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     Honest, uncompromising,and aggressive are the traits that separate Adolf & The Piss Artistsfrom the rest of the pack. Honest in the sense that A.P.A. are truly fromthe streets that they sing about in their songs. Hailing from the workingclass slums of Cabbagetown and Grant Park in Southside Atlanta, they grewup among the disenchanted, and are a part of these neighborhoods still.Adolf & The Piss Artists allow no distance between their audience andthemselves, evidenced by the growing legion of fans that follow them fromtown to town who have become known as the A.P.A. Army. Adolf & ThePiss Artists also proudly refuse all the labels that people have triedto put on them. Although, at various times, described as a streetpunk band,an Oi! band, a ’77 punk band, and a protest-punk band, A.P.A. are reallyall of these and much more. They play from the heart, and no one genreof punk has a patent on that. Adolf & The Piss Artists play fast, aggressivemusic full of urgency. The imprint of the urban streets of Atlanta is stronglyfelt in the music, from the driving rhythms to the shouted lyrics of angerand desperation. This is what makes punk, and bands like Adolf & ThePiss Artists, so important to the kids on the street.
      Adolf & ThePiss Artists were formed in 1993 by Chet Knight and several of his friendsfrom the 80’s punk scene that were still hanging around. They managed fourlineup changes and an inevitable breakup within one year however, leadingChet to form a new band, Time Bomb ’77. After recording one 7” EPwith Time Bomb ’77, featuring one A.P.A. song being redone, Chetand the band grew apart. Some say “musical differences” but there’s a darkertruth behind that excuse. The only musical difference was that Chet feltthat the music had to have integrity, and be relatively void of fashion,but he was alone in that thinking, and subsequently was the odd man out.The reformation of A.P.A was immediate and the band began rehearsing theirold songs, several of which later showed up on Time Bomb ‘77’s CD(!).
     By 1996 Adolf &The Piss Artists began playing shows as a three-piece (Chet, Stuart, andBunny Rabid on drums). A year later A.P.A. released the “Heroes?” 7” EP. It was recorded in one day, in a cheap house studio, and pressedto vinyl within a month. Despite the low budget quality, “Heroes?” receivedextremely favorable reviews, and was repressed twice, including a Europeanversion released in Turkey. Soon after this release the band added guitaristWarren Hate to the line-up. This four-piece’s first recording was a liveset that contributed two songs to a split 7” with UK punk legends the Dronesreleased in August of 1998. Later that year A.P.A. was picked as the openingact for the Drones’s US tour. One week after returning from tourthe band recorded six new songs in the GMM Records studio. This was tobe the last time the band played with Bunny Rabid on drums. She left oneweek after the session.
     “This Is Your Law” offersfour of the six GMM studio songs, and closes a chapter in the history ofAdolf & The Piss Artists. One of the last two tracks with Bunny ondrums can be found on the Ruts tribute compilation done by RejectedRecords to benefit Anti-Fascist Action Ireland. The other track appearson a 7” compilation with the Warriors and the Templars, whichwas released by Durango 95 Records in Italy.
     Long-time punk drummerLionel ObRiot joined the band in January of ’99, and completed a tour withA.P.A. this year. He’s added a totally fresh sound to the band’s songs,as well as contributing to new material. Adolf & The Piss Artists willbe recording a full-length in October, which will be a joint release between45 Revolutions and GMM Records.
    After playing his last showwith APA on New Year's Day 2000, Lionel quit to move back to France, andwas eventually replaced by Amos Insane, who recently completed their eastcoast tour with the Krays.