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Fear
Band Los Angeles United States Formed 1977 LA punk band, includes Flea & Chuck Biscuits
Fear formed in 1977 in Los Angeles, United States. Fear has 2 chart appearances on 2 radio countdowns from 1 station on RockLists, spanning 2002–2003. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “I Love Livin' in the City”, which appears on 2 lists with a best position of #928. The station that charted Fear most often is Fred (XM 44) (XM Satellite Radio (national)), with 2 appearances.
Fear came snarling out of Los Angeles in 1977 with Lee Ving barking the orders, and the classic lineup of Ving, Philo Cramer on guitar, Derf Scratch on bass and Spit Stix on drums held together from 1978 to 1982, long enough to help carve out the sound and swagger of California hardcore. They were fast, loud and proudly obnoxious.
Their infamous 1981 appearance on Saturday Night Live put them in front of the whole country. The Record followed on Slash in 1982, blistering punk from a band that could actually play, with "I Love Livin' in the City" as its sneering centrepiece.
Ving is the only member who has stuck around through every version of the band. Flea, later of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, passed through on bass at one point, Chuck Biscuits and Eric Drew Feldman among others did their time too, and Cramer and Stix came back in 2018.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Fear on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I Love Livin' in the City | 2 | #928 | – | – |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 1821 | I Love Livin' in the City | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) |
| 2002 | 928 | I Love Livin' in the City | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) |
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