Brand New War

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Brand New War
Also known asThe God Awfuls
Origin Los Angeles U.S.
Genres Punk rock, pop punk, street punk
Years active2005-present
Labels Kung-Fu Records
Website www.myspace.com/brandnewwar
MembersKevin De Franco
Kyle Lumsden
Chris La Fave
John Skelley

Brand New War are an American punk rock/street punk band from Los Angeles, California, United States, who began their career as The God Awfuls. As the God Awfuls, their music was described as "pedestrian political punk rock." [1] The song, "Watch It Fall", from The God Awfuls album, Next Stop Armageddon was featured on the 2005 skateboarding video game, Tony Hawk's American Wasteland . [2] It was produced by The Greedy Bros. (a.k.a. Blag Dahlia of The Dwarves). The God Awfuls appeared in the 2007 documentary Punk's Not Dead . In July 2008, The God Awfuls released three new songs on a demo. On October 28, 2008, The God Awfuls announced on their MySpace page they had changed their name to Brand New War. [3]

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