The Forgotten (band)

The Forgotten
The Forgotten live in 2008
Background information
Origin	Campbell, California
Genres	Punk rock
Years active	1997-present
Labels	BYO Knockout People Like You Core-Tex Abusive TKO
Associated acts	Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards Swingin' Utters Re-volts The Dwarves Transplants The Casualties Four Banger Crack Bibles & Hand Grenades Muckruckers The Uglies Trashkannon No One's Victim The Frontline
Website	http://www.theforgotten.net
Members	Gordy Carbone Johnny Gregurich Dave Kaskha Nick Schuneman
Past members	Craig Fairbaugh Jonny Manak Gabe Gossack Ken Helwig Todd Loomis Shea Roberts

The Forgotten is an American punk rock band based in Campbell, California. The Forgotten have toured the US, Canada, Europe and Japan numerous times and continue to play shows in California regularly and occasionally tour abroad. The Forgotten appear every year at Punk Rock Bowling Tournament/Music Festival in Las Vegas, Nevada. All current members of The Forgotten belong to the SKUNX.

History

The Forgotten started in 1997.^[1] The band started by singer Gordy Carbone, guitarist Craig Fairbaugh, bassist Ken Helwig and drummer Shea Roberts was signed as the second band ever to TKO Records where they currently have 4 full lengths and 4 EP's.^[2] The Forgotten has also have releases on BYO records^[3] (CA, USA), Knockout Records (DE), Coretex Records (DE) and People Like You Records (DE) and have appeared on numerous compilation and tribute albums. Dave Kashka joined in 1999 on drums, Johnny "Bleachedjeans" Gregurich joined in April 2000 on bass. The band toured heavily throughout Europe, the US and Japan from 2000-2003 building a loyal and growing following.^[4] Original guitarist Craig Fairbaugh left the band in late 2003 and moved to the Los Angeles area to pursue a solo music career. Johnny shifted over to guitar after the band experienced several unsuccessful guitarist tryouts. Nick "Ugly" Schuneman joined in November 2006 on bass, at which the current line up has been in tact since.

The current line-up since late 2006 consists of Gordy Carbone, Johnny Gregurich, Dave Kashka and Nick Schuneman. The Forgotten have 4 full-length albums, 4 EP/LP's and two versions of a Greatest Hits compilation. Rancid's Lars Frederiksen has produced three works by The Forgotten: Class Separation EP, Veni Vidi Vici and the Self Titled CD 'The Forgotten'. Gordy Carbone also plays and records with Lars Frederiksen in Lars Frederiksen & the Bastards^[5]

The Forgotten has played shows and/or toured with Rancid, Dropkick Murphys, The Unseen, The Casualties, U.S. Bombs, GBH, Oxymoron, Agnostic Front, The Business, Madball, Cock Sparrer, Anti-Nowhere League, The Adicts, Nashville Pussy, Demented Are Go, Slayer, Anti-Heros, Bouncing Souls, Hot Water Music, Ignite, Misftis, Sham 69, Cro-Mags, Earth Crisis, U.K. Subs, One Man Army and Stiff Little Fingers.

Members

Current members

• Gordy Carbone – vocals (1997–present)
• Dave Kashka – drums (1999–present)
• Johnny "Bleachedjeans" Gregurich – guitar, backup vocals (2000–present, bass 2000-2003)
• Nick "Ugly" Schuneman – bass, backup vocals (2006–present)

Previous members

• Craig Fairbaugh - guitar (1997–2003)
• Jonny Manak - bass (2005–2006)
• Gabe Gossack - bass (1999)
• Ken Helwig - bass (1997–1999)
• Eric Powers - drums (fill-in 2011 and 2014)
• Todd Loomis - drums (1998–1999)
• Shea Roberts - drums (1997–1998)

Timeline

Discography

• Class Separation 7" EP (1997) TKO Records
• Veni Vidi Vici CD/LP (1998) TKO Records
• Picture Disc 7" EP (1999) Abusive Records
• Keep The Corpses Quiet CD/LP(2000) TKO Records
• Singles Collection CD/LP (2000) Core-Tex Records (DE)
• Ask No Questions CD/10" EP (2001) Knockout Records
• Control Me CD/LP (2002) BYO Records
• The Forgotten/Heartaches split CD/LP (2003) People Like You Records
• Out Of Print US-release of Singles Collection CD (2003) BYO Records
• The Forgotten CD (2008) TKO Records

Tours

• Peter and the Test Tube Babies/The Forgotten US Tour 9/4/98-10/10/98
• "TKO Records So-Cal Invasion" California Tour - Workin' Stiffs/The Randumbs/Reducers SF/The Forgotten/Pressure Point/The Bodies 11/3/99-11/5/99
• The Business/Agnostic Front/U.S. Bombs/The Forgotten European Tour 6/17/00-7/9/00
• Blanks 77/The Forgotten/Sixer/The Krays US Tour 7/21/00-8/4/00
• Agnostic Front/Ignite/The Forgotten/Shutdown/Discipline/Stampin' Ground European Tour 11/15/00-12/10/00
• The Forgotten/Sixer European Tour 5/10/01-7/8/01
• "Pure Punk Tour" US - Oxymoron/The Forgotten/The Boils/Dead Empty 7/22/01-8/26/01
• The Forgotten US Tour 5/4/02-6/28/02
• "Chaos Across The Nation" US Tour - Youth Brigade/Oxymoron/The Forgotten/The Beltones/Pistol Grip 8/19/02-9/8/02
• The Unseen/The Forgotten/46 Short California Tour 10/10/02-10/14/02
• The Casualties/The Forgotten US Tour 11/1/02-12/15/02
• GBH/The Forgotten/Toxic Narcotic West Coast Tour 1/23/03-2/4/03
• The Unseen/The Forgotten US Tour 5/17/03-6/7/03
• The Forgotten US Tour 7/26/03-8/3/03
• F-Minus/The Forgotten/A Global Threat US Tour 8/4/03-8/11/03
• "Punk-O-Rama" Canada Tour - Bouncing Souls/Hot Water Music/The Forgotten/Worthless United 8/13/03-8/24/03
• The Forgotten/Last Target Japan Tour 10/11/03-10/19/03
• U.S. Bombs/The Forgotten California Tour 3/18/05-3/22/05
• The Forgotten/Radio Dead Ones European Tour 2/24/08-3/8/08
• The Forgotten Hawaii Tour 10/7/11-10/8/11

Associated acts

• Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards - Gordy Carbone (vocals), Craig Fairbaugh (guitar)
• Transplants - Craig Fairbaugh (guitar)
• The Casualties - Johnny Gregurich (bass, fill-in)
• The Dwarves - Nick Schuneman (guitar, fill-in)
• Swingin' Utters - Nick Schuneman (bass, guitar, fill-in)
• Re-volts - Nick Schuneman (guitar)
• Strange Kicks - Nick Schuneman (guitar, vocals)
• Bibles & Hand Grenades - Dave Kashka (drums)
• The Vex - Johnny Gregurich (bass, fill-in)
• (Four) Banger - Dave Kashka (drums), Johnny Gregurich (bass, guitar)
• Crack - Dave Kashka (drums)
• Muckruckers - Nick Schuneman (guitar, vocals)
• The Uglies - Nick Schuneman (guitar, vocals)
• Trashkannon - Nick Schuneman (guitar)
• No One's Victim - Johnny Gregurich (bass, guitar, fill-in)
• The Frontline - Johnny Gregurich (bass)

References

External links

• Official website