Offical Band Website = Squiggy Site Facebook = Facebook Page Summer 1995, three friends who were really into music decide to start a band... you've heard that a million times I know, it's the way most bands start... the difference here is these guys were well into their 20's and have never played an instrument or even tried to do anything in a band before!!!! A recipe for disaster I'm certain. Don had the most musical talent since he could at least strum his guitar, Doug had never picked up a bass or any guitar before that fateful day and Glenn.. well Glenn definitely never sang or played in a band either! The first days in the basement were comical to say the least but somehow, someway they got their shit together to actually form songs. Playing with no drummer and screaming over badly played instruments in Glenn's basement was the beginning of the band Squiggy, who at the time actually comically called themselves Portly. I'm not really sure how it happened or what the heck Joel was thinking but Joel stopped by Doug's record store to buy some Warzone records and they got to talking and he offered to play drums for the "band". The guys were in shock, they've seen Joel play in a band called Anotherence and knew the kid could "REALLY” play. But, the guys weren’t about to turn him down. Moving from the basement to an actual place to play definitely helped and it made it a lot easier to take it seriously. Somehow these simple songs started to actually sound good! The name change came about because, well they didn’t really have one... sitting around one day just spitting out names someone jokingly said the name “SQUIGGY” and it stuck. The conversation went something like “Squiggy? hmmm well no one else is gonna ever name their band that so that’ll be unique”. The band was suppose to hold it together to play a show or two at a local American Legion hall but somehow it just kept going and going and going. Squiggy played countless, I mean really countless shows with just about any bigtime or small time band you could think of. The music progressed, the band got faster and heavier but they never really changed the core value that they started with.... “Make it about the message and not the music” is something Doug and Don always said. Disaster struck when Glenn needed to take a leave of absence and Squiggy really thought that was gonna be it but they had already commited to a 7” on Headache Records and another on Squigtone Records so everyone decided that Doug and Don would just sing the songs. It worked and it worked really well... people seemed to like it better, the songs got harder and faster and the topics got touchier and touchier. Squiggy was never one to shy away from politics and opinions, often confused people would call them “hate rock” or “white power” but the band laughed it off. Having an opinion or being pissed off about something or someone doesn’t make you a nazi. The PC police only fueled the band’s following. Disaster number 2 struck when Joel moved on to other bands, he was a core part of the sound of the band but they plugged on without him finding some really great people to sit in with the band. So it went, the band released more records and CDs and the whole time the band’s sound changed into something unique... a mix of early American hardcore, 80’s UK punk, Oi! and Streetpunk. How did it end... no one really knows, things were going great toward the end when Gabe from The Oi! Scouts/Outsiders came in to play bass and Doug moved to second guitar it finally solidified the heavy sound the band wanted by having both Don and Doug play guitar. Another drummer lost to obscurity and the band just dissolved. Family, marriage, work, commitments all came first. The band recorded one last recording session before calling it quits, four of these songs can be found on the “Songs About Hate...” re-issue on Working Class Records and there are still a couple more unreleased songs that will probably show up on the “A Look Back At Rebellion” collection coming out this Spring on Working Class also. There’s still always hope for the band to start up again... if we could just get Doug and Don on the same side of the continent it would be a start! .... the end Click To Enlarge SQUIGGY - "All Seven Inches: The Complete 7" Collection" CD/MP3 Finally available, here you will find all the original 7" record recordings from this legendary NJ Oi! Punk Hardcore band. You will find all the 7"'s from Headache Records, Squigtone Records and Dim Records. Also included is an unreleased 7" from a Live At CBGB's set. This is all the original recordings including the very rare "What Are You Fighting For?" 7". This releases includes the "from riot to insurrection", split with the Infiltrators, "middle class rebellion", split with The Outsiders, split with The Oi! Scouts, "anti-establishment", "what are you fighting for?" and "live at CBGB's" seven inches. Be sure to keep an eye out for a b-sides/unreleased material CD coming out in a couple of months. Released 5/1/2010 Working Class Records Catalog Number = WC 321 TRACK LISTING 1. Journalistic Truth 2. Jack 3. Pulling on the Boots 4. Your Attitude 5. My Way 6. Double Standard 7. This Land Is Your Land 8. Stand Up 9. Middle Class Rebellion 10. Johnny 11. Block By Block 12. Born Again 13. Pull The Trigger 14. Score One 15. What's Goin' On? 16. Hang The Lawyers 17. Corporate 18. Jack 19. Dead End Kids 20. Anti-Establishment 21. Boots and Braces, Studs and Leather 22. Go Home 23. What Are You Fighting For? 24. Jack 25. Score One 26. Squatter Punk 27. Just Another Punk Band 28. What's Goin' On? 29. Corporate 30. Hippy Hating Band Click To Enlarge SQUIGGY - "Songs About Hate, Anger & the American Way" CD/MP3 It's re-issue time again here at Working Class Records! This time we are re-issuing the SQUIGGY "songs about hate.." CD that originally came out on Headache Records in 1999. This was the bands first full length release at