Nobody Special
American Christian punk band
Nobody Special was a Christian punk band formed in 1986, in Orange County, California. It consisted of recordings by Pat Nobody and studio musicians Gene Eugene, Joey Mitchell, Chris Brigandi and Joey Taylor. It was a collection of songs from an earlier band Pat Nobody had started in 1980 called Immortal Youth. Immortal Youth band members were Elissa Johnson (keyboard bass) Orlando Gonzalez (drums) and Pat Nobody (guitar and vocals).
After the Frontline Records release of these songs, Pat regrouped and started again as Nobody Special which included Frank Wesolek (aka Frank Black) on lead guitar, Tony Cena on drums, and Chris Kovacs (the Vax) on bass. Nobody Special put out their 2nd recording under the label Broken Records in 1989, which was re-released under the label Wretched Records in 1992.
The band disbanded in 1990, reunited in 1996 and disbanded again in 1997. They reunited again in 2011, with the lineup of Pat Nobody, Frank Black, Rod Reasner and Dave Schad.
Members
Current
Pat "Nobody" Taylor – rhythm guitar, vocals
Frank "Black" Wesolek – lead guitar, backing vocals
Rod Reasner
Dave Schad
Former
Chris "The Vax" Kovacs – bass
Tony Cena – drums, backing vocals
Studio musicians on first recording
Gene Eugene
Joey Mitchell – drums
Chris Brigandi
Joey Taylor
Discography
Studio albums
Nobody Special (1987) Alarma/Frontline
Call It Whatever You Want (1989) Broken Records
References
External links
"82. Nobody Special: Call It Whatever You Want".
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