Defendants - ProfessionalThe Defendants, are careening forth from the Los Angeles post punk underground, Their mission? To make the world a louder place for anyone within earshot. Brandishing punk pop roots paired with a songwriting approach reflecting the current state of a fractured America. "Punk icana" for short . Picture The Ramones and Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers slugging it out with pool cues with Buck Owens goading them on. Assembled in September, 1999, Singer

or Jackie DeShannon

delivering her eleventh album after a decade-long hiatus from the studio

Twenty years after the mysterious disappearance of an 11-year-old boy and his grandfather

what's most striking on Hang Time is Noel's newfound sense of voice

Jonathan Meiburg - Hymn To The Valences

synthesist

David is now a solo artist whose music is more reflective and passionate

First rivals

- Joe Walker

as each member takes on arranging duties for multiple songs throughout the album

Originally airing on ABC-TV from 1958-1966

Sampling artists as diverse as Hall & Oates