Amery Smith
Amery "AWOL" Smith is a drummer from Los Angeles, California. AWOL has been a member of numerous bands such as [...] Tendencies, The Brood, AgainST, Uncle Slam, Beastie Boys and BS2000. Amery currently works for the band The Mars Volta as production manager.
Amery played the drums on [...] Tendencies' debut album, and was one of the forming members of Uncle Slam and The Brood, two other Venice based crossover thrash bands.
Amery "AWOL" Smith forms BS 2000 together with Beastie Boys' Ad Rock.
In May 2006, he reunited with his old [...] Tendencies bandmates Louiché Mayorga and Grant Estes to create a band named AgainST with Excel vocalist Daniel Clements and former No Mercy singer Kevin "The Jerk" Guercio.
Discography
- [...] Tendencies
- [...] Tendencies 1983; Frontier Records
- Institutionalized - Repo Man Soundtrack 1984; Fontana / MCA Records
- Uncle Slam
- Say Uncle 1988; Caroline Records
- Will Work For Food 1993; Restless Records
- Buccinator
- The Great Painter Raphael 1995; Basura! Records
- Beastie Boys
- Ill Communication 1994; Grand Royal / Capitol Records
- Aglio y Olio 1996; Grand Royal Records
and other various B sides and compilations
- F-Minus
- No Time - Give 'em the Boot Compilation 1997; Hellcat Records
- Methadrine - Old Scars and Upstarts Compilation 1999; Disaster Records
- BS 2000
- BS2000 1997; Grand Royal Records
- Simply Mortified 2000; Grand Royal Records
- .001 Losers Club
- Wont Break Me Down 7" 1998; A+ Records
- Felix
- Staying Stagnant 7" 2002; New Hit Records
- Timmy Goes Boom
- Fast Enough - Every Dog Will Have Its Day Compilation 2002; Adeline Records
- Leftover Crack
- Crack City Rockers - Give 'em the Boot 2 Compilation 1999; Hellcat Records
- Rock the 40 Oz. 7" 2000; Bankshot Records
- Mediocre Generica 2001; Hellcat Records
- U.S. Bombs
- American Made - Covert Action 2003; Hellcat Records
- Against
- Camarillo, Roll the Dice -
- Welcome 2 Venice Compilation 2007; Built on an Ounce Records
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