Music You Should Know: RX Bandits
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Rx Bandits is a four-piece band based in Seal Beach, California. The band formed in 1995 in Orange County, California. They have appeared on the Vans Warped Tour, at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, at The Bamboozle and will be at Coachella this year.
Originally known as The Pharmaceutical Bandits, the band began their career by participating in the third wave ska revival of the 1990s. In 1997, they released Those Damn Bandits, which featured guest appearances by Jimmy the Robot of the Aquabats and Chris Colonnier of Jeffries Fan Club and The Forces of Evil.
In an age where taking risks and being fearless can make or break you, RX have emerged as a tidal wave, a force that shatters all the boundaries set against them. Throughout their decade long career, the group has reinvented and revolutionized their identity while retaining their socially conscious lyrics and eruptive instrumentation. This concept has been the catalyst for the band’s ever-growing fanbase, which revels in their uniqueness and continue to storm their celebrated, incendiary live shows. RX Bandits’ performance on the main stage at Bonnaroo in 2007 proved the band’s majesty to a new audience, while myriad tours with the likes of Portugal The Man, Tera Melos, Fall of Troy, et al, have built the quartet’s considerable fan base over the years.
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Discography:
| Demo(nstration) | 1996 | Self-produced |
| Those Damn Bandits | 1997 | Antedote Records; Drive-Thru Records |
| Halfway Between Here and There | October 26, 1999 | Drive-Thru Records |
| Progress | July 17, 2001 | Drive-Thru Records |
| The Resignation | July 15, 2003 | Drive-Thru Records |
| …And the Battle Begun | October 10, 2006 | MDB Records/Sargent House |
| Live from Bonnaroo 2007 (iTunes Release) | December 5, 2007 | MDB Records/Sargent House |
| Mandala | July 21, 2009 | MDB Records/Sargent House |
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