years_active label article_title past_members background genre origin name
1979 & ndash ; 198 ? mutha records public disturbance -lrb- u.s. band -rrb-
 tom paul cowen darryl hell john radcliffe group_or_band hardcore punk jersey shore area , new jersey , united states public disturbance
public disturbance -lrb- u.s. band -rrb-

public disturbance was a punk band from the central new jersey shore area of the united states that formed circa 1979 .
it included members tom on vocals , paul cowen on guitar , darryl hell on bass & john radcliffe on drums .
in its time , the group played with the dead kennedys , black flag , bad posture and flipper at venues such as city gardens in trenton , brighton bar in long branch , and cbgb in new york city .
in 1983 the group released a self-titled album and a single `` s&m '' , both on mutha records .
the `` s&m '' single features artwork by lori wening who would go on to become the vocalist -lrb- under the name inger lorre -rrb- of the proto-grunge la punk band the nymphs .
darryl hell went on to perform in the new york area under the name dj hell .
los angeles punk fanzine flipside named the `` public disburbance '' lp on its `` best of '' list .
songs by the band include `` s&m '' , `` destroy the fad '' & `` russell 's ramp '' .
since the early 1980s a few bands have used the name public disturbance , one of which ian watkins , of lostprophets , played in during the 1990s and another public disturbance formed in northern new jersey around 2004 .
