Surgery was a scummy, no-holds-barred, blues-drenched post-hardcore band from Manhattan's lower east side, that included Sean McDonnell (vocals), Scott Kleber (guitar), John Lachapelle (bass) and John Leamy (drums). Signed to the noisy Amphetamine Reptile label, the band fit right in and made their full-length debut in 1991 with Nationwide. They became part of the feeding frenzy that occurred in the wake of the major label signings of Nirvana and Helmet and they made the hop to the WEA-distributed Atlantic for 1994's Shimmer. The closest, the band got to notoriety in the mainstream sense was when MTV's 120 Minutes program played that album's "Off the A-List" a couple times (not that the band cared). On January 18, 1995, McDonnell passed away, he lost the battle with asthma complications. Saddened by their loss, the remaining members of the band decided to quit. On this single two hardpunkasfuckasskicker for you.
Thank you vetry much for this one!Have you got something else about this great band?
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