[KFTH HOME] - [SEARCH] - [ABOUT KFTH] [BANDS] - [COMPS] - [LABELS] - [ZINES] [BOOKS] - [FILMS] - [FLYERS] - [LINKS] [NEWS] - [CONTRIBUTORS] - [CONTACT]

Life Sentence
United States - Chicago, IL

PHOTO: PATTI PEZATTI Life Sentence was a hardcore band from Chicago, Illinois. The band got its start in 1984, with the lineup of Joe Losurdo (bass), Eric Brockman (guitar), Tom O'Connor (drums), and Ray Morris (vocals, previously in Six Feet Under). Midway through recording their debut record, the rest of the band dumped their singer and continued as a three-piece. The record, a self-titled 12", was finished in 1987, and released on Chicago label Walkthrufyre. Later, the band split into two groups, both calling themselves "Life Sentence." The split was hardly friendly (see the lyrics to "Win, Lose, or Sue"), and one side actually sued the other. Brockman, the winner of the lawsuit, recruited Jeff Hauck on bass and Gustav Chumpske Roman on drums for the No Experience Necessary album, released in 1989. The band continued playing until the early 90s.

DISCOGRAPHY Releases: LIFE SENTENCE 12" (Walkthrufyre Records, 1987) NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY LP (Walkthrufyre Records, 1989) MORE PUNKS FOR PROFIT 7" EP (Doing Time Records, 1991) Compilations: THERE'S A METHOD TO OUR MADNESS LP (Phantom Records, 1986) QUEST FOR THE CORNGIRL tape (Ax/ction Records, 1986) SHOT HEARD ROUND THE WORLD tape (1986) I'VE BEEN HYPNOTIZED tape (P&S Productions, 1986) OVERSEA CONNECTION LP (Double A Records, 1987) WE GOT POWER #3: WE GOT PARTY LP (Mystic Records, 1987) INFO