The Bomb (band)

The Bomb
The Bomb in Chicago 2012
Background information
Origin	Chicago, Illinois, United States
Genres	Punk rock
Years active	1999-Present
Labels	Jettison Music, No Idea, Thick
Associated acts	Naked Raygun The Methadones Big Black Noise By Numbers Death and Memphis
Website	Myspace
Members	Jeff Pezzati Jeff Dean Pete Mittler Mike Soucy
Past members	John Maxwell Paul Garcia Steev Custer

The Bomb originally started in 1999, formed by Jeff Pezzati of Naked Raygun. Despite the band's quiet beginnings, Steve Albini (Shellac, Big Black, recordist extraordinaire) took an interest in Pezzati's reemergence to the music scene and recorded their first two records, 'Arming' and 'Torch Songs'. Which included the original line-up of John Maxwell (The Mangos) on guitar and Paul Garcia on drums and backing vocals (Death and Memphis),with the addition of Steev Custer (Death and Memphis) taking over bass duties. In 2002, Jeff Dean (Noise By Numbers, Explode and Make Up, All Eyes West & Dead Ending) replaced Maxwell on guitar,and in 2003 Custer and Garcia were replaced by Pete Mittler (The Methadones, Naked Raygun), Mike Soucy (The Methadones, Jetlag). This has been the definitive line up of the band.