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From the Official Bio: Okay let's see, we, well Bryan, Brett, Tim and Westy started the band in early '97 and released "The Kids Will Revolt" in early '98. That was when The Illegitimates, the band Mike and I were in started playing shows in Maine with A Global Threat, so ya know Bryan and Brett moved to Boston and Tim and Westy couldn't hack it so Mike and I quit The Illegitimates and joined A Global Threat as the new guitarist(me) and drummer(Mike). So we practiced a bunch and started playing shows in the Boston area and we caught on.

Mark from the Unseen took interest in us and he asked us if he could repress "The Kids Will Revolt" since only 500 copies were pressed originally. We agreed and then we embarked on a half-assed tour of upstate NY and western Mass. There our first van broke down and Mark came and bailed us out under the one condition he could join the band. So mark was in, we recorded another ep, called "What the Fuck Will Change?" on ADD Records. We aquired Crusty Jon Bon Jovi of General Strike fame and hit the road for a month long east coast tour. Well everything ruled until we crashed our van in Austin, Texas. So we rented a Ryder truck, cut our losses and drove home to Boston in 2 days.

When we got back we were in mad debt so we hopped on GMM Records out of Atlanta and started work on our first full length. During that time Step-One Records out of England offered to combine our first two ep's to make a full length, we agreed. We finished recording Until We Die and it came out in March of '99. But before we began recording Brett Threat departed from the band, so we found good ole' Gabe Asturd from Pluto Gang fame. Also Johnny was lost in the mix as well so AGT was down to a five piece. After we released Until We Die, Mark decided he would leave the band. We recorded one 7", In the Red with out him and it was one of our favorite releases to date. That came out in the spring of 2000, oh ya we hit the road in December of 99 with fellow boston scrubs the Statistics, what a disaster but a hell of a good time, strippers, coke, thousands of dollars - your typical shit.

 

 

From Community: A Global Threat is a hardcore punk rock music group that was started in Maine in 1997 and is now based in Massachusetts. The original members were Bryan, Brett, Westie, and Tim. They soon self-released the EP “The Kids Will Revolt Against All Authority.” In 1998 Mike and Pete joined the band and they began playing in Boston and New York. While in New York they made friends with Mark Unseen (a member of The Unseen) who released the “Kids...” EP on his ADD Records label. Mark Unseen became a member of the band when during a weekend of gigs in New York the band's van broke down. Mark offered them transportation as payment for including him in the band. The group accepted and thus Mark Unseen became a member. In November (Year=?) they released the EP “What the Fuck Will Change?”

In 1999 they released a split EP called 7inch in conjunction with Broken. They get a new rhythm guitar player (Johnny) and tour the east coast and the southern states. They get into a three-car accident in Austin, Texas, and the rest of the tour was cancelled. They strike a record deal with GMM records. After a weekend of gigs that winter Brett is fired/quits. They do some shows with Johnny on bass, after which they get a new bass player Gabe Crate and let Johnny go. They rerecorded 4 songs from the “Kids” EP, combine them with the “WTF” ep, and make their first full-length cd “What the Fuck Will Change.” At the same time they recorded the “Until We Die” full length. They then do a split 7inch with The End. In November Mark plays his last show, deciding that being in two bands is too much.

In 2000, they tour the east coast with the Statistics. The stats bail after two shows, but AGT finishes the whole thing out. The “In The Red” ep is recorded and “Until We Die” is released on Rodent Popsicle records. They do a national tour with Awkward Thought, joined for parts by The Krays, Truents, Toxic Narcotic, and The Flatliners. Late that year they let Gabe go. In 2001 they play as a three-piece with Pete on bass, and Bryan on Guitar. They play some shows in Mass and NYC then record a split 7inch with Toxic Narcotic. They then tour with The Casualties with new bassist John with Pete back on guitar. In December they record their 3rd full length “Here We Are”(Punkcore Records) Bryan plays guitar as Pete plans to leave and move to L.A.

In 2002 Pete plays his “last show.” He cries. “What the Fuck Will Change?” is re-released on Punkcore. They tour again with The Casualties. Pete rejoins for a U.S. tour with Defiance and Clit 45. Earache/Pass The Time the EP is recorded. Bryan played guitar. In 2003 they tour the west coast. Joe from F-Minus played guitar. They tour the east coast with Clit 45, with Pete back. Again. They finish the year with tours all over the U.S.


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