For the peace organisation, see Peace Action En:The Freeze The Freeze are a hardcore punk rock band from Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The Freeze formed in late 1978. At the time all members were in high school. The Freeze are generally considered to be a Boston hardcore band, but they never truly fit into the typical Boston mold. Like most hardcore groups, the band was started by enthusiastic teenagers.

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  • For the peace organisation, see Peace Action En:The Freeze The Freeze are a hardcore punk rock band from Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The Freeze formed in late 1978. At the time all members were in high school. The Freeze are generally considered to be a Boston hardcore band, but they never truly fit into the typical Boston mold. Like most hardcore groups, the band was started by enthusiastic teenagers. Indeed, despite the popularity of their first record, the band's ability to capitalize on their local fame was limited only by their age at the time. Most members weren't old enough to drive to Boston, the local mecca of hardcore. The Freeze were neither straight edge nor heavy metal-influenced like their Boston contemporaries DYS and SSD. The Freeze have a more melodic sound which hints more to pure punk rock than hardcore. Clif Hanger, the lead singer of the Freeze, set up dozens of all-ages shows in Cape Cod in the early years of American hardcore music. Virtually all of the Boston hardcore bands played with The Freeze at these shows, as well as nationally known bands like Black Flag. They also went on two considerably successful tours following the release of their "Guilty Face" EP and "Land of the Lost" LP. The Freeze have undergone numerous lineup changes, but they are praised for their longevity and unwavering idealism. Currently, Clif Hanger is the only remaining original member. The Freeze have not had the greatest success in the realm of hardcore punk, but their influence on more recent punk and melodic hardcore is far more reaching than their fan base. Yet even that seems to be changing as band's such as The Unseen, who's cover of the Hanger/Close tune "Talking Bombs" on their most recent release brought the music of The Freeze to a younger audience. 2010 will be the band's busiest year in their long 32 year history. They will be following up their successful 2009 tour of Europe with a larger scale two month jaunt in May and June. Their 2009 tour was highlighted by the return of legendary guitarist (and Clif Hanger's songwriting partner since 1982) "East Coast" Bill Close. Although no decision has been made whether Bill will be joining the band again this year, one thing is for certain. Bill and Clif will be writing songs together for the first time in over a decade for inclusion on the band's first new studio album since 1999's "One False Move" with a tentative release date of November. Rabid Records will be the band's new label. The EP titled "Blood Flows Home" is scheduled for release in July 2011 just prior to their European tour with a full length LP to follow later in the year.
  • I Freeze sono un gruppo hardcore punk formatasi a Cape Cod, in Massachusetts, nel 1978 appartenente alla scena hardcore di Boston. Al tempo della nascita della band tutti i componenti frequentavano la scuola superiore, come la maggioranza delle band hardcore punk. I The Freeze sono generalmente associati alla scena hardcore di Boston, tuttavia non seguirono mai realmente lo stile della scena. A differenza di moltissime band hardcore di Boston, quali DYS e SSD, i Freeze non erano straight edge e non avevano influenze metal. La band proponeva invece un sound più melodico, maggiormente vicino al punk rock delle origini che all'hardcore. Durante i primi anni di attvità, il gruppo ha goduto di relativa popolarità nella scena, suonando con i Black Flag e pubblicando l'EP Guilty Face e l'LP Land of the Lost. Il gruppo ha avuto molte variazioni della formazione, e attualmente l'unico membro originario è il cantante Clif Hanger.
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  • For the peace organisation, see Peace Action En:The Freeze The Freeze are a hardcore punk rock band from Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The Freeze formed in late 1978. At the time all members were in high school. The Freeze are generally considered to be a Boston hardcore band, but they never truly fit into the typical Boston mold. Like most hardcore groups, the band was started by enthusiastic teenagers.
  • I Freeze sono un gruppo hardcore punk formatasi a Cape Cod, in Massachusetts, nel 1978 appartenente alla scena hardcore di Boston. Al tempo della nascita della band tutti i componenti frequentavano la scuola superiore, come la maggioranza delle band hardcore punk. I The Freeze sono generalmente associati alla scena hardcore di Boston, tuttavia non seguirono mai realmente lo stile della scena.
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