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United States and Canada
Americans always like to brag about how they invented rock and roll, and there are a hell of a lot of good groups here. But there's so damn many bands that it takes some digging to find the best, and a lot of the time, and the best aren't very well known. Noise For Heroes always tried to pay attention to the bands no one else was catching on to...a lot of the bands featured here that did become moderately well known were featured in NFH before there was any kind of a buzz about them. Of course, there are some that are so damn good that you want to write about them no matter how popular they are getting. So even though American bands weren't really the main focus of Noise For Heroes, we covered a ton of them. Hopefully you you'll find out about a great band you managed to miss before in what comes below.

REVIEWS OF US and CANADIAN LPS, CDs AND 12" RECORDS - in the works
REVIEWS OF US and CANADIAN 7" SINGLES

past Noise For Heroes features:

BADTOWN BOYS - Pop/punk/rockabilly hybrid from Los Angeles
BOYS FROM NOWHERE - Ripping guitar fueled garage rock from Ohio
BULLET LAVOLTA - Boston's metal/punk beasts
CHOPPER - Solid power pop band from Connecticut with strong Rich Kids influence
THE CREAMERS - 3 women, two men, one hell of a band playing Ramones-influenced punk rock in LA
JEFF DAHL - The master of Stooges/Dead Boys flavored rock and roll
THE DEVIATORS - 70s influenced punk rock band from New York; echoes of Sham 69, the Jam, and Stiff Little Fingers
THE DEVIL DOGS - Chuck Berry meets Johnny Thunders for an all night, formula one fueled party in New Yawk City
THE DIDJITS - Hey Judester, check out these guys from Illinois who mix the spirit of Jerry Lee Lewis with the loudest, rockinest guitar mania in years!
THE DOUGHBOYS - Oh, Canada! Montreal's Doughboys update Stiff Little Fingers styled punk rock with hardcore tempos and pop melodies
THE FASTBACKS - Before there was grunge, before there was Shawn Kemp, even before there were double espressos, Seattle had the Fastbacks going for them. Punk pop like no other punk pop.
THE FLUID - They come from Denver but they play like a Detroit band with Keith Moon on drums.
THE GAMMA MEN - Hybrid of mid 80s Aussie underground and classic 70s punk rock from San Diego
THE JUNK MONKEYS - A great rocking pop band from Detroit mixing Cheap Trick and New York Dolls in equal proportions
THE LAZY COWGIRLS #1- A 1989 feature on this Los Angeles band influenced by equal parts Stooges, New York Dolls and Hank Williams from right after the Radio Cowgirl lp.
THE LAZY COWGIRLS #2 - A 1992 feature on the Cowgirls after they reformed with their new lineup
THE MAGNOLIAS - Minneapolis blenderization of Buzzcocks, Undertones and Replacements influences
THE MARTINETS - A terrific punk band out of NYC that evokes memories of the Heartbreakers. (Adobe Acrobat pdf format)
THE MONOMEN - America's most northwest northwest band, Bellingham, Washington's Nomads and Sonics influenced garage kings.
MORAL CRUX - Talking politics with this northwest 80s band influenced by the Clash and Stiff Little Fingers
THE OVERCOAT - Tucson band headed by psych fiend Tim Gassen (formerlly the Marshmallow Overcoat)
POPDEFECT - Quirky pop high tension act born in Seattle, reared in Los Angeles
SISTER RAY - Not as well known as other Ohio greats like the Dead Boys, Pagans, or Pere Ubu, Youngstown's Sister Ray deserve an equal place
SUPERCHUNK - Moving Targets/Husker Du influenced pop punk from North Carolina
THE 3-D INVISIBLES - Cartoon horror band from Detroit with Cramps influence
THE VACANT LOT - Great New York band with echoes of the Real Kids and Devil Dogs
YARD TRAUMA - Los Angeles band headed by Dionysis Records honcho Lee Joseph