The Mob

The Mob is Punk/Hardcore band from New York, formed in 1980.

The Mob started as a Jackson Heights, Queens high school Van Halen-style cover band - until they saw that Bad Brains gig with Heart Attack" - Stephen Blush, America's Hardcore.

The original lineup was:

Ralph Gebbia - vocals

Jack Flanagan - guitar 

Jose Gonzales - bass

Jamie Shanahan - drums

Their first studio foray was in late 1980, producing a demo including the songs 'Hit & Run', 'Chant Out Babylon', 'Prisoner In Switzerland', 'Pin Stripe Suit', and a cover of Black Sabbath's 'Paranoid' (original!). A second demo followed in 1981, featuring 'Rock Your World', 'F.A.S.T.' and 'Zoo Crew'.

Over the course of the next two years or so they became an important - if now largely obscure - component on NYCH, gigging with local acts such as Reagan Youth, Kraut, Heart Attack, Beastie Boys and the False Prophets, as well as playing support slots to bands from elsewhere, including Bad Brains, Circle Jerks, Scream and SS Decontrol. They released two very fast and very short EPs - Upset The System and Step Forward - on their own Mob Style label (also home to Urban Waste).

We Come To Crush was recorded after a long-ish silence and was more of the same, just better played and produced,

The lineup at this time was:

Ralph Gebbia - vocals

Jack Flanagan - guitar 

Christopher Hackett - bass

Jamie Shanahan - drums

The 1996 Mob compilation CD No Rules In This Game spurred a short-lived reunion, recording 'Tommy Gun' for the Clash tribute CD Clash City Rockers and and an EP that was never finished. If it had been finished, it wouldn't have been called Fearless Force. But it wasn't finished, so that was that. In 1998 the band reunited for the first time in over five years, split up, played another show in 2002, and split up again.

Oh, and in 2012 they reformed again. A 7" in 2012 entitled Back To Queens was the first new Mob release since 1986.

Upset The System (1982)

01 - Crucial Point

02 - We Can

03 - N.Y. Slam

04 - Dr. Butcher

05 - Pinstripe Suit

06 - Label It

07 - 101

08 - Common Criminal

09 - Fight For Your Right

Step Forward 7'' (1983)

01 - Step Forward

02 - Revolution

03 - Unity Lives On

We Come To Crush (1986)

01 - Girl I Need You

02 - Upset The System

03 - Spinal Tap

04 - 101/F.A.S.T

05 - Instant Success

06 - Always Ready

07 - New Metal

08 - Crucial Point

09 - Your Time Has Come

10 - Z.D.F

11 - Doctor Butcher M.D.

12 - Say You Didn't Know

No Rules In This Game (1996)

01 - Label It

02 - 101

03 - Common Criminal

04 - Fight For Your Right

05 - Crucial Point

06 - We Can

07 - N.Y. Slam

08 - Dr. Butcher

09 - Pinstripe Suit

10 - WNYU Interview I.

11 - Girl, I Need You

12 - Upset The System

13 - Spinal Tap

14 - 101/F.A.S.T.

15 - Instant Success

16 - Always Ready

17 - New Metal

18 - Crucial Point

19 - Your Time Has Come

20 - Dr. Butcher

21 - Say You Didn't Know

22 - ...More Mob!!

23 - Z.D.F.

24 - 101

25 - J.D. Green...

26 - Changes

27 - Your Time Has Come/Civilian Patrol

28 - WNYU Interview II.

29 - Chant Out Babylon

30 - Hit & Run

31 - Spinal Tap

32 - Instant Success

The Truth Over The Airwaves! (1998)

01 - Intro

02 - Girl I Need You

03 - Instant Success

04 - Vampires & Liars

05 - 101

06 - F.A.S.T.

07 - New Metal/Always Ready

08 - Always Ready/Outro

09 - Zoo Crew

10 - Your Time Has Come

11 - Crucial Point

12 - Revolution

13 - Upset The System

14 - Common Criminal

15 - Spinal Tap

16 - Z.D.F.

17 - Dr. Butcher

18 - Car Crash

19 - Say You Didn't Know

20 - Righteous Jam

Back To Queens 7'' (2012)

01 - Back To Queens

02 - That's It

03 - Zoo Crew

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