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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>
 
Pennywise's current line-up consists of [[Jim Lindberg]] (vocals), Fletcher Dragge (guitars), [[Randy Bradbury]] (bass) and Byron McMackin (drums). They had kept their original line-up together until bassist [[Jason Thirsk]] died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in 1996, due to issues with his alcoholism, after which Bradbury joined as his replacement. In August 2009, Lindberg decided to leave the band; he was replaced in February 2010 by [[Ignite (band)|Ignite]] singer [[Zoltán Téglás|Zoli Téglás]].<ref name="lindberg's replacement">[http://www.punknews.org/article/37089 "Pennywise officially names Zoli Teglas of Ignite as new vocalist."] Punknews.org. February 16, 2010.</ref> With Téglás, the band recorded their tenth studio album ''[[All or Nothing (Pennywise album)|All or Nothing]]'', which was released on May 1, 2012.<ref name="all or nothing">{{cite web|url=http://kroq.radio.com/2012/03/07/exclusive-pennywise-premieres-all-or-nothing-title-track-from-forthcoming-album/ |title=Pennywise Premieres "All Or Nothing" Title Track From Forthcoming Album |publisher=Kroq.radio.com |date=March 7, 2012 |access-date=2012-10-23}}</ref> Lindberg rejoined the band later that year after Téglás was sidelined by a back injury.
 
==Band history==