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Sick of It All
Sick of It All on their 20th Anniversary Tour @ Revolution In Fort Lauderdale, FL
Background information
Origin	Queens, New York, USA
Genre(s)	Hardcore punk
Years active	1984–present
Label(s)	Revelation Records (1987–1988) Relativity Records (1988–1993) EastWest Records (1993–1996) Elektra Records (1996–1998) Fat Wreck Chords (1998–2005) Abacus Records (2005–2007) Century Media Records (2007–present)
Associated acts	Creep Division (Craig's side project) Blood From The Soul (Lou's side project)
Website	sickofitall.com
Members
Lou Koller Pete Koller Craig Setari Armand Majidi
Former members
Rich Capriano Max Capshaw

Sick of It All (SOIA) is a New York Hardcore band formed by brothers Lou Koller (vocals) and Pete Koller (guitar), Armand Majidi (drums) and Rich Capriano (bass) in 1984.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Early career (1984-1992) 1.2 Increasing popularity (1993-1997) 1.3 The Fat Wreck Chords years (1998-2004) 1.4 Recent activity and the future of the band (2005-present) 2 Miscellaneous 3 Members 4 Discography 4.1 Full-lengths 4.2 EPs/Singles 4.3 Other releases 4.4 Guest appearances 5 Video 6 External links

Hailing from Tarrytown in Westchester County, NY, Sick of It All was formed alongside New York hardcore bands Straight Ahead, and Rest In Pieces which both featured Majidi and current Sick of It All bass player Craig Setari. Majidi joined up with the Koller brothers and Rich Capriano to record the Sick of It All demo in 1986, after original bass player Mark McNielly and drummer David Lamb left. The band began to play Sunday afternoon matinees at renowned venue CBGB's, and soon after released a self-titled 7" on Revelation Records (which was later re-issued on the tenth anniversary of its release, in 1997).

In 1988, Sick of It All signed to Relativity Records and recorded their first full-length, Blood, Sweat and No Tears, which was released in the following year. The album's follow-up, Just Look Around, was released in 1992.

Although accused of selling out^{[citation needed]}, Sick of It All released their heaviest record to date on major label EastWest Records, titled Scratch the Surface. The record was a surprise to those who assumed the band would create a more radio-friendly sound^{[citation needed]}. They also recorded a video for "Step Down" and the titletrack "Scratch The Surface". The record was also the first recorded with long-time friend and former Straight Ahead, Rest In Pieces, Youth of Today and Agnostic Front bass player Craig Setari, who had replaced Rich Capriano in early 1993.

The band received bad publicity in December 1992 when Wayne Lo, a young student wearing a Sick of It All t-shirt, shot and killed two people and wounded several others at Simon's Rock College in Massachusetts. After being inundated with claims that they initiated violence at shows and through their music, the band defended themselves in the press (particularly The New York Times).

The fair success of Scratch the Surface allowed the band to tour worldwide, and it was not until 1997 that they released their second record on the EastWest label, Built to Last. More punk-inspired than their previous effort, Built to Last produced a number of live staples for the band, including "Us vs. Them," "Busted" and "Good Lookin' Out." The album also marked the end of Sick of It All's contractual agreement with EastWest.

In 1998, Sick of It All signed to independent record label Fat Wreck Chords, owned and run by Fat Mike of NOFX. After releasing the "Potential For A Fall" single - for which another video was filmed, Call To Arms was released in February 1999. The album featured relatively few traditional hardcore tracks, as the intensely personal lyrics of songs like "Let Go," "The Future Is Mine," "Morally Confused" "Hindsight," and "Martin" shone through.

The 2000 follow-up Yours Truly was less critically acclaimed. Despite containing some of the bands favored live tracks, including "Blown Away," "The Bland Within," "District" and "America," some fans felt alienated by the album's progressive nature and in a recent interview, frontman Lou Koller claimed that the album's cover art probably contributed to its poor reception. 1

In 2001, Sick of It All released their home video The Story So Far, and a year later a live record was released as part of Fat Wreck Chords' Live In A Dive series. The album showcased tracks from Sick of It All's entire career up to that point in time.

2003 saw Sick of It All release their seventh studio album: Life on the Ropes. In 2004, the band also released an album of b-sides, covers and rare tracks entitled Outtakes for the Outcast, which contains some Sick of It All recordings.

In early 2005, Sick of It All signed to Abacus Recordings to record the follow-up to Fat Wreck Chords' Life on the Ropes. The new album, titled Death to Tyrants, was released on April 18, 2006. The band has recently toured with AFI and The Dear & Departed in early 2007.

A tribute to the band, titled Our Impact Will Be Felt, was released on April 24, 2007, and includes covers from artists such as Bane, Bleeding Through, The Bouncing Souls, Hatebreed, Himsa, Madball, Most Precious Blood, Napalm Death, Pennywise, Rise Against, Sepultura, Stretch Arm Strong, Unearth, and Walls of Jericho.

Sick of It All has begun writing new material for their next album, which is possibly due for release sometime in 2008.

• In 1995, the somewhat dubious German label Lost And Found Records released in Europe only, Spreading The Hardcore Reality and Live In A World Full Of Hate, the latter of which was supposedly recorded live in New Jersey in 1993, but was actually recorded at a chaotic show in Berlin in 1994. This bootleg ruse was created because of the band's contractual obligations at the time.

• Numerous Sick of It All fans have tattoos of the "Alleyway Dragon", the band's official logo. The Dragon is from a sheet of Greg Irons flash. It is not, as some people have claimed, a misappropriated gang symbol, but then the Alleyway Crew was never a gang to begin with. It was, and is, a group of friends. The dragon is a symbol of friendship as well as a way that members would relate who was hanging out at a particular gathering. The "Alleyway" is in a school yard in Flushing, Queens, where the band and all of their friends would gather.

