Nobody Special

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Nobody Special
Also known asNS
Origin Orange County, California
Genres Christian punk, [1] hardcore punk [2]
Years active1986–1990, 1996–1997, 2011–present
Labels Alarma/Frontline, Broken
Members
  • Pat Nobody
  • Frank Wesolek (aka "Frank Black")
  • Rod Reasner
  • Dave Schad
Past members
Website www.nobodyspecial.net

Nobody Special was a Christian punk band formed in 1986, in Orange County, California. It consisted of recordings by Pat Nobody and studio musicians Gene Eugene, Joey Mitchell, Chris Brigandi and Joey Taylor. [3] [4] It was a collection of songs from an earlier band Pat Nobody had started in 1980 called Immortal Youth. Immortal Youth band members were Elissa Johnson (keyboard bass) Orlando Gonzalez (drums) and Pat Nobody (guitar and vocals). After the Frontline Records release of these songs, Pat regrouped and started again as Nobody Special which included Frank Wesolek (aka Frank Black) on lead guitar, Tony Cena on drums, and Chris Kovacs (the Vax) on bass. Nobody Special put out their 2nd recording under the label Broken Records in 1989, which was re-released under the label Wretched Records in 1992. The band disbanded in 1990, reunited in 1996 and disbanded again in 1997. They reunited again in 2011, with the lineup of Pat Nobody, Frank Black, Rod Reasner and Dave Schad.

Contents

Members

Current

Former [5]

Studio musicians on first recording [3]

Discography

Studio albums

References

  1. "JCHC Slam and Dance: Pat 'Nobody' Taylor of Nobody Special". Blog Talk Radio. March 18, 2014. Retrieved March 9, 2016.
  2. Murashko, Alex (September 23, 2015). "Interview: Pat "Nobody" Taylor on His Escape from Infamous OC Punk Rock Scene". alexmurashko.com. Retrieved March 9, 2016.
  3. 1 2 "NS History" . Retrieved March 10, 2016.
  4. Powell, Mark Allan (2002). Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music . Peabody, Massachusetts: Hendrickson Publishers. pp.  630, 974. ISBN   1-56563-679-1.
  5. Taylor, Pat (1998). "Uzine – The Underground Interview 1998". Nobody Special. Retrieved March 10, 2016.
  6. 1 2 Call It Whatever You Want (Liner notes). Broken Records. 1989.
  7. "Nobody Special Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More". AllMusic .