The Units
| The Units | |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | San Francisco, California, United States |
| Genres | New wave, electropunk |
| Years active | 1978–1984 |
| Website | synthpunk |
| Past members | Scott Ryser Rachel Webber Brad Saunders Tim Ennis Ron Lantz Richard Driskell Lx Rudis Seth Miller Jon Parker David Allen Jr. Jabari Allen Marc Henry D.C. Carter Rick Prelinger |
| Notable instruments | |
| Minimoog | |
The Units were an American electropunk band, founded in San Francisco in 1978 and active until 1984. They were one of America's early electronic New Wave bands, they are sometimes cited (along with The Screamers) as pioneers of the genre now known as Electropunk. The Units was notable for their use of synthesizers in place of guitars, and multimedia performances featuring multiple projections of satirical, instructional films critical of conformity and consumerism.
The Units was one of the most popular bands of the San Francisco punk and performance art scene during the late 1970s and early 1980s, headlining at the Mabuhay Gardens (aka The Fab Mab), The Savoy Tivoli, The Berkeley Square, The Deaf Club, Valencia Tool & Die, Geary Theater and other punk clubs. The Units also opened for such bands as Soft Cell, Gary Numan, Ultravox, XTC, Bow Wow Wow, the Psychedelic Furs, the Police, Iggy Pop, Dead Kennedys, Sparks and toured the United States with Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark.
Notable performance art appearances included "Punk Under Glass", where the Units performed in the windows of the JC Penney building in downtown San Francisco, as part of a two-day art installation, and the Labat / Chapman Fight at Kezar Pavilion, a performance art boxing match between two artists where the Units played the national anthem.
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