Allegiance (American band)

Allegiance
Allegiance
Background information
Origin	San Francisco Bay Area, USA
Genres	Hardcore punk
Years active	2002–2008
Labels	Rivalry Records; Malfunction Records; Anchor Records (Canada)
Past members	John "Eightclip" Jenkins; Duane Harris; Ross Trenary; Isaac Fratini; Dante Campanile; RJ Phillips; Mike Quirk; Nate Corbin; Ben Kinzie; Jonah Nishihara; Nathan Beneishai; Nick Portalupi
Website	rivalryrecords.com

Initially rising from the remnants of Northern California hardcore bands Some Still Believe and Breaker Breaker, Allegiance was a San Francisco Bay Area-based straight edge hardcore punk band that existed from April 2002 to February 2008. The majority of their catalog was released by the popular Bay Area hardcore punk record label Rivalry Records. Although they were not the first band to use the name "Allegiance", they were the first notable American band to do so. Throughout their existence, the band were regulars at local DIY-Punk venue 924 Gilman in Berkeley, California, where they played both their first and final shows. Allegiance extensively toured the West Coast and throughout the rest of the United States and Europe. During this time, they performed at various music festivals such as Positive Numbers, Sound & Fury, Rivalry Records Showcase, Death Or Glory, Sink With Cali, Pressure Festival, and Hellfest.

Discography

Year	Release	Medium	Label	Notes
2002	Demo 2002	7-inch	Rivalry Records	Originally made by hand by members of the band on tapes and CD-R. Eventually re-released on vinyl by Rivalry Records in 2005.
2003	Allegiance (EP)	CD, 7-inch	Anchor Records (Canada) & Rivalry Records	CD version had additional tracks not included on the vinyl, such as cover songs by Minor Threat ("Bottled Violence") and Some Still Believe ("Wasted"). The CD version also includes the 2002 demo. Both the CD and vinyl quickly went out of print, which lead to Rivalry Records re-releasing the CD in 2005.
2004	Internal Affairs Split	7-inch	Malfunction Records & Rivalry Records (split release)	Split 7-inch with Internal Affairs from Los Angeles. This was a combined release between Rivalry Rivalry and Malfunction Records.
2004	Coastal Flooding Vol. 1 - The West Coast	7-inch	Endwell Records	Hardcore compilation featuring: Allegiance, Champion, Find Him & Kill Him, Blue Monday, The Miracle Mile, and Where Eagles Dare.
2004	Pity The Backseat (A Northern California Hardcore Compilation)	CD	Spiderghost Pressgang	Released by Sammy The Mick from All Bets Off, this Northern California hardcore compilation features Allegiance, Set Your Goals, Animosity, Powerhouse, Life Long Tragedy, Killing The Dream, Embrace The End, Hoods, Lights Out, Jealous Again, At Risk, Consign, The Damage Done, These Days, Hammertime, Duckhunt, Cross The Line, Charm School, Benumb, Endure, Suffokate, Stars Are Falling, Gather, The Mourning Dawn, Days To Streaks, Actions Aside, and Stars & Bars. Liner notes of CD written by Davey Havok of AFI.
2005	Overlooked	LP, CD	Rivalry Records	The band's debut LP, and featured 12 songs, including new recordings of a compilation song ("Don't Tell Me") and two songs from the split 7-inch with Internal Affairs ("Never Said A Word" & "On The Line"). The song "No Dice" was re-recorded and included as a hidden track after the last track on the release.
2005	Locked & Loaded 3	CD	Rivalry Records, Youngblood Records, Old Guard Records, 1917 Records, Endwell Records	Hardcore compilation featuring Carry On, Go It Alone, Lights Out, Verse, Guns Up!, Piece By Piece, The Answer, Blue Monday, Dangers, Worn Thin, Lion of Judah, Dead in Hollywood, Last Priest, Die My Will, More To Pride, Another Breath, Snake Eyes, Like It Or Not, Eaten Alive, Shook Ones, and Bad Business.
2006	Animal Style	CD	Rivalry Records, 1917 Records, Malfunction Records	Hardcore compilation featuring Guns Up!, Ceremony, Verse, Another Breath, Bitter End, Attitude, Ruiner, Learn, Betrayed, The First Step, Right On, Bracewar, Eaten Alive, Internal Affairs, Go It Alone, and Meltdown.
2007	Out Of My Blood	7-inch	Rivalry Records	Released as a single prior to the band's second LP, "Desperation" and features two songs from the record ("Out Of My Blood" & "Just Martyr Me").
2007	Desperation	LP, CD	Rivalry Records	The band's final release and featured 11 tracks in total, including both songs from the "Out Of My Blood" 7-inch.

