The Locust have signed with Epitaph's Anti- Label
San Diego, California's trend upsetting, musical mutineers, The Locust, have signed a worldwide contract with the Anti- label, a division of Epitaph Records. The Locust will release their Anti- full length debut in Summer, 2003. Alex Newport (Melvins, Mars Volta) has been tapped to produce the record. Anti-is also home to such cutting edge artists as Tom Waits, Merle Haggard, Nick Cave and Tricky.
Epitaph owner Brett Gurewitz commented: ""The Locust are something that has never before been seen or heard. They are a musical plague of biblical proportions, which I take supreme delight in helping to unleash upon the world."
The Locust bassist/singer Justin Pearson added, "With this label behind us I not only want to challenge music as its known to humans but to destroy what THEY think about it."
Formed in 1995, The Locust came together from the shards of San Diego hardcore stalwarts, Swing Kids and Struggle. Since then, it has hosted a veritable Who's Who of punk rock royalty. Everyone from Tristeza/Album Leaf/GoGoGo Airheart/Crimson Curse's Jimmy Lavelle, to Tarantula Hawk's Dave Warshaw and Dylan Scharf, and Cattle Decapitation's David Astor have gone in and out of the band's turnstile.
As far as the current line-up, Pearson has been in a string of bands almost too lengthy to list -- with heavyweight acts like Holy Molar, Some Girls, Swing Kids, The Crimson Curse, and Struggle registering as luminaries. Also, drummer Gabe Serbian was in Cattle Decapitation, Alec Empire's backing band, and is now in Holy Molar. Keyboardist Joey Karam was in Le Shok, and their alter-ego, Death Drug. And, finally, guitarist Bobby Bray also plays in Holy Molar.