Heroin (band) 3743754 222019093 2008-06-27T04:43:11Z 201.215.94.247 {{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians --> | Name = Heroin | Img = | Img_capt = | Img_size = | Background = group_or_band | Origin = [[San Diego]], [[California]], [[United States]] | Genre = [[Hardcore punk]]<br />[[Emocore]]<br>[[Screamo]] | Years_active = [[1991 in music|1991]] &ndash; 1992 | Label = [[Gravity Records (US)|Gravity Records]] | Associated_acts = [[Antioch Arrow]]<br>[[Clikatat Ikatowi]]<br>[[End of the Line]]<br>[[Spacehorse]] | URL = | Past_members = Matt Anderson (vocals)<br>Scott Bartoloni (guitar)<br>Ron Johnson (bass)<br>Aaron Montaigne (drums)<br> }} '''Heroin''' was a short-lived but influential [[hardcore punk]]/[[emo (music)|emo]] band, originating in [[San Diego]] in [[1991]]. ==History== Heroin was a forerunner of the [[screamo]] subgenre of hardcore punk. Heroin only released a handful of vinyl EPs and singles, primarily on [[San Diego]] record label [[Gravity Records (US)|Gravity Records]]. A complete discography was later compiled on the ''[[Heroin (album)|Heroin]]'' CD in 1997. Emo subculture and history website [http://www.fourfa.com Fourfa] describes Heroin's self-titled LP as "A wall of furious, chaotic noise, vocal-chord{{sic}}-shredding screaming, lyrics of ultimate disillusionment and pain, and just the right amount of melody to pull things together without interrupting the flow of angst."<ref>[http://www.fourfa.com/topten/hcemo.htm Fourfa's Hardcore Emo Top Ten]</ref> ==Members== * [[Matt Anderson (musician)|Matt Anderson]] - See also: [[Gravity Records (US)|Gravity Records]], [[Rice (band)|Rice]], [[Spacehorse]], [[End of the Line]] * [[Scott Bartoloni]] - See also: [[Clikatat Ikatowi]], [[End of the Line]], [[Statue (band)|Statue]], [[Forced Down]], [[Spacehorse]] * Ron Johnson - See also: [[Second Story Window]] * [[Aaron Montaigne]] - See also: [[Antioch Arrow]], [[Tarot Bolero]], [[End of the Line]] ==Partial discography== ====Compilation==== * 1997 ''[[Heroin (album)|Heroin]]'' CD - ([[Gravity Records]]) ==References== <references/> [[Category:American hardcore punk musical groups]] [[Category:Screamo musical groups]] [[Category:Emo musical groups]] [[Category:San Diego musical groups]] [[Category:Musical groups established in 1991]] {{US-punk-band-stub}} [[es:Heroin (banda)]] [[it:Heroin]] [[ms:Heroin (band)]]