American punk rock band formed in 1995 in Oakland, California. Active from 1995-2002, then 2007-present. In 2002, the 4 then-current members of American Steel (Henderson, Massey, Peck, and Kissinger) added keyboardist Cory Gowan and felt that their new songs constituted a change in musical direction so significant as to be considered a new band, and operated under the name Communiqué. During this time, the band did not play songs recorded by American Steel. In 2007, Henderson, Massey, and Peck felt compelled to return to a sound closer to American Steel's brand of punk rock, parted ways with Kissinger and Stephen Loewinsohn (who had replaced Gowan on keys), reunited with original American Steel drummer Healy, and revived the American Steel name. The reunited American Steel, in turn, did not play songs from the Communiqué catalog. After recording 2009's Dear Friends & Gentle Hearts and touring for a few years afterward, bassist Peck moved overseas, and the band has been mostly inactive, however, they have not broken up, and occasionally play shows and record new material, such as 2019's State of Grace single.
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Les Foufounes Électriques
Montreal, Quebec, Canada1. Shrapnel
2. Dead and Gone
3. Tear the Place Apart
4. Sons of Avarice
5. Old Croy Road
6. Mean Streak
7. Rainy Day
8. Maria
December 7, 2024
Metro
Chicago, Illinois, United States1. Emergency House Party
2. Dead and Gone
3. Shrapnel
4. Tear the Place Apart
5. Every New Morning
6. There's A New Life
7. To the Sea
8. Smile on Me
9. Bergamot
10. Old Croy Road
11. Rainy Day
12. Sons of Avarice
13. Optimist
14. Mean Streak
15. Maria
October 25, 2024
Vivid Music Hall
Gainesville, Florida, United States1. Emergency House Party
2. Every New Morning
3. Dead and Gone
4. Shrapnel
5. Tear the Place Apart
6. Old Croy Road
7. Smile on Me
8. Optimist
9. Hurtlin’
10. Maria
11. There's A New Life
12. Rogue's March
13. Mean Streak
November 3, 2019
Bo Diddley Plaza
Gainesville, Florida, United States1. Sons of Avarice
2. Mean Streak
3. Dead and Gone
4. Tear the Place Apart
5. Shrapnel
6. Rainy Day
7. State of Grace
8. Old Croy Road
9. To the Sea
November 2, 2019
Boca Fiesta
Gainesville, Florida, United StatesMarch 24, 2019
Slim's
San Francisco, California, United States1. Tear the Place Apart
2. Every New Morning
3. Old Croy Road
4. Mean Streak
5. Smile on Me
6. There's A New Life
7. Rainy Day
8. Emergency House Party
9. Optimist
10. Dead and Gone
11. Shrapnel
12. Sons of Avarice
13. Maria
March 23, 2019
Slim's
San Francisco, California, United States1. Emergency House Party
2. Every New Morning
3. Dead and Gone
4. Tear the Place Apart
5. Mean Streak
6. Smile on Me
7. There's A New Life
8. Loaded Gun
9. Shrapnel
10. Old Croy Road
11. Optimist
12. Sons of Avarice
13. Maria
December 16, 2018
Cobra Lounge
Chicago, Illinois, United StatesDecember 14, 2018
Bottom Lounge
Chicago, Illinois, United States1. Smile on Me
2. Every New Morning
3. Dead and Gone
4. Shrapnel
5. Tear the Place Apart
6. Loaded Gun
7. There's A New Life
8. Sons of Avarice
9. Emergency House Party
10. Hope Springs From Somewhere
11. Mean Streak
12. Old Croy Road
13. Maria
May 18, 2013
Les Foufounes Électriques
Montreal, Quebec, CanadaMay 11, 2013
Motorco Music Hall
Durham, North Carolina, United States1. Sons of Avarice
2. Emergency House Party
3. Every New Morning
4. It's Too Bloody Anyway
5. Dead and Gone
6. Or, Don't You Remember?
7. Loaded Gun
8. Shrapnel
9. Old Croy Road
10. Your Ass Ain't Laughing Now
11. Love and Logic
12. There's A New Life
13. Smile on Me
14. Graveyards
15. Rogue's March
16. Tear the Place Apart
17. Optimist
18. Maria
19. Mean Streak
1. Latchkey Kid
2. Landmine Lullabye
3. Bergamot
4. To the Sea
5.
6. Whiskey, Women, and Blackguarding (Ain't No Cure for a Broken Heart)
September 30, 2012
Mezzanine
San Francisco, California, United StatesAugust 24, 2012
Bottom of the Hill
San Francisco, California, United States1. Every New Morning
2. Old Croy Road
3. Shrapnel
4. Tear the Place Apart
5. Rogue's March
6. Daylight Comes(Leatherface cover)
7. Sons of Avarice
8. Two Crooks
9. Emergency House Party
10. Dead and Gone
11. Hurtlin’
12. Maria
13. Loaded Gun
14. Graveyards
15. Your Ass Ain't Laughing Now
16. Love and Logic
17. Speak, Oh Heart
18. Smile on Me
19. Optimist
20. Mean Streak
21. It's Too Bloody Anyway
22. Latchkey Kid
23. Landmine Lullabye
May 24, 2012
The New Parish
Oakland, California, United StatesMay 29, 2011
Fremont Street Experience
Las Vegas, Nevada, United StatesAugust 14, 2010
Bottom of the Hill
San Francisco, California, United States1. Emergency House Party
2. Every New Morning
3. Sons of Avarice
4.
Electric Light Orchestra cover?5. Tear the Place Apart
6. Got a Backbeat
7. Maria
8. Coma Girl(Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros cover)
9. Old Croy Road
10.
11. Your Ass Ain't Laughing Now
12. Decycling
13. Dead and Gone
14. Day To Night (Like A Hint)
15. Shrapnel
16. Dear Friends and Gentle Hearts
17. There's A New Life
18. Loaded Gun
19. Another Day(Crimpshrine cover)
20. Mean Streak
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22.
23. Rotting
24. Optimist
25. It's Too Bloody Anyway
26. Smile on Me
June 25, 2010
Sonar
Baltimore, Maryland, United StatesOctober 24, 2009
Theaterfabrik
Munich, Bavaria, Germany1. Sons of Avarice
2. Emergency House Party
3. Dead and Gone
4. Tear the Place Apart
5. Safe and Sound
6. Old Croy Road
7. Shrapnel
8.
"The Blood Gen..."9. Smile on Me
10. Mean Streak
October 20, 2009
Ancienne Belgique
Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, BelgiumOctober 19, 2009
Purple Turtle
London, England, United KingdomSome of American Steel's most popular tracks include Sons Of Avarice, Hurtlin', Dead And Gone, Emergency House Party, Mean Streak. Listen to these songs and discover more from their extensive catalog.
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