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No Peace At All "There Is"
By Abel Folgar @ TransformOnline.com
Thursday. Feb 03, 9:35 AM
Ah, youth.
No Peace At All are a mohawk punk band from Miami, Florida. This is good, snotty punk rock in the vein of second wave British hardcore bands like Varukers and Chaos U.K. Sing-a-long vocals are grounded by blast beats, chunky bass lines, and metal-tinged guitars. These youngsters have already gigged with Lower Class Brats and The Casualties, as well as mini-toured with The Unseen and Defiance. A big plus in their racket are bilingual vocals that remind me of Peru’s Narcosis, Venezuela’s Apatia No, and Colombia’s I.R.A. “Brainwash Agents” and “Broken Promises” are solid tracks and I would expect subsequent releases to maintain the high energy. Ah, youth. nopeaceatall.tripod.com

an article published in the Out Loud newspaper:
Reviewed by: Sloane Solomon
No Peace At All


If places like "The Factory" and "Kafe Krystal" mean anything to you, then there's a pretty damn good chance you've heard of Miami punk rockers No Peace At All.

On August 25, 2001, a sweet redhead named Gwendolyn Richards was minding her own business in the middle of a mosh pit, when she met Rick Carmona, the future front man of No Peace At All. The band was up and running, playing their own show just four weeks after the two met and they've been dating ever since. Joel Diaz and Alexx Morales also jumped at the opportunity to play in the band and so began their long journey to stardom.

"No Peace At All is not a goal, it's a statement. It's just the current state of the world," said Richards.

The only female in the band, Richards says sometimes it can get a little tough. "It's like three brothers, three boyfriends, three children and three fathers all at once. But we're more than just band mates; we're always there for each other. It's more than a friendship, it's a family."

Richards is compared to her namesake, Gwen Stefani of No Doubt. "Since I'm the only girl in the band, I get compared to her a lot. Also, I usually don't tell people I'm dating Rick [Carmona] because then they automatically associate us with No Doubt."

Hardly comparable to No Doubt, these Miami punks play a kick ass show. "We've never been booed. But there are nights when you don't feel the crowd's energy and you wanna give up but you keep on playing. When someone yells a rude comment you wanna play as hard as you can and shove it right in their face," said Richards.

After dominating the Miami music scene, and playing with club legends such as The Virus and The Unseen, No Peace At All will be traveling all the way to New York this summer for their very first tour.

Starting your own band isn't as easy and fun as it seems. Richards says it's hard to balance schoolwork with practice, since the two seem to overlap more than she would like. "I know I'm missing out on a lot of the normal teenage stuff but I'm having a better time doing this. When you're sick as hell and all you want to do is stay in bed but you go out and play a show, and God knows we've all done that, it's what you have to do to get your name out there."

No matter if someone has the flu, or someone else just dumped their girlfriend, the band always pulls through for each other no matter what. " Playing in a band is a lot like a team sport. You have to learn to play with people you don't like, you have to learn to play together, literally, and you all have to have one common goal: To play the best damn show that you can."

Go check these guys out before their summer tour!