0DFx

The band was formed in Akron, Ohio, in late 1981{{cite web|title=ODFx (Zero Defects)|url=http://homepage.mac.com/doubtboy/ODFx.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111123717/http://homepage.mac.com/doubtboy/ODFx.html|archive-date=2012-01-11|access-date=May 7, 2013}} by Tom Seiler of local punk group The Bursting Brains, Mick Hurray of the neo-surf group The Nelsons, and Jim Friend of V-Nervz.

The band went through a few bass players before placing an ad in the Cleveland free paper Scene.{{cite book| last =Warner| first =Brad|author-link =Brad Warner| title =Hardcore Zen: Punk Rock, Monster Movies & the Truth About Reality| publisher =Wisdom Publications| year =2003| pages =22–23| isbn = 0-86171-380-X}} Brad Warner, who had been in a new wave group called Mmaxx,{{cite book| last =Warner| first =Brad|author-link =Brad Warner| title =Hardcore Zen: Punk Rock, Monster Movies & the Truth About Reality| publisher =Wisdom Publications| year =2003| pages =20–21| isbn = 0-86171-380-X}} answered the ad and after an afternoon audition he was accepted into the band. Warner remained a member of the group until its dissolution.{{cite web|title=About O.D.F.X.|url=http://www.mtv.com/artists/odfx/biography/|publisher=MTV|access-date=May 7, 2013|archive-date=December 3, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203180957/http://www.mtv.com/artists/odfx/biography/|url-status=dead}}

The band dissolved in the spring of 1983.{{cite book| last =Warner| first =Brad| author-link =Brad Warner| title =Sit Down and Shut Up: Punk Rock Commentaries on Buddha, God, Truth, Sex, Death, and Dogen's Treasury of the Right Dharma Eye| publisher =New World Library| year =2007| pages =[https://archive.org/details/sitdownshutuppun00warn/page/1 1]| isbn =9781577315599}}

In December 2005, Jim Lanza hatched the idea of reviving a handful of old Cleveland-area punk bands for a one time show entitled Cleveland's Screaming.{{cite book| last =Warner| first =Brad| author-link =Brad Warner| title =Sit Down and Shut Up: Punk Rock Commentaries on Buddha, God, Truth, Sex, Death, and Dogen's Treasury of the Right Dharma Eye| publisher =New World Library| year =2007| pages =[https://archive.org/details/sitdownshutuppun00warn/page/7 7–8]| isbn =9781577315599}} Warner decided to take the opportunity to create a documentary about the punk rock scene in Akron and Cleveland in the 1980s also entitled Cleveland's Screaming. The documentary was released in 2007.{{cite web | url=http://muvi.es/w3964 | title=Cleveland's Screaming! | date=31 July 2023 | publisher=Distrify }}{{Dead link|date=August 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web |url=http://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2007/10/03/clevelandandacircs-screaming-new-doc-looks-at-80s-punk-scenes |title=Cleveland's Screaming: New Doc Looks at 80s Punk Scenes |publisher=Cleveland Scene |access-date=2013-05-07 |archive-date=2013-12-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204002917/http://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2007/10/03/clevelandandacircs-screaming-new-doc-looks-at-80s-punk-scenes |url-status=live }}

Since they reformed, the band has begun writing and recording new music. In early 2013, the band signed to the record label Revolution Harmony.{{cite web|title=American hardcore punk legends ZERO DEFEX sign to Revolution Harmony, release free single/video|url=http://www.revolutionharmony.org/home.cfm?feature=2902723&postid=3743732|publisher=Revolution Harmony|access-date=May 7, 2013|archive-date=September 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922023238/https://www.revolutionharmony.org/home?feature=2902723&postid=3743732|url-status=live}} Zero Defex still plays shows as often as the band members are able.{{cite book| last =Warner| first =Brad| title =Zen Wrapped in Karma Dipped in Chocolate: A Trip Through Death, Sex, Divorce, and Spiritual Celebrity in Search of the True Dharma| publisher =New World Library| year =2009| pages =xi| isbn = 978-1-57731-654-1}}

0DFx appeared on the Ohio-based punk rock compilation, The New Hope[http://www.collectorscum.com/volume3/ohio/comps.html Ohio punk compilations] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070407121437/http://www.collectorscum.com/volume3/ohio/comps.html |date=2007-04-07 }} Retrieved: 05 April 2007 and on the nationally released International P.E.A.C.E. Benefit Compilation,{{cite book| last =Warner| first =Brad|author-link =Brad Warner| title =Hardcore Zen: Punk Rock, Monster Movies & the Truth About Reality| publisher =Wisdom Publications| year =2003| pages =xiv-xv| isbn = 0-86171-380-X}} which has remained in print since 1984.

• Jim Friend "Jimi Imij" (vocals)
• Tom Seiler "Tommy Strange" (guitar, 1981–83)
• Jeff Hardy "Jeffro Smull" (guitar, from 2005)
• Mick Hurray "Mickey X-Nelson" (drums)
• Brad Warner "Brad No Sweat" (bass)

• Alan Litt "Alan Nelson" (bass)
• Franklin Tarver "Frank N. File" (bass)
• John Despins "Johnny Phlegm" (bass)

• Zero Defex (0DFx Records 2008)
• Discography (Get Revenge Records, 2008){{cite web|title=Zero Defex discography|url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Zero+Defex?anv=ODFX|publisher=discogs|access-date=May 7, 2013|archive-date=September 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922023238/https://www.discogs.com/artist/544749-Zero-Defex|url-status=live}}
• Caught in a Reflection (Revolution Harmony, 2013){{cite web|title=ZERO DEFEX 'Caught In A Reflection' (out today)|url=http://www.revolutionharmony.org/home.cfm?feature=2902723&postid=4210085|publisher=Revolution Harmony|access-date=May 7, 2013|archive-date=September 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922023242/https://www.revolutionharmony.org/home?feature=2902723&postid=4210085|url-status=live}}

• War Hero 7 (Get Revenge Records 016, 2007)
• Drop the A-Bomb 7 (Get Revenge Records 018, 2008)

• The New Hope (New Hope Records 001, 1983)
• Songs - Drop the A-Bomb on Me / By the Day / Oppression / No More
• International P.E.A.C.E. Benefit Compilation (R Radical Records, 1984)
• Song - Drop the A-Bomb on Me

• Dimentia 13 (Brad Warner)

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20071021131727/http://ohms.nu/odfx/index.html 0DFx page at The Ohio Hystairical Musick Society]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20080121214646/http://clepunk.com/bands/odfx/index.htm 0DFx page at ClePunk]
• [http://www.myspace.com/0dfx 0DFx official Myspace page]
• [https://www.friendsect.com Friendsect] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221101150216/https://www.friendsect.com/ |date=2022-11-01 }}

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