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China White
Origin Huntington Beach, California, USA
Genre(s) Punk rock
Years active 1978—1985, 1993—1995, 2002—Present,
Label(s) Malt Soda Recordings
Associated acts Shattered Faith, Social Task, The Vandals
Members
Marc Martin
Frank Ruffino
James Rodriguez
Joey Ruffino
Former members
Scott Sisunik
Jeff Porter
Corey Stretz
Spanky
James Lugo
Vince Mesa
Sandy Hancock

China White is a punk rock band from Huntington Beach, California, famous for their EP Dangerzone and their violent gigs. Huntington Beach is a seaside city in Orange County in Southern California, United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. The present is the Time that is perceived directly not as a recollection or a speculation In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Shattered Faith is a Punk rock band from Southern California. The Vandals are an American Punk rock band formed in 1980 in Huntington Beach California and currently recording for Kung Fu Records. James Roday (born April 4, 1976) is an American Actor. He is currently starring in the USA Network television series Psych Huntington Beach is a seaside city in Orange County in Southern California, United States. They were, along with TSOL, the most preminent figures of Orange County punk. Orange County is a county in Southern California, United States.

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Biography

The band started in 1978 with Scott Sisunik on vocals, Marc Martin and Frank Ruffino on guitars, James Rodriguez on bass and Richard Katchadoorian was later replaced by Vince Mesa on drums. James Roday (born April 4, 1976) is an American Actor. He is currently starring in the USA Network television series Psych They chose the name China White, which was the name of the heroin that killed Darby Crash and inspired by Johnny Thunders & the Heartbreakers song Chinese Rocks. Fentanyl is one of the most powerful Opioid Analgesics with a potency approximately 81 times that of Morphine. Darby Crash (born Jan Paul Beahm) (AKA Bobby Pyn ( September 26, 1958 – December 7, 1980) was an American Johnny Thunders, born John Anthony Genzale Jr ( July 15, 1952 - April 23, 1991) was an Italian American Rock and roll Heartbreakers is a 2001 caper - Romantic comedy Film directed by David Mirkin. China White's logo was selected based upon a Twilight Zone armband that appeared in a 50's episode

Marc, who sang backups, and played guitar with Sisunik on vocals, switched to lead vocals and left guitar duties to Frank after Sisunik quit to join Social Task in 1979. The Twilight Zone is an American Television series created by Rod Serling. Vince Mesa also quit in 1980 and was replaced by Frank's older brother, Joey Ruffino.

After making their mark on the O.C. and L.A. club circuit, China White signed to Frontier Records and release their first E. Orange County is a county in Southern California, United States. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West Frontier Records is an Independent record label, started in 1980 in Los Angeles by Lisa Fancher. P. , Dangerzone, with its famous front cover of a murder scene, in 1981.

They also had tracks on New Underground Records's Life is Ugly-So Why Not Kill Yourself? compilation LP in 1982 and Life Is Beautiful-So Why Not Eat Health Foods? compilation LP in 1983.

After that, Marc, James and Joey quit the band and Sisunik was brought back to sing in 1984 while Corey Stretz took over on bass and Spanky became the drummer. After a show at the Olympic Auditorium in 1985, they disbanded to resurface in 1993, when Frank Ruffino recorded China White's first full length album, Addiction with Stretz and new singer Jeff Porter and new drummer James Lugo. The Grand Olympic Auditorium is the former name of a sports venue in Los Angeles California, United States. The album was released on Lethal Records in 1995.

The "new" China White played some gigs on the West Coast but disbanded a few months after the release of Addiction only to resurface again, this time for a reunion tour with the classic line-up of Marc Martin, James Rodriguez and the Ruffino brothers in 2002. They released both the limited edition Live Cheap CD with extracts from this tour, but also old tours, and Addiction. 2 a re-release of their Addiction stuff with two new 1997 studio tracks as well as ten live songs from a 2003 show on Malt Soda Recordings in 2004.

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