Platoon 1107
Platoon 1107 is an American patriotic punk rock music band that primarily plays Heavy metal music influenced hardcore punk and skate punk, and at times crossover. This project was started in California in 2012 by a United States Marine Corps veteran, Jimmy Sisco, who writes and plays all the instruments on their recordings. The project's first two releases, with Thumper Punk Records and Veritas Vinyl, "We Glory in the Title" (a studio album), and an extended play, "Live Free or Die", were released on the same day in 2012. The second extended play, "Marine Forever...Forever Marine , was first self-released in December 2013. The project did a split-EP, with The Cants earlier the same year. In late 2016 the band issued four EP's in 5 weeks via Thumper Punk Records: The Tourettes EP, The Straight Edge EP, Marine Forever...Forever Marine," and the "Alive I" live album, which was recorded at Angel City in Bellflower, California in 2014. Background. Platoon 1107 is heavy metal influenced Hardcore punk and Skate punk project that sometimes incorporates Crossover thrash. Themes of Patriotism and Military history are commonly addressed in their songs. The project is based in California . The founding member is Jimmy Sisco, who is a United States Marine Corps veteran, and who plays all the instruments on the project's recordings which he also records and produces. Platoon 1107 plays as a full band for live shows. The band name was taken from the recruit platoon at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego that Jimmy graduated boot camp with. Music history. The musical project commenced as a musical entity in 2012, with their first two releases, "We Glory in the Title", a studio album, and, an extended play, "Live Free or Die", was released on October  16, 2012 by Thumper Punk Records and Veritas Vinyl. Their subsequent release, was a split-EP with Nashville, Tennessee band The Cants, which was released on June 18, 2013 from Thumper Punk Records. In October 2016, after two full years of no recording, Platoon released four EP's within four weeks on Thumper Punk Records: "The Tourettes EP, The Straight Edge EP, The Marine Forever...Forever Marine EP," and the "Alive I" live album, recorded at Angel City in Bellflower, California in 2014. In 2017, Platoon 1107 will release "Volume I: 2012-2013" which will consist of their whole catalog  of 24 songs during the first two years. To be released at the same time will be "Volume II: The EP Series" which will consist of all four EP's released in late 2016, along with unreleased songs.