E.Town Concrete

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Name = E.Town Concrete


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Origin = Elizabeth, New Jersey, U.S.
Genre = Hardcore Punk
Rapcore

Years_active = 1995–2006
Label = Ironbound Recordings
Razor and Tie Records
Triple Crown Records
Back Ta Basics Records
Resurrection A.D.
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URL = [http://www.etownconcrete.net/ E.Town Concrete]
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Past_members = Anthony Martini
David Mondragon
Eric Denualt
Ted P.

E.Town Concrete was a hardcore punk group from Elizabeth, New Jersey. They formed in 1995 and shortly thereafter released "Time 2 Shine", their first full-length album, in 1999 on the Resurrection A.D. label. They have since released four more albums on various record labels, such as Razor and Tie Records and Ironbound Recordings. The band decided to break up in 2006, playing their last show on May 20th of the same year.

Members

*Anthony Martini - vocals (1995-2006)
*David "DeLux" Mondragon - guitar (1998-2006)
*Eric DeNault - bass (1996-2006)
*Ted P. (Theodore Panagopoulos) - drums (1995-2006)

Former members

*Ken Pescatore - guitar (1995-98; performed on the "Time 2 $hine" album and early demos, also played in the band Arson until 2003)
*Henry Hess - bass (1995-96; performed on early demos, and is recorded on live track on Japanese release)

Discography

Trivia

* E.Town Concrete sold more than 4,000 copies of "Time 2 Shine" in one record store alone, that store being [http://www.wikimmunity.org/wiki/index.php?title=Vintage_Vinyl Vintage Vinyl] in Woodbridge, New Jersey.
* Martini makes a guest appearance on Anthrax's album "We've Come for You All", in the song "Refuse To Be Denied".
* He also makes an appearance (along with Joe None of Second To None) on remix of Fury of Five's song "We Want It All".
* E.Town Concrete first public appearance was in New Brunswick, NJ at a DIY club called "The Down Under". NJ Bloodline allowed the young E.Town to play 3 songs on their set. Most of the members of E.Town were only 15 years old.
* E.Town concrete asked a defunct NJ Bloodline to reform and play at their last headlining concert in Sayerville, NJ, bringing their career full circle.
* Before taking over Bass duties, Eric was enlisted to play second guitar.
* Before joining E.Town, Eric was also the Bass player for NJHC contemporaries, For The Love Of and recorded on their seminal debut "Feasting On The Will Of Humanity" (Ferret Records). He quit For The Love Of the concentrate on E.Town full time.
* Drummer Teddy P. ended up becoming a high school history teacher in his old high school, Elizabeth High School.
* Lead singer Anthony Martini currently works for Crush Music Management out of NYC. He manages Bay Area hip-hop group [http://www.myspace.com/thepack The Pack] and LA hip-hop artist [http://www.myspace.com/tyga TYGA] , Travis McCoy of Gym Class Heroes cousin.

External links

* [http://www.etownconcrete.net/ Official Site]
* [http://www.resurrection-ad.com/bands/etownconcrete/ E.Town Concrete] at Resurrection A.D.
* [http://www.purevolume.com/etownconcrete E.Town Concrete] at Purevolume
* [http://www.myspace.com/etizzleconcrizzle E.Town Concrete] at MySpace
* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:gn6htr7wkl1x~T0 E.Town Concrete] at Allmusic
* [http://music.yahoo.com/ar-297293-bio--ETown-Concrete E.Town Concrete] at Yahoo! Music