User:Striker893455/Drop your balls!

History: Drop your Balls! is a underground Punk Rock band from Huntington,California. The band was started by John Lawson, Lawson was 12 when he first in formed a band called Big Fish and small Minos, the band was never released,the members in the band were Greg Fisher, Tom Gains, and Skid(Steve) Peterson. After the band broke-up due to poor equipment and Tom Gains moving to Ohio his whereabouts are currently unknown, when Lawson turned 14 he was introduced to Edward or Eddie Fond who was a bass guitarist who played in the school talent show. The two shared the same interest and quickly became friends. Lawson and Fond started a two man band with Lawson on drums and Fond on bass they called the band Innocents. Soon another member was introduced to the duo his name was Travis Gavin. Gavin was a guitarist and had a good voice. Soon he taught Eddie a couple chords and Fond quickly became a natural. Soon they recruited a drummer Tyler Ross, they came across Ross during science class. With members Eddie, Travis, Tyler, and John they soon changed the name to Drop your balls! When they got in college the band fell apart. With Lawson saying "I gotta move on with my life, man". Travis, Tyler, and John left the band, leaving Eddie to recruit new members. Fond found members Gale Ronson, Johnny Foundry, and Frank Dustin. The band was first truly recruited and established in 1982.

Touring: The tour was called Masturbation to the Extreme. The MTTE tour started in 1983, this band never received any true mainstream success but from the Punk crowd they were thought as a major influence. The MTTE tour gave both bands a widespread success from the punk crowd. After the tour the band attracted Black Flags attention, Drop your balls! toured with them and also Youth Brigade in 1984. After the tour the band went on a Hiatus. The Members did one last tour during the hiatus the tour had little followers as a result the band broke up die to lack in funds and they were unable to continue their tour.

Hiatus: The Hiatus was short lived from 1984-85. During the hiatus the band worked with other groups such as Anarchy Scientist, Combination Sperm Cells, and Sex syndrome. The members were only temporary in the bands afterwards Gale Ronson drummer formed a screamo band called Electro Skullz and the band was played on MTV afterwards they broke up. Gale went on to form a family in a two-story home in Laguna Beach, California. Frank and Johnny moved on and forgot about the band leaving Fond. Edward fell into a slump and was an addicted to acid and and other substances such as LSD, crack, and PCP. During this time an old friend came across him John Lawson and formed a new band with him resuming his punk lifestyle

New Band: The new band members consisted of John Lawson, Tommy Dalle, Danny Foundry brother of Johnny Foundry the new band released 7 albums and singles that were never charted. The band played concerts and couple more tours soon the band gained success and abducted into the Decendents tour the 2 bands toured to texas and back. The band released another album and the band toured once more. Due to Eddie's drug problem they had a buss accident, this event took place in 1985. Eddie was in a two week coma. The band had broken up and he was unaware of it. Eddie went to rehab and became clean and tried to convince the band members he was clean and to start a new band. The band had members John Lawson, Danny Foundry, and Johnny Foundry. The band played until 1997.

Albums: Pussy Monsters 1983 Drop your balls and become a lady, Who cares? 1985 Apocalypse Part 1 1985 Apocalypse Part 2 1985 Dam Liberals... 1986 What the Hell Happen?? 1985 Go Fuck yourself!!! 1986 Masturbation lost its fun.. 1986 Shitty World 1987 FUCK BOMB!!! 1990 Those Ruskies!! 1994 If your gay, Its okay, NOT!!!! 1997

Members: Tom Foundry Johnny Foundry John Lawson Eddie Fond