The Forgotten (band)

Singer Gordy Carbone and bassist Ken Helwig's previous band SLIP had recently broken up, coincidentally, at the same time as guitarist Craig Fairbaugh and drummer Shea Roberts' band 46 Short. The four joined forces in 1997 to form The Forgotten[1]. The band was signed as the second band ever to TKO Records. Dave Kashka joined in 1999 on drums and Johnny "Bleachedjeans" Gregurich joined in April 2000 on bass at which point the band went full-time. They have four full-lengths and four EPs on TKO Records.[2] The Forgotten also has 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. The band toured heavily throughout Europe, the US and Japan from 2000 to 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. A longtime guitar player, bassist Johnny decided to shift over to guitar after the band became frustrated with several guitarist auditions. Jonny Manak joined on bass in 2005 for one year. Nick "Ugly" Schuneman took over permanently on bass in November 2006, at which point the current line-up has been intact since. In mid 2019 Shawn Packer of the Shitkickers took over full-time guitar duties at which time Johnny shifted to a part-time/fill-in role with the band.

The current line-up consists of Carbone, Gregurich, Kashka, Schuneman and Packer. The Forgotten have four full-length albums, 4 EP/LPs 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'. 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.

Joe Strummer of The Clash once mentioned that The Forgotten was the best name for a punk band he'd ever heard[6]

• 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

• 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

• 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)
• The Shitkickers - Shawn Packer (acoustic guitar, banjo)
• Sketch - Shawn Packer (guitar)
• Bibles & Hand Grenades - Dave Kashka (drums), Shawn Packer (guitar)
• The Vex - Johnny Gregurich (bass, fill-in)
• (Four) Banger - Dave Kashka (drums), Johnny Gregurich (bass, guitar)
• Crack - Dave Kashka (drums)
• Strange Kicks - Nick Schuneman (guitar, vocals)
• Muckruckers - Nick Schuneman (guitar, vocals)
• The Uglies - Nick Schuneman (guitar, vocals)
• Trashkannon - Nick Schuneman (guitar)
• Led Bender - Shawn Packer (guitar, vocals)
• No One's Victim - Johnny Gregurich (bass, guitar, fill-in)
• The Frontline - Johnny Gregurich (bass)

• Official website