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JFA
Biography
Phoenix, AZ, punk legends JFA (or Jodie Foster's Army) was assembled in 1981 by Brian Brannon (vocals), Don Redondo (guitars), Mike Cornielius (bass), and drummer Mike Sversvold. Separated as they were from the dying New York and U.K. punk scenes and the '80s punk hotbed in Los Angeles, JFA pursued their own brand of skatepunk that celebrated the suburban release sun burnt skaters experienced while carving swimming pools and desert pipes. JFA performed often in and around Phoenix in the early '80s, and by 1985, the group had released several records on the Placebo imprint: their debut 7", Blatant Localism, which has become quite a collector's item; the 12" Valley of the Yakes; an untitled 12"; the Mad Gardens 12" and the Live 1984 Tour 12". These early Placebo records were both successful and about as ambitious as the era's punk would get. The music certainly had a hard edge and all the restlessness and noise punk fans expect, but there were also some experiments and genre turns including nifty surf textures that were to that point unheard of in most punk circles. During the late '80s, JFA continued releasing discs for Placebo including the 7" My Movie and the 12" Nowhere Blossoms.
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