Allegiance (American band)

American hardcore punk band

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Allegiance

Background information
Origin| San Francisco Bay Area, USA
Genres| Hardcore punk
Years active| 2002-2008, 2025
Labels| Rivalry Records
Malfunction Records
Anchor Records (Canada)
Past members| John "Eightclip" Jenkins
Duane Harris
Ross Trenary
Isaac Fratini
Dante Campanile
RJ Phillips
Mike Quirk
Nate Corbin
Ben Kinzie
Jonah Nishihara
Nathan Beneishai
Nick Portalupi
Website| rivalryrecords.com

Initially rising from the remnants of Northern California hardcore bands Some Still Believe and Breaker Breaker, Allegiance was a San Francisco Bay Area-based straight edge hardcore punk band that existed from April 2002 to February 2008. The majority of their catalog was released by the popular Bay Area hardcore punk record label Rivalry Records. Although they were not the first band to use the name "Allegiance", they were the first notable American band to do so. Throughout their existence, the band were regulars at local DIY-Punk venue 924 Gilman in Berkeley, California, where they played both their first and final shows. Allegiance extensively toured the West Coast and throughout the rest of the United States and Europe. During this time, they performed at various music festivals such as Positive Numbers, Sound & Fury, Rivalry Records Showcase, Death Or Glory, Sink With Cali, Pressure Festival, and Hellfest.

On January 10, 2025, the band officially announced a reunion show, which will be taking place at 924 Gilman in Berkeley, California on April 25th, 2025 as part of the 2025 RBS Festival.

## Discography

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2002 | Demo 2002 | 7-inch | Rivalry Records | Originally made by hand by members of the band on tapes and CD-R. Eventually re-released on vinyl by Rivalry Records in 2005.
2003 | Allegiance (EP) | CD, 7-inch | Anchor Records (Canada) & Rivalry Records | CD version had additional tracks not included on the vinyl, such as cover songs by Minor Threat ("Bottled Violence") and Some Still Believe ("Wasted"). The CD version also includes the 2002 demo. Both the CD and vinyl quickly went out of print, which lead to Rivalry Records re-releasing the CD in 2005.
2004 | Internal Affairs Split | 7-inch | Malfunction Records & Rivalry Records (split release) | Split 7-inch with Internal Affairs from Los Angeles. This was a combined release between Rivalry Rivalry and Malfunction Records.
2004 | Coastal Flooding Vol. 1 - The West Coast | 7-inch | Endwell Records | Hardcore compilation featuring: Allegiance, Champion, Find Him & Kill Him, Blue Monday, The Miracle Mile, and Where Eagles Dare.
2004  | Pity The Backseat (A Northern California Hardcore Compilation) | CD  | Spiderghost Pressgang  | Released by Sammy The Mick from All Bets Off, this Northern California hardcore compilation features Allegiance, Set Your Goals, Animosity, Powerhouse, Life Long Tragedy, Killing The Dream, Embrace The End, Hoods, Lights Out, Jealous Again, At Risk, Consign, The Damage Done, These Days, Hammertime, Duckhunt, Cross The Line, Charm School, Benumb, Endure, Suffokate, Stars Are Falling, Gather, The Mourning Dawn, Days To Streaks, Actions Aside, and Stars & Bars. Liner notes of CD written by Davey Havok of AFI.
2005 | Overlooked | LP, CD | Rivalry Records | The band's debut LP, and featured 12 songs, including new recordings of a compilation song ("Don't Tell Me") and two songs from the split 7-inch with Internal Affairs ("Never Said A Word" & "On The Line"). The song "No Dice" was re-recorded and included as a hidden track after the last track on the release.
2005  | Locked & Loaded 3  | CD  | Rivalry Records, Youngblood Records, Old Guard Records, 1917 Records, Endwell Records  | Hardcore compilation featuring Carry On, Go It Alone, Lights Out, Verse, Guns Up!, Piece By Piece, The Answer, Blue Monday, Dangers, Worn Thin, Lion of Judah, Dead in Hollywood, Last Priest, Die My Will, More To Pride, Another Breath, Snake Eyes, Like It Or Not, Eaten Alive, Shook Ones, and Bad Business.
2006  | Animal Style | CD  | Rivalry Records, 1917 Records, Malfunction Records  | Hardcore compilation featuring Guns Up!, Ceremony, Verse, Another Breath, Bitter End, Attitude, Ruiner, Learn, Betrayed, The First Step, Right On, Bracewar, Eaten Alive, Internal Affairs, Go It Alone, and Meltdown.
2007 | Out Of My Blood | 7-inch | Rivalry Records | Released as a single prior to the band's second LP, "Desperation" and features two songs from the record ("Out Of My Blood" & "Just Martyr Me").
2007 | Desperation | LP, CD | Rivalry Records |

The band's final release and featured 11 tracks in total, including both songs from the "Out Of My Blood" 7-inch.

