Secret Hate

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Long Beach CA based Secret Hate was one of many 80's hardcore bands who released one great album, contributed a few tracks to various comps, and unceremoniously faded away, disappeared into time, and were forgotten. Interest in Secret Hate was rekindled after the the band Sublime released a cover of their old song The Ballad of Johnny Butt on their multi-platinum eponymous major label CD, and Secret Hate briefly reunited for another go in 1998. They originally began as a group of friends living in Huntington Beach originally from Long Beach, CA, who were all excited by the possibilities the brand new punk scene in England had created for them. They began travelling to LA to go to the hardcore shows happening there. Eventually, after killing time with a guitar, one of them figured out how to play "Shut Down" by The Germs and they decided to start a band. After playing together a few times, the lineup was finalized in 1980 with Mike Davis on vocals, Kevin Roach on bass, Kim Renee on guitar, and Rick Selga on drums. Reggie Rector joined on guitar during The Cave days and Kim went quit and went to play with the glam rock band Kery Doll. At this time a sense of localism began to develop. The Orange County kids didn't like the Los Angeles kids and the LA kids didn't like the OC kids, and no one liked the Long Beach kids. This caused some strange, violent shows. The only place for Secret Hate to play was in Long Beach, mainly at house parties and in machine shops. The band's bigg

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