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(2005 – present)

United Nations is an experimental punk supergroup whose roots go back to at least 2005 formed by Geoff Rickly, the singer/lyricist of the band Thursday.

Other artists rumored to be involved in the project most noteably include Daryl Palumbo of Glassjaw/Head Automatica fame along with Ben Koller of Converge. A handful of other names have also been mentioned: Chree (The Number Twelve Looks Like You), Eric Cooper (Kiss It Goodbye) Lukas Previn (Acid Tiger) Tom Keeley (Thursday) Jonah Bayer (The Lovekill).

Since Rickly is the only member whose primary band is currently not under contract, his name is the only one that can legally appear in press materials. Press photos of the band released in 2008 depict four people wearing Ronald Reagan masks, believed to be because of this reason. The only exception to this being when Daryl breifly mentioned being involved in the project to Punk News in 2005 (http://www.punknews.org/article/13238). Baring all this in mind, the official line-up is not well known.

The bands debut record entitled United Nations was released in September 2008 amid much controversy surrounding the original artwork and also the bands name.

Before its release, stores refused to sell the band’s debut self-titled album because of copyright issues. As a result, only 1,000 copies were made with the controversial cover, and later copies were made with an alternative cover. The one thousand original copies were sold exclusively through the band and Eyeball Records.

The controversial cover can be found here: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/98/UnitedNationsSelftitledCover.jpg
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  • haximskramz

    Thanks for sharing the Illegal UN! Can't wait for their new release!

    13 May 1:56am Reply

  • odioagato

    superband!!!

    18 Mar 6:06pm Reply

  • coleheideman

    alright thanks you two. :)

    18 Mar 12:30pm Reply

  • homework

    It was a bootleg of demos. The quality of the tape is shite, but the quality of the music is hitting the spot. Waiting for a new release!

    8 Mar 11:19am Reply

  • AceXV

    not that I'm aware of. Think it was just a bootleg tape and a case. No insert or anything.

    15 Feb 7:46am Reply

  • coleheideman

    Is there lyric inserts for the new tape or anything? I can make out some of them but not very well.

    12 Feb 2:22am Reply

  • Norm-life-baby

    Fuck the Future! new songs are awesome!

    10 Feb 10:37am Reply

  • AceXV

    The word is this year, but who knows with them. THe demos will have to sate our hunger for now

    5 Feb 10:58pm Reply

  • LessThenTom

    When is their new music coming out?

    5 Feb 7:03am Reply

  • AceXV

    I... I love you....

    4 Feb 6:17am Reply

  • anIadrift

    http://www.mediafire.com/?ap5v86c7ox15k2o

    3 Feb 5:32pm Reply

  • AceXV

    you are a saint

    3 Feb 4:12am Reply

  • anIadrift

    working on it... ;]

    1 Feb 5:10pm Reply

  • AceXV

    I was unaware they had a secret tape, but I figured they'd do something like that on this new tour. Hope it comes online soon.

    24 Jan 8:38am Reply

  • anIadrift

    I got thee very last copy of the illegal tape with new material. At least that is what the girl at the merch table told me last night. I only listened to one side of it one time but as expected it owns. It is in the same vein as the other material but more expanded. Eventually though it is supposed to have a proper release I believe. They wouldn't really answer anyone's questions. They got that mysterious glassjaw vibe going on haha love it.

    23 Jan 4:53am Reply

  • alexschelldorf

    I’ve been writing about an album every day for my new, 365-day music project, “One Record Per Day.” The other day I did “United Nations” – check it out here: http://onerecordperday.wordpress.com/2013/01/09/day-9-345-united-nations-united-nations/ Figured you guys may appreciate it. Thanks!

    21 Jan 9:21pm Reply

  • filas312

    Those guys are so fucking full of passion and emotions.

    14 Jan 9:53pm Reply

  • AceXV

    They're baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack.

    7 Jan 7:39am Reply

  • LessThenTom

    Nice try rutracker.org sales guy

    27 Dec 2012 Reply

  • filas312

    There are LP rips on rutracker.org. It's free to register.

    24 Nov 2012 Reply
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