The Locust was an American hardcore punk band from San Diego, California, known for their mix of grindcore aggression and new wave experimentation.
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10 Facts About The Locust
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The Locust was formed in 1994 by Bobby Bray, Justin Pearson, Dylan Scharf, Dave Warshaw, and Dave Astor.
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The Locust was initially a powerviolence project whose first release was a split with genre pioneers Man Is the Bastard.
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In September 1998, The Locust released their first full-length album, The Locust, through Gold Standard Laboratories.
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In 2013, The Locust returned from hiatus and in 2019 they were added to the Desert Daze 2019 festival line up.
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The Locust were known for their unique mix of grindcore speed and aggression, complexity, and new wave weirdness.
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The Locust have had a unique stage presence: costumed in skin-tight, full body nylon suits .
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The Locust boycotted Clear Channel Communications and refused to play in any Clear Channel-owned venues.
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The Locust have been accused of encouraging the use of drugs because the band sold vanity mirrors as merchandise: fans and others mistook the mirrors as being intended for use as a surface from which one could snort cocaine.
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The Locust organized a number of "gender-baiting incidents", including Pearson and Serbian staging a fake same-sex marriage while on tour in Hawaii.
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