• The band is credited with the "wall of death" (also known as the "Braveheart") in which the crowd would split into two sides and charge the other at the start of selected songs.

• Toby Morse, a former Sick of It All roadie from suburban Maryland, went on to form the band H2O.

• Former roadie, Tim Shaw, joined New Jersey's Ensign in 1995 and has been singing for them since.

• Former roadie Danny Singer a.k.a Lord Ezec a.k.a. Danny Diablo, went on to form Crown of Thornz, Skarhead, and Icepick and now has started his solo rap career.

• Former Sick of It All, Social Distortion, and L7 roadie Umbar died in early 1995 while on tour with L7.

Lou Koller - vocals

Pete Koller - guitar - back vocals (choirs etc.)

Craig Setari - bass - vocals on few songs - back vocals (choirs etc.)

Armand Majidi - drums

Album Cover	Year	Title	Label	Format	Other information
	1989	Blood, Sweat and No Tears	Relativity Records	CD/LP	Debut full-length album. Contains material from their first EP.
	1992	Just Look Around	Relativity Records	CD/LP	Last album released on Relativity Records.
	1994	Scratch the Surface	East West Records	CD/LP	First major label release.
	1997	Built to Last	East West Records	CD/LP	Second and last major label release.
	1999	Call to Arms	Fat Wreck Chords	CD/LP	First album released on Fat Wreck Chords.
	2000	Yours Truly	Fat Wreck Chords	CD/LP
	2003	Life on the Ropes	Fat Wreck Chords	CD/LP	Last album released on Fat Wreck Chords.
	2006	Death to Tyrants	Abacus Recordings	CD	First album released on Abacus Recordings.
	2008	Untitled 9th album	Century Media	CD	Rumors on internet reports suggest that Sick of It All is expected to record and release a new album in 2008. [1] [2] [3]

Album Cover	Year	Title	Label	Format	Other information
	1987	Sick of It All	Revelation Records	CD/LP	Originally released in 1987 as a 7" EP. A CD release of this EP did not surface until 1997, ten years after its release.
	1991	We Stand Alone	Relativity Records	CD/LP	Currently out of print. Contains material from Blood, Sweat and No Tears, as well as the self-titled EP.
	1994	Step Down	East West Records	CD	Promo single that came out shortly before Scratch The Surface album. Contains tracks: Step Down, Borstal Breakout, Straight Ahead. They were later released on Outtakes for the Outcast).
	1996	Cool as a Mustache	East West Records	CD	Single given away for radios containing one unreleased track called 86 (later released on Outtakes for the Outcast.
	1999	Potential for a Fall	Fat Wreck Chords	CD	Single
	2000	Us Vs. Them	East West Records	CD	Single given away on Warped Tour and other Sick of It All shows; contains Us Vs. Them (version as on Built to Last) and 7 live songs.
	2000	Maladjusted	Mercury Records	CD	Single released only in Germany. Contains Maladjusted (version as on Built to Last) and 3 live songs.
	2003	Relentless	Bridge Nine	7"	Single

Album Cover	Year	Title	Label	Format	Other information
	1995	Live in a World Full of Hate	Lost & Found	CD	Live album.
	1997	Spreading the Hardcore Reality	Lost & Found	CD	Compilation album, cointaining early material.
	2002	Live in a Dive	Fat Wreck Chords	CD	This release is part of the Fat Wreck Chords series of Live in a Dive albums.
	2004	Outtakes for the Outcast	Fat Wreck Chords	CD	Compilation album, containing unreleased original songs, B-sides, and cover versions. Last release on Fat Wreck Chords.
	2007	Our Impact Will Be Felt	Abacus Recordings	CD	Tribute album by various artists dedicated to Sick of It All.

• Barcode - Course Of Action (ft. Lou Koller)
• Bones, The - I Wanna Be Sedated (Ramones cover) (ft. Lou Koller & Roger Miret of Agnostic Front)
• Born From Pain - Doomsday Clock (ft. Lou Koller)
• CIV - Can't Wait One Minute More (ft. Lou Koller)
• Devil In Me - Back Against The Wall (ft. Lou Koller & Craig Setari) /both on vocals/
• Ensign - 15 Years (ft. Lou Koller)
• Haunted, The - Who Will Decide (ft. Lou Koller)
• Most Precious Blood - So Typical My Heart (ft. Lou Koller)
• Warriors, The - Mankind Screams (ft. Lou Koller)

• The Story So Far (2001)

• Official Website
• Official MySpace
• Live Pictures Of Sick of It All
• Abacus Recordings

v • d • e Sick of It All
Lou Koller | Pete Koller | Craig Setari | Armand Majidi
Past members: Rich Capriano | Max Capshaw
Discography
Full-lengths: Blood, Sweat and No Tears (1989) | Just Look Around (1992) | Scratch the Surface (1994) | Built to Last (1997) | Call to Arms (1999) | Yours Truly (2000) | Life on the Ropes (2003) | Death to Tyrants (2006)
EPs: Sick of It All (1987) | We Stand Alone (1991) | Potential for a Fall (1999) | Relentless (2003)
Live and compilation albums: Live in a World Full of Hate (1995) | Spreading the Hardcore Reality (1995) | Live in a Dive (2002) | Outtakes for the Outcast (2004)
Related articles
Our Impact Will Be Felt | Hardcore punk | Fat Wreck Chords