United Nations

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United Nations is a New York, NY based hardcore punk supergroup formed as early as 2005 by ex-Thursday singer/songwriter Geoff Rickly and guitarists Lukas Previn and Jonah Bayer. Musically, they take influence from mid-90s screamo, powerviolence, and post-hardcore. The lineup was initially rumored to also include Daryl Palumbo (vocalist of Glassjaw and Head Automatica among other projects), Ben Koller (drummer of Converge, Mutoid Man, and All Pigs Must Die), Christopher "Chree" Conger (drummer of The Number Twelve Looks Like You), and Eric Cooper (guitarist of Kiss It Goodbye). The official lineup was difficult to be determined due to all of the members except Rickly being under contracts with other record labels, thus making them prohibited to legally work in projects released by another label. Rickly's name was the only one that could legally appear in press materials; press photos of the band released in 2008 depict four people wearing Ronald Reagan masks. On September 9, 2008, United Nations released their self-titled debut album through Eyeball Records. The original album cover was based on the iconic cover of Abbey Road, only with The Beatles engulfed in flames and walking to the left rather than the right. When stores began refusing to sell the album, pressing was halted with 1,000 copies already made. These limited edition copies were sold exclusively through the Eyeball Records webstore, and the album was reissued with a different cover. The album received minor suc

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