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Victims Family

Victims Family is a hardcore punk band formed in 1984 in Santa Rosa, California, by bass guitarist Larry Boothroyd and guitarist and vocalist Ralph Spight. Devon VrMeer completed the trio as drummer. Their sound blended punk, heavy metal and jazz, making them difficult to categorize into a single genre. Allmusic says, "Since its inception, the trio has refused to be pigeonholed to any single musical style — incorporating elements of hardcore punk, jazz, funk, hard rock, and noise into its challenging sound". They were known as one of the most musically diverse bands in the San Francisco underground music scene. Over the years, Victims Family went through four drummers and two break-ups. Their name was taken from a piece by the cartoonist B. Kliban.[1]

Victims Family

1984–2001
2004
2009
2011
2012
2019–present

Mordam Records, Alternative Tentacles, Saint Rose Records

Ralph Spight
Larry Boothroyd
Tim Solyan

Devon VrMeer
Eric Strand
David Gleza

Ralph Spight – guitar, vocals

Larry Boothroyd – bass guitar

Tim Solyan – drums (1989–1994; 2004–present)

Past drummers:

1986 Voltage and Violets LP –

Mordam Records

1988 Things I Hate to Admit LP – Mordam Records

1990 White Bread Blues LP/CD – Mordam Records (1990's CD issue contains Things I Hate to Admit; reissued 2010 on Saint Rose Records)

1992 LP/CD – Alternative Tentacles

The Germ

1994 Headache Remedy LP/CD – Alternative Tentacles

1995 Four Great Thrash Songs LP/CD – Alternative Tentacles

2001 Apocalicious LP/CD – Alternative Tentacles

Alternative Tentacles

Victims Family homepage

at AllMusic

Victims Family

Saint Rose Records