## Videography

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2005  | Rivalry Records Showcase Two | DVD  | Rivalry Records  | Video release with over 60 minutes of live footage from 'Rivalry Showcase #2 (held on January 29, 2005), plus live photo galleries, interviews, and more. Features Allegiance, Verse, Go It Alone, Internal Affairs, Killing The Dream, More To Pride, Time For Living, and Physical Challenge. Compiled, directed, authored, and encoded by John Eightclip at Eightclip Media.
2006  | Rivalry Records Showcase 2006 | DVD  | Rivalry Records  | Video release with over 90 minutes of live footage from all 11 bands, plus interviews, photos, and more. Recorded on February 25, 2006, at the Phoenix Theater in Petaluma, CA. Features Allegiance, Champion, Betrayed, Ceremony, Time for Living, Go It Alone, Verse, Killing The Dream, The First Step, Blue Monday, and More To Pride. Compiled, directed, authored, and encoded by John Eightclip at Eightclip Media.
2007  | The Hellfest Summer Open Air 2006 | DVD  | Kaiowas Records  | Video compilation featuring live performances of bands who played the 2006 Hellfest in Clisson, France. Features Allegiance, As I Lay Dying, Go It Alone, Born From Pain, Agnostic Front, Madball, Dead Kennedys, Trepalium, Locus, Carnival in Coal, Drowning, Sonny Red, Happy Face, Hatesphere, Cephalic Carnage, Cortez, Endstand, Nightmare, Gadget, Hellmotel, Danko Jones, Taint, Knut, Mad Sin, Dagoba, and Zyklon.
2007  | Sound And Fury Festival 2006 - The Official 2 DVD Set | DVD  | Sound And Fury  | The official documentary of Sound And Fury Festival 2006. Features sets by Allegiance, Pressure, Lewd Acts. Last Priest, Bracewar, Bitter End, Knife Fight, Think I Care, Justice, Down To Nothing, Righteous Jams, Go It Alone, Outbreak, Looking Up, Never Healed, Attitude, Iron Boots, Retaliate, Iron Age, Sinking Ships, Ceremony, Lights Out, Internal Affairs, The First Step, Have Heart, Blacklisted, Snake Eyes, Shipwreck A.D., Look Back And Laugh, Fucked Up, Verse, Guns Up!, and Betrayed.
2007  | Rivalry Records Showcase 2007 | DVD  | Rivalry Records  | Video release documenting Rivalry Records Showcase 2007, which took place on February 23, 2007, at 924 Gilman. Features live footage of Allegiance, I Quit, Verse, Right On, Ceremony, Go It Alone, Red Handed, The First Steps, Hanover Saints, Another Breath, Internal Affairs, and Killing The Dream.

## Band members

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Final lineup

* John "Eightclip" Jenkins – vocals (Berthold City, Right On, Sacred, T21)
* Duane Harris – guitar (Some Still Believe, Internal Affairs, Foreign Nature, Caged View, Malinformants)
* Ross Trenary – guitar (Some Still Believe, Sacred, Caged View)
* Isaac Fratini – drums (Killing the Dream, Our Turn)
* Dante Campanile – bass (Secret People, Right On, Foreign Nature, Love Hope & Fear)

Former members

* R.J. Phillips – bass (Life Long Tragedy, Purple Mercy, Creative Adult, Spice)
* Mike Quirk – bass (Some Still Believe, Set Your Goals, Caged View)
* Nate Corbin – drums (Some Still Believe, Geist, Stress Relief, TRY!, The Separation, STFA, Foreign Nature, Set It Straight)
* Ben Kinzie – drums (Breaker Breaker, Alcatraz, Dead to Me, Knockdown)
* Jonah Nishihara – bass (Breaker Breaker)
* Nathan Beneishai – drums (Time for Living, Born to Expire)
* Nick Portalupi – bass (Dislocation)

## External links

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* Official Allegiance Spotify Artist Page at Spotify
* Official Allegiance Instagram Account at Instagram
* Allegiance Discogs Artist Page at Discogs
* Official Allegiance MySpace Page at MySpace
* Official Allegiance YouTube Page at YouTube
* Review of "Desperation" at Scene Point Blank
* Allegiance Interview at Hardtimes.ca
* Allegiance Interview at Scene Point Blank
* Official Allegiance Bio Page at Rivalry Records

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