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Encyclopedia > 1208 (band)
1208
Background information
Origin USA
Genre(s) Pop-Punk, Hardcore Punk
Years active 1995–present
Label(s) Epitaph Records
Website http://www.1208music.com/
Members
Alex
Neshawn
Manny
Brian

1208 (sometimes pronounced "twelve-o-eight" or "twelve-zero-eight") is a Punk band from California, USA. The name "1208" came from the apartment number they first shared. A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Pop punk is a fusion genre combining the catchy attributes of some of the original punk rock groups music with musical styles from contemporary pop music. ... Hardcore punk (aka Hardcore) is a subgenre of punk rock, the sound is thicker, heavier, and faster than punk rock and implimented 1970s heavy metal influences in its music. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Epitaph Records is a Hollywood, California based record label owned by Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz. ... A group of punks at a music festival. ... This article is becoming very long. ...


1208 is currently working on their third album, which is due for release sometime in 2007. [citation needed] 2007 (MMVII) will be a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


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1208 (band) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (134 words)
1208 (sometimes pronunced "twelve-o-eight" or "twelve-zero-eight") is the name of a punk rock band, wihch had several evolutions, mainly containing two continuing members, Neshawn Hubbard, and Alex Flynn.
AFlynn, being the nephew of Black Flag and SST Records founder Greg Ginn, brought a level of security and insecurity to the band.
1208 is currently working on their third album, which is due for release sometime in 2006/2007.
ROCKZONE.COM: CD Reviews: 1208 - Turn THe Screw (1392 words)
One of these few bands is a band known as 1208, which formed in 1995 under frontman Alex Flynn, nephew of Black Flag's Greg Ginn.
1208 also tries to tackle the pop-punk spectrum of their genre, ending in even more failed experimentation, although it's a little more bearable than the slow songs, but not much more.
1208 deserves props for having the guts and creativity to tinker with their original sound, but it doesn't pan out at all on their second effort.
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