Content deleted Content added
Kakurokuna (talk | contribs) Revert. AGF but does not link to characters' name and uses (IMO) less encyclopedic language. |
No edit summary Tag: Reverted |
||
Line 29:
| past_members = [[Jason Thirsk]]<br />[[Zoltán Téglás|Zoli Téglás]]
}}
'''Pennywise''' is an American [[punk rock]] band from [[Hermosa Beach, California]], formed in 1988. The band
Between their 1991 [[Pennywise (album)|self-titled]] debut and 2005's ''[[The Fuse (Pennywise album)|The Fuse]]'', Pennywise released an album every two years on [[Epitaph Records]], a label owned by [[Bad Religion]] guitarist [[Brett Gurewitz]]. To date, the band has released twelve full-length [[studio album]]s, one [[live album]], two [[Extended play|EPs]] and one DVD. Although their first two studio albums were critically acclaimed, Pennywise would not experience worldwide commercial success until the 1995 release of their third studio album, ''[[About Time (Pennywise album)|About Time]]'', which peaked at number ninety-six on the [[Billboard 200]], and number fifty-five on Australia's [[ARIA Charts]]. The band's mainstream success coincided with a growing interest in punk rock during the 1990s, along with fellow California bands [[NOFX]], [[Rancid (band)|Rancid]], [[Blink-182]], [[Bad Religion]], [[Green Day]], [[The Offspring]], [[Lagwagon]] and [[Sublime (band)|Sublime]]. By 2007, the band had independently sold over three million records worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.epitaph.com/news/news/2872 |title=Epitaph Records: Pennywise Vocalist JIM LINDBERG Releases First Book: Punk Rock Dad |date=May 31, 2007 |publisher=Epitaph.com |access-date=2012-10-23}}</ref>
| |||