the time and it contained a mix of new material and re-recorded older material. A great mix of tracks! We remastered the sound a little and designed a whole brand new booklet and full color artwork. Also included are four brand new, unreleased bonus tracks the band recorded. Two of the bonus tracks were written and feature vocals by GABE ZANDER, see Gabe Zander "punk rock redneck" on this site. The other two tracks are new songs by Doug (identity crisis) and Don (anti-pc). A must for fans of the band or someone looking for some anger fueled punk rock oi! hardcore! Released 9/14/2010 Working Class Records Catalog Number = WC 324 TRACK LISTING 1. Pull The Trigger 2. Rock Star 3. Somebody 4. Here Lies Liberty 5. Hang The Lawyers 6. Boots & Braces, Studs & Leather 7. The Hands of Time 8. What Are You Fighting For? 9. Go Home 10. Johnny 11. Welfare Case 12. Anti-Establishment 13. Squatter Punk 14. Propaganda 15. Score One 16. Stand Up 17. Middle Class Rebellion 18. Dead End Kids 19. ANTI-PC (BONUS TRACK) 20. PLASTIC MANSIONS (BONUS TRACK) 21. IDENTITY CRISIS (BONUS TRACK) 22. WE WALK THE FENCE (BONUS TRACK) Click To Enlarge SQUIGGY & THE BOOKED - "A Case of Pride" CD/MP3 Stars and stripes, blood and guts, hate and love all commence on one shiny disc!!! It's been a long time since either of these bands put out new material and the long wait has been worth it! Each band gives you four brand new tracks and one cover. Stylistically different the two bands compliment each other well on this release and you can feel the blue collar pride just dripping through your speakers as each band rips through their anger drenched tracks. The Booked hailing from Texas have a full length available on Radical Records that has done great for the band and has helped them play lots of big time shows. Squiggy have had numerous releases over the years for labels like Headache Records, Squigtone, Cyclone, Dim and so on. So dust off your flight, polish your boots and stitch on your American flag cause this is going to be the soundtrack to your working class life!!! Released September 2010 (MP3), April 2001 (CD) Working Class Records Catalog Number = WC 327 TRACK LISTING 1. Bring 'em Back - Squiggy 2. Extinct - Squiggy 3. Anti-Social - Squiggy 4. Main St. USA - Squiggy 5. Wartime Victims - Squiggy 6. Pride & Honor - The Booked 7. Stand Our Ground - The Booked 8. The Underground Struggle - The Booked 9. We Are Rebellion - The Booked 10. Pancho & Lefty - The Booked Click To Enlarge VARIOUS ARTISTS - "Greasers, Punks and Skins Volume 1" CD ONLY NEW LOWER CD PRICE, ONLY $7!!! Compilations were all the rage in the 90's, a chance for new up and coming bands to get a song out without having to record a full length and it was an oppurtunity for established bands to get out some unreleased material. So that being said this was a superb collection that even to this day a decade later there are songs on this recording that are only available HERE! So whether you owned this then or simply want to hear some great Punk, Oi!, Hardcore and Rockabilly tracks, BUY THIS!!! Released 5/14/2010 (WCR) & Original Release 1999 (SQUIGTONE) Working Class Records Catalog Number = WC 320 TRACK LISTING TRACK LISTING 1. Squiggy - somebody 2. Squiggy - hands of time 3. The Boils - beaten path 4. Blind Society - population control 5. Blind Society - untitled 6. Hudson Falcons - rat is dead 7. The Outsiders - runaround sue 8. The Outsiders - the wanderer 9. Wretched Ones - hey old man 10. Headwound - half a can of beer 11. Headwound - green fields of France 12. Slap N The Cats - sharks 13. 3 Against 1 - on the rise 14. 3 Against 1 - brightside 15. Life of Riley - all I know 16. Broken Heroes - no friend of mine 17. Broken Heroes - bulldog 18. The Oi! Scouts - MTV 19. The Krays - battle 20. The Krays - charged minds 21. Skyrockets - blood like mine 22. Disturbed - American pride 23. Pure Impact - hit the hippies 24. Jim Lipponen & the Ghost Train - brand new sideburns 25. Squiggy - squatter punk (live) *From "LIVE ON WFMU" cd 26. The Outsiders - greaser *unreleased bonus track 27. Blind Society - police *from Blind Society/Oi! Scouts split 7" 28. Slap N The Cats - hot rods and haircuts *taken from CD released on Squigtone Click To Enlarge VARIOUS ARTISTS- "Siege The Day" CD ONLY NEW LOWER PRICE, ONLY $7!!!! Finally re-released after being out of print for years, this compilation contained many many unreleased tracks by some great bands! Released 4/14/2010 (WCR) & Original Release 1998 (SQUIGTONE) Working Class Records Catalog Number = WC 318 TRACK LISTING SQUIGGY 1. hang the lawyers 2. pull the trigger 3. pulling on the boots 4. your attitude Oi! SCOUTS 5. police harassment 6. thugs 7. nuke the nazis 8. oi! punx HEADWOUND 9. macho man 10. drop dead 11. drinking with the boys THE OUTSIDERS 12. time and again 13. wonder years 14. frankie BLIND SOCIETY 15. blind society 16. red death 17. american justice NO ONE'S VICTIM 18. together 19. working class hero THE CUFFS 20. down with them all BULLYRAG 21. someday 22. it won't last PINKERTON THUGS 23. no surrender SLAGS 24. said and done THE LOITERERS 25. on the streets 26. mace in my face GREASERS, PUNKS & SKINS Volume 2 CD COMPILATION (2000) SQUIGGY - "Live on WFMU 1998" CD (1999) SQUIGGY & THE INFILTRATORS - "kill the hippies" 7" (1999) CD COMPILATION - "EAST COAST of Oi!" CD & MP3 DOWNLOAD (1999) Available on CD, still in print from Radical Records. You can find it at Amazon through this link (available elsewhere too and will be avialable here soon).... "East Coast of Oi!" CD & MP3 CD COMPILATION - "PUNK'S NOT DEAD: Tribute to the Exploited" CD & MP3 DOWNLOAD (1999) Available on CD, still in print from Radical Records. You can find it at Amazon through this link (available elsewhere too and will be avialable here soon).... "Punk's Not Dead" CD & MP3 All Artwork, Design, Images and Content found on this website are Copyright of Working Class Records 2012, All Rights Reserved.