Verbal Abuse

WITH ENDLESS DEMISE, STAPLED SHUT, FIEND AND LETUM

Verbal Abuse is a hardcore punk band, originally from Houston, which became successful after moving to San Francisco.

Verbal Abuse was started in Houston in 1981 by singer and songwriter Roy Hansen, alias Nicki Sicki, after he quit the band Sick Pleasure.

At the time, not many bands were playing fast hardcore in Texas and, like D.R.I. and M.D.C. before them, Verbal Abuse relocated to San Francisco in the end of 1981.

In San Francisco, Verbal Abuse lived at the infamous “Vats,” a legendary punk squat house, along with members of The Dicks and M.D.C. as well as Harley Flanagan from the Cro-Mags. By the end of the year, they had signed with Fowl Records and recorded their first LP, Just an American Band, which was released in the beginning of 1983.