Vic Bondi

Vic Bondi

Infobox Musical artist

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Name = Vic Bondi
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Background = solo_singer
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Instrument = Guitar
Vocals
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Label = Jade Tree Records
Associated_acts = Articles of Faith
Vic Bondi
Jones Very
Alloy
Report Suspicious Activity
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Vic Bondi is a singer/songwriter and one of the founding members of political Chicago punk band called Articles of Faith. Bondi was originally a protest singer with decidedly leftist views. He went on to form Alloy, and Jones Very after AoF's demise. At the time of AoF's original breakup Bondi was working as a history instructor at the University of Massachusetts. Bondi's subsequent day jobs included working on Microsoft's Encarta as managing editor of the Encarta Interactive English Learning edition (Bondi's comments on this fairly ironic form of employment can be found [http://www.musicscene.com/bondi/ here] ). Bondi resurfaced with another politically charged band, Report Suspicious Activity, in 2006, and was featured prominently in the documentary "American Hardcore".

Articles of Faith

Bondi founded Articles of Faith in the early 1980s. Combining thrash, reggae, and noise, the group was notable for its political lyrics, three-guitar attack, and sponsorship of the Chicago scene. AoF released two EPs ("What We Want is Free" and "Wait") and two LPs ("Give Thanks" and "In This Life", both produced by Bob Mould, and toured North America many times from 1983-1985. The group disbanded in 1985, but reunited with all original members for a brief European tour in 1991. They have not played together since.
Alternative Tentacles Records released the complete discography of the band in 2002.

Other projects

Bondi was also the lead singer and guitarist of Jones Very and Alloy. Bondi's newest project is Report Suspicious Activity which also features J. Robbins and Darren Zentek.Vic has also played with Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine in a project called Weatherman.Vic Bondi is currently performing with J. Robbins of Channels, Jawbox, and Burning Airlines, Darren Zentek from Kerosene 454/Oswego/Channels, and Erik Denno from Kerosene 454 in a project called Report Suspicious Activity.

Discography

With Articles of Faith

*"What We Want is Free (1982)
*"Wait" (1983)
*"Give Thanks" (1984)
*"In This Life" (1985)Compilation and soundtrack appearances
*"American Hardcore - The History Of American Punk Rock 1980-1986" soundtrack (2006)

As himself

*"Ghost Dances" (1988)

With Jones Very

*"Words and Days" (1989)
*"Trains of Thought" (Jade Tree Records 003, 1991)
*"New Life for Lies" (Jade Tree Records 006, 1992)

With Alloy

*"Eliminate" (1992)
*"Reading Blind" (1993)
*"Paper Thin Front" (1994)

With Report Suspicious Activity

*"Report Suspicious Activity" (2005)
*"Dreamland" (2006)

External links

* [http://www.vicbondi.com/ Official Vic Bondi web site]
* [http://www.aofcomplete.com/ Articles of Faith]
* [http://www.msigarmy.com/report-suspicious-activity/ Picture gallery of Report Suspicious Activity in Chicago, Feb 2006]
* [http://chicagopunkpix.com/CPP/?p=32 2007 Interview With Vic Bondi]


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