Lagwagon

Lagwagon is an American punk rock band formed in 1990 from Goleta, California, just outside Santa Barbara. Their name comes from the band's tour van, which can be seen on the back cover of their 1994 second album Trashed. The band has 12 releases through Fat Wreck Chords: nine studio albums, one EP, one live album and a collection of B-sides, compilation tracks and demos. Lagwagon has never had, nor have they seemed to pursue, strong mainstream success, but they do have a devoted underground following in North America, Europe and Asia. Their moderate success reflected a growing interest in punk rock during the 1990s, along with fellow California bands Rancid, Green Day and The Offspring. Their song "May 16" was also featured in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2.

History

In a 1994 interview, the band's first guitarist Shawn Dewey stated that the band's original members met and formed a band due to each member's individual history with child abuse landing them in the same counseling group: "[The] whole reason this band got together is because we were all neglected children[,] and we all met in a counseling group, we're all about the same age except Jesse [Buglione]. We were all just pretty...