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Thrash Hits — Download Festival has announced Suicidal Tendencies, Skin, Genitorturers, Killing For Company, Godsized, Max Raptor, The Morning After, Ben Poole, Funeral Party, Imicus, The Humour, The Dead Lay Waiting, T-34 and Esoterica have all been added to thei... more info

Altsounds — Funeral Party is a five-piece band that formed late one night in a park. Hardcore bands and metal bands dominated the local music scene at the time in Whittier, California, an East Los Angeles suburb comprised of mostly working-class enclaves. In... more info

NME - Radar — Funeral Party are band of spunky looking Los Angeles teens formed from the ashes of a Mexican skater gang. They're like At The Drive In if instead of perversely encouraging all their fans at shows to stand completely static they had been more intere... more info