compiled, directed, authored, and encoded by John Eightclip at Eightclip Media.
2007The Hellfest Summer Open Air 2006DVDKaiowas RecordsVideo compilation featuring live performances of bands who played the 2006 Hellfest in Clisson, France. Features Allegiance, As I Lay Dying, Go It Alone, Born From Pain, Agnostic Front, Madball, Dead Kennedys, Trepalium, Locus, Carnival in Coal, Drowning, Sonny Red, Happy Face, Hatesphere, Cephalic Carnage, Cortez, Endstand, Nightmare, Gadget, Hellmotel, Danko Jones, Taint, Knut, Mad Sin, Dagoba, and Zyklon.
2007Sound And Fury Festival 2006 - The Official 2 DVD SetDVDSound And FuryThe official documentary of Sound And Fury Festival 2006. Features sets by Allegiance, Pressure, Lewd Acts. Last Priest, Bracewar, Bitter End, Knife Fight, Think I Care, Justice, Down To Nothing, Righteous Jams, Go It Alone, Outbreak, Looking Up, Never Healed, Attitude, Iron Boots, Retaliate, Iron Age, Sinking Ships, Ceremony, Lights Out, Internal Affairs, The First Step, Have Heart, Blacklisted, Snake Eyes, Shipwreck A.D., Look Back And Laugh, Fucked Up, Verse, Guns Up!, and Betrayed.
2007Rivalry Records Showcase 2007DVDRivalry RecordsVideo release documenting Rivalry Records Showcase 2007, which took place on February 23, 2007, at 924 Gilman. Features live footage of Allegiance, I Quit, Verse, Right On, Ceremony, Go It Alone, Red Handed, The First Steps, Hanover Saints, Another Breath, Internal Affairs, and Killing The Dream.

Band Members

Final Lineup

Former Members

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