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Senior Member
The Forgotten Rebels
From Hamilton, Ontario the Forgotten Rebels led by lead singer Micky DeSadist have been supplying good old fashioned "Punk" since 1977. Over the years the band has changed members but Mickey has always been there & has always been entertaining. Throughout the 80's the band had a steady line-up featuring Mickey, guitarist Mike Mirabella, drummer Dave McGhire(who remained a Rebel until the early 2000's), & bassist Mike Szykowny (who also went under the names Spike & Mike Lumen). By 1989 Mirabella left & his replacement Jeffrey Dee Campbell still remains a member of the Forgotten Rebels (when they still play an occasional gig).
What do you get at a Forgotten Rebels show? Answer: Loud Raw punk with a bit of glam & a ton of laughs from frontman Mickey DeSadist (The guy could have probably had a career as a stand-up comedian). I seen the Forgotten Rebels at least 20 times since the 80's & they never once disappointed. At one show they had a CD release Showcase gig for their 'Untitled ' album which was not well publicized & the weather was bad so there was only about 25 people at the show (almost every other show I seen was a sell out). At this show though they still played their asses off & were even taking requests from the crowd (I yelled out "Personality Crisis" & they played it). The Goo Goo Dolls opened a bunch of shows for them back in the 80's & those shows were always a riot. The Forgotten Rebels shows featured their own original tunes and a few covers such as Gary Glitter's "Hello Hello", Barry Maguire's "Eve of Destruction", Mott the Hoople's "Roll Away the Stone",
Bowie's "Ziggy Stardust" & occasionally "Louie Louie". Every show, a few songs into their set , Mickey would take off his shirt displaying his white scrawny chest & tell the girls to go home & think of him when they're making love to their boyfriends. During one of their very fast punk tunes titled "Live Strippers in Action" Mickey would act bored out of his mind & sometimes even lay down on the stage while singing this song at 100 MPH (one time he sang it after he chewed a whole roll of rolaids & layed on the stage foaming from the mouth). They have many great original tunes but my favorite is the guitar driven "Surfin' on Heroin" (Unfortunately Youtube has no decent versions. the 2 studio versions really kick ass).
Their discography(Their main releases):
Tomorrow Belongs to Us (1978) (1978)
1. National unity
2. Nazis
3. 3rd Homosexual murder
4. Angry
In Love With the System (1979)
1. Bomb The Boats And Feed The Fish
2. I Think Of Her
3. In Love With The System
4. The Punks Are Allright
5. Rich And Bored
6. Time To Run
7. **** Me Dead
8. No Beatles Reunion
9. You're A Rebel Too
10. I Left My Heart In Iran
11. Elvis Is Dead
12. Bones In The Hallway
This Ain't Hollywood (1981)
1. Hello Hello
2. Tell Me You Love Me
3. This Ain't Hollywood
4. Don't Hide Your Face
5. Memory Lane
6. Surfin' On Heroin
7. Rhona Barrett
8. The Me Generation
9. England Keep Yer Stars
10. Eve Of Destruction
11. Your Own Little World
12. Save the Last Dance For Me
13. It Won't Be Long
The Pride and Disgrace (1986)
1. Ethiopia
2. Sadie
3. Graveyard Rock
4. Rain
5. Little Girl
6. Hiding In Your Room
7. I Am King
8. Bomb Russia
9. Matchstick Man
10. Live Strippers
11. Underwear
12. Surfin' On Heroin
13. Bonus track: Bomb Russia (Replay)
Surfin' on Heroin (1984)
Bomb The Boats
I'm In Love With The System
Let's Go Back
A.I.D.S.
I Left My Heart In Iran
Rock & Roll's A Hard Life
Little Girl Thrills
Live Strippers In Action
Hell Begins At Home
Elvis Is Dead
Surfin' On Heroin
FMD
Boys Will Be Boys (1985)
1. I Can't Wait
2. Boys Will Be Boys
3. High School Nervous Breakdown
4. Reason To Dance
(Untitled) (1989)
1. Behind Bars
2. Touch Me
3. Dizzy
4. Good Times (Never Last)
5. Tea & Crumpets
6. Wild-Eyed Darlin'
7. I Gotta Axe
8. The Girl Can't Come
9. Evelyn Dick
10. Don't Die Alone
11. Science Fiction Double Feature (Theme From The Rocky Horror Show)
Criminal Zero (1994)
1. The Hammer 3:36
2. Buried Alive 4:03
3. Asshole 3:42
4. Gangland 3:28
5. Autosuck 2:05
6. Karaoke Nite In Attica 3:00
7. Do It To You 2:13
8. Hard Knox 2:53
9. Prisoners 3:31
10. Next Big Thrill 3:08
11. Views 3:16
12. New Flag 3:07
13. Shit For Brains 3:01
Nobody's Heros (2000)
1. Hockeynite
2. The American In Me
3. No Place To Hide
4. Highschool Hookers
5. Dickwart
6. Zeros
7. New Look
8. Hey Little Girl
9. Fool Me Once
10. Crackin Me Up
11. Wasted
12. Baby Baby
13. Ready To Beat U
14. Shrink Dink
From Hamilton, Ontario the Forgotten Rebels led by lead singer Micky DeSadist have been supplying good old fashioned "Punk" since 1977. Over the years the band has changed members but Mickey has always been there & has always been entertaining. Throughout the 80's the band had a steady line-up featuring Mickey, guitarist Mike Mirabella, drummer Dave McGhire(who remained a Rebel until the early 2000's), & bassist Mike Szykowny (who also went under the names Spike & Mike Lumen). By 1989 Mirabella left & his replacement Jeffrey Dee Campbell still remains a member of the Forgotten Rebels (when they still play an occasional gig).
