User:The Detours (band)

The Detours, an American punk band formed in Fullerton, California, a suburb of Los Angeles, in July of 1977. Perhaps the first punk band in Orange County, The Detours became the crucible in which the genre's signature OC sound was created. The Detours original catalog of songs eventually ended up years later on early albums by the Adolescents, DI, and Rikk Agnew. Inspired by counter culture and influenced by the likes of the Ramones, the weirdos, the ventures, and the beach boys. The Detours developed into a fast paced, power chord driven, octave highlighted, harmonized machine gun vocals, run-away freight train. Founded by Gordon Cox, Rikk Agnew and Jeff Beans, adding Mike Koerber months later. In the Fall of 1978 Casey Royer quit Social Distortion to play drums for The Detours for the next 2 and a half years. Currently The Detours include all three founding members and the addition of Sean Elliot and Frank Agnew Jr. on guitars, and Stevie Drt on Drums.