Phinius Gage
{{Short description|English skate punk/melodic hardcore band}}
{{about|the UK musical band|the man who survived an iron bar passing through his head|Phineas Gage}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Phinius Gage
| image = Ade and Mike of Phinius Gage.jpg
| caption = Ade and Mike of Phinius Gage
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| origin = Brighton, England, UK
| genre = Punk rock, skate punk, melodic hardcore
| years_active = 2001–2008, 2024-
| label = Disconnect Disconnect Records, Small Town Records, Fond Of Life, Deck Cheese
| associated_acts = Lay It On The Line, 4ft Fingers, Consumed, Spunge
| website =
| current_members = Ade Holder
Mike Scott
Gary Yay
Matt Steele
| past_members =
}}
Phinius Gage are an English underground skate punk/melodic hardcore band who started up in 2001. In 2015 they played a reunion tour and announced in 2024 they had reformed.{{cite web|last=Tipple |first=Ben |url=http://punktastic.com/news/phinius-gage-announce-first-comeback-show/ |title=Phinius Gage Announce First Comeback Show |publisher=Punktastic.com |date=2015-04-09 |accessdate=2015-06-26}} The band's first new music in nearly 2 decades came out in 2025. {{cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/track/68B5yY6qT5v7aiLSR1QoQy |title="Masquerade" |date=2025-05-16 |accessdate=2025-06-06}}The band have promised a new full-length in the future.
History
The band is named after Phineas Gage, an 1840s railway foreman, who had a large iron rod driven through his head and thereby lost part of his brain.
They played over 500 shows in their existence, touring with many bands including Streetlight Manifesto, Spunge, Whitmore, Flood Of Red, Reuben, RedLightsFlash, Ten Foot Pole, Farse, and 4Ft Fingers. They released debut mini LP More Haste More Speed in 2003 on Deck Cheese Records – and their first full length, The Feeling Somethings Wrong on the same label in 2005.
Signing to Fond of Life Records in Germany, the band released a compilation of old and new tracks in 2006 entitled Brighton Rock, which included the band's only single, Brighton Rock, the video for which received airplay on MTV2 and Scuzz.{{cite web|url=http://phiniusgage.forumactif.fr/t59-broken-wings-sur-mtv2 |title=" Broken wings" sur MTV2 |publisher=Phiniusgage.forumactif.fr |date= |accessdate=2015-06-26}} The band then released their final album in 2007, Seek Out Your Foes, which is generally considered the band's best work. It made Kerrang's 'Best Albums Of 2007' list. However, the band split suddenly soon after.
Members have gone on to form many other bands, including Lay It On The Line. Mike Scott has also had a solo career.
Musical style and influence
Phinius Gage plays fast, melodic hardcore music in the style of Pennywise, Strung Out, Consumed, Rise Against, and other bands of the SoCal description from record labels including Fat Wreck Chords and Epitaph.{{citation needed|date=June 2015}}
Members
File:Phinius Gage (group photo).jpg
- Gary Yay – guitars, backing vocals (2024–present)
- Mike Scott – (bass, lead vocals, (2003–present)
- Matt Steele – drums, backing vocals (2002–present)
- Ade Holder – guitars, lead vocals (2002–present)
=Previous members 2002–2006=
- Damo St George – vocals
- Carl "Karlos" Brown - guitar
- Martyn Haigh – bass
- Andy Bligh – guitar
- Ben Ince – guitar
- Paul Fields – guitar
- Jamie Kirkpatrick – bass
- Edward Higgs – bass
- Chas Mataz – guitar
- Kalem Buckham – drums
- Keith Whitby – bass
Discography
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| Year
!Album !Label |
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| 2003
|More Haste More Speed (mini-album) |Deck Cheese |
| 2005
|The Feeling Something's Wrong |Deck Cheese |
| 2006 (Europe) 2007 (UK) |Brighton Rock |Fond of Life/Winged Skull (Europe) |
| 2006/2007 (Re-release)
|Seek Out Your Foes... And Make Them Sorry |Fond of Life (Europe) |
| 2025
|Masquerade (Single) |Self-released |
=Compilations=
- Amped Up And Ready To Go (In At The Deep End Records, UK)
- Value Slices (Deck Cheese, UK)
- Cheese Supreme (free promo CD with Big Cheese Magazine, UK)
- Punktastic Unscene (Punktastic Recordings, UK)
- Punktastic Unscene 3 (Punktastic Recordings, UK)
- Ashcan Records 1 (Ashcan Records, Luxembourg)
- Change The Station II (White Russian Records, Netherlands)
- In Defense of Rock 2 (Fond of Life/Winged Skull, Germany)
- Quintisentially British (UK)
- Brighton Rocks (UK)
References
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External links
- [http://www.myspace.com/phiniusgage Phinius Gage Official MySpace page]
- [http://www.punktastic.com/index.php?navID=2&reviewID=1315 Review of Phinius Gage album "The Feeling Something's Wrong" from national website Punktastic]
- [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/mikedavies/index.shtml Phinius Gage tracks played on BBC Radio 1's Lock Up Punk Show]
- [http://phiniusgage.bandcamp.com Phinius Gage Bandcamp page]
- [http://layitontheline.bandcamp.com Lay It On The Line Bandcamp page]
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Category:Underground punk scene in the United Kingdom
Category:British hardcore punk groups
Category:English punk rock groups