Facing Down

1994 - 2002

Band members:
Ruud Stevens - Vocals
Micha Derks - Guitar
Ivo Welten - Guitar
Martijn Laurant - Bass
Luuk Reijs - Drums (1994-1996)
Koen Damman - Drums (1996-2002)

Web site:
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Bio:
Facing Down was a melodic punk /skatepunk band from the Netherlands. The band was founded in 1994, playing Bad Religion and Face to Face covers, but simultaniously starting to write original songs. They soon put out two demo tapes "Kerbkrawler" and "The Punch And Judy Tape". In 1996 they released their first album "Foolish Non-Believers" on the German record label Cesar Records. The band always played shows, but was never touring for more than one week. Their second album, "No Offence Scorpio" (also Cesar Records) came out in 1999, the same year a 7", "Two Sided", followed. Their third and last album "A Road Less Travelled" was released on Funtime Records in 2000 before the band split up in 2002.


Discography:
-Kerbcrawler (Demo tape released in 1995)

Tracklist:
01. Nerd At Work
02. Wallsocket
03. Lyrics
04. California Dreamis
05. Robbery
06. Away From The People
07. Unity

-The Punch And Judy Tape (demo tape, 1996)

Tracklist:
01. Never Let Them Go
02. Out Of Tune
03. No Brains
04. Pack Of Lies
05. Impossibilities
06. Scruples
07. United

-Foolish Non-Believers  (MCD, 1996, Caesar Records)

 
Tracklist:

01. Sleep
02. Thoughts
03. Bad Times
04. Side
05. Spirit
06. I Agree
07. My Face
08. United

-No Offence Scorpio (CD, 1997, Caesar Records)

Tracklist:
01. The Walls
02. DI2
03. Bring Me Down
04. Wrong Idea
05. I Did the Whole Team
06. You Live Your Life in the Past
07. Problem
08. Letter
09. Seasons
10. Atomic Rain
11. No Rows Selected
12. Children
13. Glad It's Over


-Two Sided (7", 1999, Refill Records)

Tracklist:
01. Words Of Crime
02. The Fluke
03. The Other Side

-A Road Less Traveled (CD, 2000 by Funtime Record)

 Tracklist:
01. 23 Years
02. Just Like You
03. Self Defence
04. Leviathan
05. Cleaning Up The Can
06. History
07. Goodbye Kiss
08. Not True
09. Simple Society
10. 31st Story
11. Structures
12. 30 Days

Compilations:
-Ox-sampler (1997; ox faces the facts, Germany)

-Hollandse Herrie (1997; Windmill Records, NL)

 -Bijna Boven 3 (1997; Stichting Brabant Pop, NL)

-Kabuki Knights (1998; Caesar Records, Germany)

-Suffer the ultimate core-uption 1 (1998; Core-Upt records, Canada)

-Elements (1999; Funtime records, Belgium)

-Plancha in the pit (1999; High Risk records, USA)

-3:16 (2000; Core-Upt records, Canada)

-Millenium Timecapsule Boxset (2000; Blacklight records, USA)

-Funtime Sampler 2000 (2000; Funtime records, Belgium)

-Rocksound Punk Rawk 8 explosion (2001; Rocksound, France)