The Forgotten (band)

The Forgotten is an American punk rock band based in San Jose, California. The Forgotten have toured the US, Canada, Europe and Japan numerous times and continue to perform live occasionally. Members appear every year at Punk Rock Bowling Music Festival in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The Forgotten
The Forgotten live in 2008
Background information
OriginSan Jose, California
GenresPunk rock
Years active1997-present
Labels
  • BYO
  • Knockout
  • People Like You
  • Core-Tex
  • Abusive
  • TKO
Associated actsLars Frederiksen and the Bastards
Swingin' Utters
Re-volts
The Dwarves
Transplants
The Casualties
Four Banger
Crack
Bibles & Hand Grenades
Strange Kicks
Muckruckers
The Uglies
Trashkannon
No One's Victim
The Frontline
Websitehttp://www.theforgotten.net
MembersGordy Carbone
Dave Kashka
Johnny Gregurich
Nick Schuneman
Past membersCraig Fairbaugh
Jonny Manak
Gabe Gossack
Ken Helwig
Todd Loomis
Shea Roberts

History

Singer Gordy Carbone and bassist Ken Helwig's previous band SLIP had recently broken up, coincidentally, at the same time as guitarist Craig Fairbaugh and drummer Shea Roberts' band 46 Short. The four joined forces in 1997 to form The Forgotten.[1] The band was signed as the second band ever to TKO Records. Dave Kashka joined in 1999 on drums and Johnny "Bleachedjeans" Gregurich joined in April 2000 on bass at which point the band went full-time. They have four full-lengths and four EPs on TKO Records.[2] The Forgotten also has releases on BYO records[3] (CA, USA), Knockout Records (DE), Coretex Records (DE) and People Like You Records (DE), and have appeared on numerous compilation and tribute albums. The band toured heavily throughout Europe, the US and Japan from 2000 to 2003, building a loyal and growing following.[4] Original guitarist Craig Fairbaugh left the band in late 2003 and moved to the Los Angeles area to pursue a solo music career. A longtime guitar player, bassist Johnny decided to shift over to guitar after the band became frustrated with several guitarist auditions. Jonny Manak joined on bass in 2005 for one year. Nick "Ugly" Schuneman took over permanently on bass in November 2006, at which point the current line-up has been intact since.

The current line-up consists of Carbone, Gregurich, Kashka and Schuneman. The Forgotten have four full-length albums, 4 EP/LPs and two versions of a Greatest Hits compilation. Rancid's Lars Frederiksen has produced three works by The Forgotten: Class Separation EP, Veni Vidi Vici and the self-titled CD 'The Forgotten'. Carbone also plays and records with Lars Frederiksen in Lars Frederiksen & the Bastards.[5]

The Forgotten has played shows and/or toured with Rancid, Dropkick Murphys, The Unseen, The Casualties, U.S. Bombs, GBH, Oxymoron, Agnostic Front, The Business, Madball, Cock Sparrer, Anti-Nowhere League, The Adicts, Nashville Pussy, Demented Are Go, Slayer, Anti-Heros, Bouncing Souls, Hot Water Music, Ignite, Misftis, Sham 69, Cro-Mags, Earth Crisis, U.K. Subs, One Man Army and Stiff Little Fingers.

Joe Strummer of The Clash once mentioned that The Forgotten was the best name for a punk band he'd ever heard[6]

Members
Current members

Timeline

Discography

Studio albums

EP's
  • Class Separation 7" EP (1997) TKO Records
  • Picture Disc 7" EP (1999) Abusive Records
  • Ask No Questions CD/10" EP (2001) Knockout Records
  • The Forgotten/Heartaches split CD/LP (2003) People Like You Records

Compilation albums
  • Singles Collection CD/LP (2000) Core-Tex Records (DE)
  • Out Of Print US-release of Singles Collection CD (2003) BYO Records

Covers

Concert tours

Festivals
  • Oberwart Festival - Oberwart, Austria 6/24/00
  • With Full Force Festival - Roitschora, Germany 6/25/00
  • Sommerloch Festival - Limburg, Germany 7/1/00
  • Fasanenhof Antifascist Festival - Stuttgart, Germany 5/19/01
  • Tonne Festival - Wangen, Germany 6/9/01
  • Open Air Festival - Regensburg, Germany 6/22/01
  • Holidays In The Sun Festival - Morcambe, England 7/6/01
  • Sjock Festival - Antwerp, Belgium 7/8/01
  • Beer Olympics Festival - Atlanta, GA 7/22/01
  • Holidays In The Sun Festival - San Francisco, CA 8/26/01
  • Holidays In The Sun Festival - Asbury Park, NJ 9/8/02
  • Punk Rock Bowling Music Festival - Las Vegas, NV 2/3/03
  • Punk & Disorderly Festival - Berlin, Germany 2/24/08
  • Punk Rock Bowling Music Festival - Las Vegas, NV 5/26/12
  • Punk Rock Bowling Music Festival - Las Vegas, NV 5/25/14
  • Insta-Fest - Long Beach, CA 9/13/14

Associated acts
  • Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards - Gordy Carbone (vocals), Craig Fairbaugh (guitar)
  • Transplants - Craig Fairbaugh (guitar)
  • +44 - Craig Fairbaugh (guitar)
  • Juliette and the Licks - Craig Fairbaugh (guitar)
  • Mercy Killers - Craig Fairbaugh (vocals, guitar)
  • The Casualties - Johnny Gregurich (bass, fill-in)
  • The Dwarves - Nick Schuneman (guitar, fill-in)
  • Swingin' Utters - Nick Schuneman (bass, guitar, fill-in)
  • Re-volts - Nick Schuneman (guitar)
  • Strange Kicks - Nick Schuneman (guitar, vocals)
  • Bibles & Hand Grenades - Dave Kashka (drums)
  • The Vex - Johnny Gregurich (bass, fill-in)
  • (Four) Banger - Dave Kashka (drums), Johnny Gregurich (bass, guitar)
  • Crack - Dave Kashka (drums)
  • Strange Kicks - Nick Schuneman (guitar, vocals)
  • Muckruckers - Nick Schuneman (guitar, vocals)
  • The Uglies - Nick Schuneman (guitar, vocals)
  • Trashkannon - Nick Schuneman (guitar)
  • No One's Victim - Johnny Gregurich (bass, guitar, fill-in)
  • The Frontline - Johnny Gregurich (bass)

References
  1. "www.theforgotten.net". www.theforgotten.net. Retrieved February 20, 2019.
  2. "TKO RECORDS - Huntington Beach, CA - 714.962.0500". tkorecords.com. Retrieved February 20, 2019.
  3. BYO Records website, "BYO Records" page
  4. "Forgotten - Biography & History - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  5. Epitaph mini site, "Bio page Archived 2009-04-24 at the Wayback Machine
  6. Interviews: The Forgotten - Punknews.org, "Interviews
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