Moss Icon was an Annapolis, Maryland punk rock band from 1986 to 1991. The original members were Jonathan Vance, Tonie Joy, Monica DiGialleonardo, and Mark Laurence. Moss Icon are most known for their influence on the splinter genre of punk known as Emotionally charged Hardcore punk (Emo), and affiliation to the original DC bands born in the so-called "Revolution Summer" of 1985, including Rites of Spring, Gray Matter, Rain, Embrace, and Maryland's Hated. Motto: Vixi Liber Et Moriar (I have lived, and I shall die, free) Nickname: Americas Sailing Capital , Naptown, San Diego East, Dogtown Map Political Statistics Founded 1649 Incorporated 1708 Anne Arundel County Mayor Ellen O. Moyer (Dem) Geographic Statistics Area  - Total  - Land  - Water 19. ... 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. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Template:Emo is a style of death This article deals with the genre of music. ... Rites of Spring was a punk rock band from Washington, D.C., often cited as pioneering the Emo movement. ... Embrace could refer to two bands Embrace, a United States band. ...

The band's identifying characteristics, and those that distinguish them from their contemporaries, include noticeable and abrupt transitions from loud to quiet, Joy's distinct arpeggiated guitar (often undistorted and picked), and Vance's esoteric, sometimes meandering lyrical content. Earlier recordings of the band are remniscent of early Joy Division, particularly in guitar style, while later songs embodied a less blunt approach, noted by some detractors as making Moss Icon "like Grateful Dead for punks." The band championed, among other issues, the plight of indigenous peoples in the Americas, and opposed the US Government's involvement in Nicaragua and Guatemala. Joy Division were a rock band formed in 1977 in Manchester. ... The Grateful Dead was an American psychedelia-influenced rock band formed in 1965 in San Francisco. ... A Hupa man, 1923 The term indigenous peoples of the Americas encompasses the inhabitants of the Americas before the arrival of the European explorers in the 15th century, as well as many present-day ethnic groups who identify themselves with those historical peoples. ...

Moss Icon recorded their debut 7", "Hate in Me", in January 1988 and entered the studio several months later to record their second 7", Mahpuia Luta. Their "Lyburnum Wits End Liberation Fly" LP was recorded by Les Lentz and Tony French throughout 1988 and released in mid-1994 by Vermiform. In 1990 a splinter project of Moss Icon was formed called Breathing Walker, containing all four members of Moss Icon plus Alex Badertscher on bass, Zach Fusciello on percussion, and Tim Horner on violin; Breathing Walker released a cassette that was re-released in 2001 by Joy's Vermin Scum label along with live tracks. Moss Icon's third 7", entitled "Memorial", was recorded in January 1991 along with a split LP with Silver Bearing. In 1994 Ebullition Records released the It Disappears LP, compiling several songs from "Memorial" and the split LP along with live versions of several songs. 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Vermiform is an adjective meaning worm-like. ... Breathing Walker was a rock band formed by Tonie Joy (guitar), Jonathan Vance (vocals), Mark Laurence (drums), Tim Horner (violin, bass), Zak Fusciello (drums and percussion) and Alex Badertscher (guitar) after the break up of Joy,Vance and Laurences previous band, Moss Icon. ... White Lightning Tim Horner Tim Horner is a professional wrestler best known for his Lightning Express tag team with Brad Armstrong. ... Ebullition Records is an independent record label and distro based out of Goleta, California. ...

After the dissolution of Moss Icon, guitarist Joy was a member of the bands Born Against, Lava, Universal Order of Armageddon, The Great Unraveling, and The Convocation Of.... Other band members were less involved in music, excepting Laurence's drums in Lava, and DiGialleonardo's Blue Condors. Moss Icon reformed to play a handful of shows with Zach Fusciello on drums and Alex Badertscher on 2nd guitar, including the 2001 More Than Music Fest in Columbus, Ohio and at the renovated Charles Theatre in Baltimore, Maryland. Born Against was a critically acclaimed left-wing, in-your-face hardcore punk band from New York. ... Look up lava, Aa, and pahoehoe in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... =hiddenStructure style=font-size: smaller; text-align: center; Nickname: The Arch City The Discovery City Motto: Official website: http://www. ... The Charles Theatre is the oldest movie theatre in Baltimore. ... A view of the Baltimore skyline from the water taxi. ...

Discography

• 1987-- Demo Tape (Track Listing: 1. Hate in Me, 2. What They Lack, 3. Never Turning, 4. My Strength, My Weakness, 5. Mirror, 6. We Deny, 7. Sorrow)
• 1988-- "Hate in Me" 7" (Tracks: Hate In Me, What They Lack, I'm Back, Sleeping or Fucking or Something, Kiss The Girls and Make Them Die)(Vermin Scum)
• 1988-- 1 song, Panx Zine #3 compilation 7"
• 1989-- "Mahpuia Luta" 7" (Tracks: Ghost Dance, Last Ditch, The Life or This Grapes Juice Drink, Kicks The Can)(Vermin Scum)
• 1990-- Breathing Walker cassette (Vermin Scum)
• 1990-- 1 song, "Built on Blood" comp LP
• 1991-- "Memorial" 7" (Tracks: Memorial, Moth)(Vermin Scum)
• 1991-- split LP with Silver Bearing (Tracks: Familiar Presides, As Afterwards The Words Still Ring)(Vermin Scum)
• 1992-- 1 song(Sioux Day), "Superpowers" tape compilation (Troubleman Unlimited)
• 1993-- 1 song, "Fear of Smell" comp LP (Vermiform)
• 1994-- "Lyburnum (Wit's End Liberation Fly)" LP (Tracks: Mirror, I'm Back Sleeping, or Fucking or Something, The Life, Divinity Core, Locket, Kick the Can, Lybernum Wits End Liberation Fly, Cricketty Rise, As Afterwards The Words Still Ring, Happy)(Vermiform Records)
• 1994-- "It Disappears" LP (Guatemala, Memorial, Moth, Gravity, I'm Back Sleeping, or Fucking or Something, It Disappears)(Ebullition Records/ Vermin Scum)
• 1999-- "Lyburnum..." CD (with selected "It Disappears" tracks) (Vermiform)
• 2001-- Breathing Walker LP/CD (Vermin Scum)
• 2001-- 1 song (Cornflower Blue), "False Object Sensor" comp LP/CD (Vermiform)