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The Ex-Idols
12+ albums
punkhardcore punkduke decterRock and Fucking Roll
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The Ex-Idols were an American band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1992 by "Gary X" (Gary "X" Finneran), Keith Kessinger, Sean DeMott, and Lance Porter. Originating in the Los Angeles / Hollywood underground rock clubs, the band quickly gained interest due to their songwriting and vocalist Gary X. Within their first year of forming the band signed with Relativity Records, established a publishing deal with BMI, and replaced original guitar player with notable punk guitarist Duke Decter due to artistic differences. The band was short-lived due to the chemical dependencies among the band members resulting in the suicide/death of singer/songwriter Gary X. One of the founding artists of the neo-punk movement in the early 1990s, The Ex-Idols were quickly signed by Sony Music Entertainment/Relativity Records in 1992 and released their CD single "Pill Popper" in 1993. The 4-song CD, also available in 7" vinyl form, includes one unreleased song "And I Was You." Later in the same year Relativity Records released the first full-length CD by The Ex-Idols entitled "Social Kill" and released the first video for the self-titled track "Social Kill' directed by Jodi Wille. The Social Kill video appeared on MTV and VH1. The official single for the album was entitled "Go Away" and was written by guitarist Duke Decter. The single received heavy rotation radio play in all five major markets of the US: New York City, Chicago, Atlanta, San Francisco and Los Angeles. In 1994 Sony released th
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