What do you get at a Forgotten Rebels show? Answer: Loud Raw punk with a bit of glam & a ton of laughs from frontman Mickey DeSadist (The guy could have probably had a career as a stand-up comedian). I seen the Forgotten Rebels at least 20 times since the 80's & they never once disappointed. At one show they had a CD release Showcase gig for their 'Untitled ' album which was not well publicized & the weather was bad so there was only about 25 people at the show (almost every other show I seen was a sell out). At this show though they still played their asses off & were even taking requests from the crowd (I yelled out "Personality Crisis" & they played it). The Goo Goo Dolls opened a bunch of shows for them back in the 80's & those shows were always a riot. The Forgotten Rebels shows featured their own original tunes and a few covers such as Gary Glitter's "Hello Hello", Barry Maguire's "Eve of Destruction", Mott the Hoople's "Roll Away the Stone",
Bowie's "Ziggy Stardust" & occasionally "Louie Louie". Every show, a few songs into their set , Mickey would take off his shirt displaying his white scrawny chest & tell the girls to go home & think of him when they're making love to their boyfriends. During one of their very fast punk tunes titled "Live Strippers in Action" Mickey would act bored out of his mind & sometimes even lay down on the stage while singing this song at 100 MPH (one time he sang it after he chewed a whole roll of rolaids & layed on the stage foaming from the mouth). They have many great original tunes but my favorite is the guitar driven "Surfin' on Heroin" (Unfortunately Youtube has no decent versions. the 2 studio versions really kick ass).
Their discography(Their main releases):
Tomorrow Belongs to Us (1978) (1978)
1. National unity
2. Nazis
3. 3rd Homosexual murder
4. Angry
In Love With the System (1979)
1. Bomb The Boats And Feed The Fish
2. I Think Of Her
3. In Love With The System
4. The Punks Are Allright
5. Rich And Bored
6. Time To Run
7. **** Me Dead
8. No Beatles Reunion
9. You're A Rebel Too
10. I Left My Heart In Iran
11. Elvis Is Dead
12. Bones In The Hallway
This Ain't Hollywood (1981)
1. Hello Hello
2. Tell Me You Love Me
3. This Ain't Hollywood
4. Don't Hide Your Face
5. Memory Lane
6. Surfin' On Heroin
7. Rhona Barrett
8. The Me Generation
9. England Keep Yer Stars
10. Eve Of Destruction
11. Your Own Little World
12. Save the Last Dance For Me
13. It Won't Be Long
The Pride and Disgrace (1986)
1. Ethiopia
2. Sadie
3. Graveyard Rock
4. Rain
5. Little Girl
6. Hiding In Your Room
7. I Am King
8. Bomb Russia
9. Matchstick Man
10. Live Strippers
11. Underwear
12. Surfin' On Heroin
13. Bonus track: Bomb Russia (Replay)
Surfin' on Heroin (1984)
Bomb The Boats
I'm In Love With The System
Let's Go Back
A.I.D.S.
I Left My Heart In Iran
Rock & Roll's A Hard Life
Little Girl Thrills
Live Strippers In Action
Hell Begins At Home
Elvis Is Dead
Surfin' On Heroin
FMD
Boys Will Be Boys (1985)
1. I Can't Wait
2. Boys Will Be Boys
3. High School Nervous Breakdown
4. Reason To Dance
(Untitled) (1989)
1. Behind Bars
2. Touch Me
3. Dizzy
4. Good Times (Never Last)
5. Tea & Crumpets
6. Wild-Eyed Darlin'
7. I Gotta Axe
8. The Girl Can't Come
9. Evelyn Dick
10. Don't Die Alone
11. Science Fiction Double Feature (Theme From The Rocky Horror Show)
Criminal Zero (1994)
1. The Hammer 3:36
2. Buried Alive 4:03
3. Asshole 3:42
4. Gangland 3:28
5. Autosuck 2:05
6. Karaoke Nite In Attica 3:00
7. Do It To You 2:13
8. Hard Knox 2:53
9. Prisoners 3:31
10. Next Big Thrill 3:08
11. Views 3:16
12. New Flag 3:07
13. Shit For Brains 3:01
Nobody's Heros (2000)
1. Hockeynite
2. The American In Me
3. No Place To Hide
4. Highschool Hookers
5. Dickwart
6. Zeros
7. New Look
8. Hey Little Girl
9. Fool Me Once
10. Crackin Me Up
11. Wasted
12. Baby Baby
13. Ready To Beat U
14. Shrink Dink