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Who is Fake Names?

Posted by Loren on March 25, 2020

Who is Fake Names?
Fake Names - self-titled

On May 8, Epitaph Records will release the self-titled debut of Fake Names.

The band was formed when childhood friends Brian Baker (Minor Threat, Dag Nasty, Bad Religion) and Michael Hampton (S.O.A., Embrace, One Last Wish) met up in 2016 to "play music together, with no intentions beyond possibly writing a song or two." The project escalted. Baker recruited another old classmate, Johnny Temple (Girls Against Boys, Soulside) on bass. They later recruited Refused's Dennis Lyxzén for vocals.

The lead single, a singalong punk charger called "Brick" is embedded below.

FAKE NAMES - FAKE NAMES - TRACK LIST
1.     All For Sale
2.     Driver
3.     Being Them
4.     Brick
5.     Darkest Days
6.     Heavy Feather
7.     First Everlasting
8.     This Is Nothing
9.     Weight
10.   Lost Cause

Who is Fake Names?
Fake Names - self-titled

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Fake Names formed when two long-time friends decided to play music together at home, with no plans for it to grow into an actual group. But after Brian Baker (Minor Threat, Dag Nasty, Bad Religion) and Michael Hampton (S.O.A., Embrace, One Last Wish) put the pen to paper, they changed their mind and recruited a band. They’d attended elementary school with bassist Johnny Temple … Read more

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