current_members website years_active label article_title past_members background genre image origin name
dave -rrb- sara -lrb- keyboard -rrb- landonhell -lrb- bass -rrb- donny -lrb- -lrb- drums -rrb- vocals , guitar -rrb- chris -lrb- guitar -lsb- http://www.intro5pect.com intro5pect.com -rsb- 1997 -- present blacknoise a-f records geykido comet records intro5pect
 gregg bass 2000-2003 -rrb- armen -lrb- bass 2003-2008 -rrb- nate hansen -lrb- group_or_band synthpunk intro5pect.jpg orange county , california , united states of america intro5pect
intro5pect

intro5pect is a political synthpunk band from southern california .
the band were officially formed in 1997 as a reaction to what was an apparent commercialization of the punk genre .
their first demo was released in 1998 and their first official release came in 1999 when newly founded indie label geykido comet records released the band 's song education as a limited edition 7 '' vinyl .
in 2002 the band signed to anti-flag 's label a-f records which released their self-titled full length album in spring 2003 .
in june 2007 intro5pect toured the united kingdom and mainland europe .
around this time the band 's new demo ` war at home ' was spot-played several times by bbc radio 1 dj mike davies on his punk rock show ` the lockup ' .
on october 16 , 2007 , the ep realpolitik was released , featuring stza from leftöver crack on vocals .
in summer 2008 the band embarked on their second tour of the united kingdom and this time played several headline shows at such venues as the camden underworld .
further support came from mike davies who this time had the band in to do a live session at the world famous maida vale studios .
the show was broadcast the following week on bbc radio 1 .
upon returning home from this tour , the band and bassist gregg parted ways due to creative differences .
after an extensive search landonhell was drafted in to fill the void .
in a 2009 interview with punkcdsampler , sara declared that `` the new album sounds like the self-titled one , to the extreme '' .
the ep `` record profits '' was released later that summer .
