Avail
Origin	Virginia  United States
Genre(s)	Melodic Hardcore Punk Rock
Years active	1987– present
Label(s)	Jade Tree Records Fat Wreck Lookout! Records
Website	www.availavail.com
Members
Tim Barry Joe Banks Gwomper Ed Trask
Former members
Erik Larsen

Avail is a punk rock/hardcore punk band from Richmond, Virginia. Originally from Northern Virginia, the band formed 1987, comprised of Joe Banks, Doug Crosby, Brian Stewart and Mikey Warstler. The only original remaining member, guitar player Joe Banks, teamed up with rival band LDK's (Learning Disabled Kids) Tim Barry. They moved to Richmond in 1990, and soon, after numerous line up changes, put together a solid lineup to release their first album in 1992. They play punk music, with heartfelt lyrics and melodic breakdowns. Many of their lyrics are about Richmond. Image File history File links Flag_of_Virginia. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Melodic hardcore is a subgenre of hardcore punk. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... See also: Musical groups established in 1987 Record labels established in 1987 // January 3 - Aretha Franklin becomes the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. ... In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... Jade Tree is an independent record label formed by Darren Walters and Tim Owen in August 1991, out of Wilmington, Delaware. ... Fat Wreck Chords (sounds like fat records geddit?) is an Independant punk rock record label started my Mike Fat Mike Burkett of the long standing californian pop punk band NOFX. http://www. ... Lookout! Records is an independent record label based in Berkeley, California. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Hardcore punk, now commonly known as hardcore, is a subgenre of punk rock that originated in North America in the late 1970s. ... Nickname: Motto: Sic dic Itur Ad Astra (Thus do we reach the stars) Location in the Commonwealth of Virginia Coordinates: , Country State County Independent City Government  - Mayor L. Douglas Wilder (I) Area  - City 62. ...

Members

Avail has five members.

• Tim Barry - vocals
• Joe Banks - guitar
• Gwomper - bass
• Ed Trask - drums
• Beau Beau, manager, cheerleader

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Label Change

Avail self-released their first LP, Satiate on Catheter-Assembly Records. It was later re-released by Lookout! Records. They released several studio releases on Lookout! and then went on to Fat Wreck Chords for One Wrench and Front Porch Stories. Most recently, they have signed on with Jade Tree Records who has recently re-released the Avail albums Dixie, 4am Friday, and Over the James. Lookout! Records is an independent record label based in Berkeley, California. ... Fat Wreck Chords is a San Francisco, California based independent record label, focused on punk rock, which was started by Fat Mike (lead singer and bassist of the punk rock band NOFX) and his wife Erin, in 1990. ... Jade Tree is an independent record label formed by Darren Walters and Tim Owen in August 1991, out of Wilmington, Delaware. ...

Discography

• Satiate - 1992 - Lookout! Records
• Live at the Kings Head Inn - 1993 - Old Glory Records
• Dixie - 1994 - Lookout! Records
• 4am Friday - 1996 - Lookout! Records
• The Fall of Richmond - 1997 - Lookout! Records - split EP with (Young) Pioneers
• Live at the Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco - 1998 - Lookout! Records
• Over the James - 1998 - Lookout! Records
• V.M. Live Presents...Avail - 1999 - Liberation Records
• 100 Times - 1999 - Fat Wreck Chords
• One Wrench - 2000 - Fat Wreck Chords
• Front Porch Stories - 2002 - Fat Wreck Chords

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External links

• Avail's official page
• Avail's Myspace page
• Lookout! Records
• Fat Wreck Chords
• Jade Tree Records
• Suburban Home Records
• http://www.myspace.com/JoeBanksRVA
• http://www.myspace.com/timbarryRVA