Videography


Year	Release	Medium	Label	Notes
2005	Rivalry Records Showcase Two	DVD	Rivalry Records	Video release with over 60 minutes of live footage from 'Rivalry Showcase #2 (held on January 29, 2005), plus live photo galleries, interviews, and more. Features Allegiance, Verse, Go It Alone, Internal Affairs, Killing The Dream, More To Pride, Time For Living, and Physical Challenge. Compiled, directed, authored, and encoded by John Eightclip at Eightclip Media.
2006	Rivalry Records Showcase 2006	DVD	Rivalry Records	Video release with over 90 minutes of live footage from all 11 bands, plus interviews, photos, and more. Recorded on February 25, 2006, at the Phoenix Theater in Petaluma, CA. Features Allegiance, Champion, Betrayed, Ceremony, Time for Living, Go It Alone, Verse, Killing The Dream, The First Step, Blue Monday, and More To Pride. Compiled, directed, authored, and encoded by John Eightclip at Eightclip Media.
2007	The Hellfest Summer Open Air 2006	DVD	Kaiowas Records	Video compilation featuring live performances of bands who played the 2006 Hellfest in Clisson, France. Features Allegiance, As I Lay Dying, Go It Alone, Born From Pain, Agnostic Front, Madball, Dead Kennedys, Trepalium, Locus, Carnival in Coal, Drowning, Sonny Red, Happy Face, Hatesphere, Cephalic Carnage, Cortez, Endstand, Nightmare, Gadget, Hellmotel, Danko Jones, Taint, Knut, Mad Sin, Dagoba, and Zyklon.
2007	Sound And Fury Festival 2006 - The Official 2 DVD Set	DVD	Sound And Fury	The official documentary of Sound And Fury Festival 2006. Features sets by Allegiance, Pressure, Lewd Acts. Last Priest, Bracewar, Bitter End, Knife Fight, Think I Care, Justice, Down To Nothing, Righteous Jams, Go It Alone, Outbreak, Looking Up, Never Healed, Attitude, Iron Boots, Retaliate, Iron Age, Sinking Ships, Ceremony, Lights Out, Internal Affairs, The First Step, Have Heart, Blacklisted, Snake Eyes, Shipwreck A.D., Look Back And Laugh, Fucked Up, Verse, Guns Up!, and Betrayed.
2007	Rivalry Records Showcase 2007	DVD	Rivalry Records	Video release documenting Rivalry Records Showcase 2007, which took place on February 23, 2007, at 924 Gilman. Features live footage of Allegiance, I Quit, Verse, Right On, Ceremony, Go It Alone, Red Handed, The First Steps, Hanover Saints, Another Breath, Internal Affairs, and Killing The Dream.

Band members

Final lineup

John "Eightclip" Jenkins – vocals (Berthold City, Right On, Sacred, T21)
Duane Harris – guitar (Some Still Believe, Internal Affairs, Foreign Nature, Caged View, Malinformants)
Ross Trenary – guitar (Some Still Believe, Sacred, Caged View)
Isaac Fratini – drums (Killing the Dream, Our Turn)
Dante Campanile – bass (Secret People, Right On, Foreign Nature, Love Hope & Fear)

Former members

R.J. Phillips – bass (Life Long Tragedy, Purple Mercy, Creative Adult, Spice)
Mike Quirk – bass (Some Still Believe, Set Your Goals, Caged View)
Nate Corbin – drums (Some Still Believe, Geist, Stress Relief, TRY!, The Separation, STFA, Foreign Nature, Set It Straight)
Ben Kinzie – drums (Breaker Breaker, Alcatraz, Dead to Me, Knockdown)
Jonah Nishihara – bass (Breaker Breaker)
Nathan Beneishai – drums (Time for Living, Born to Expire)
Nick Portalupi – bass (Dislocation)

Discography

Videography

Band members

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