website associated_acts years_active article_title background genre origin name
-lsb- http://www.restarts.co.uk http://www.restarts.co.uk] armed and hammered uk subs the varukers 1995 -- present the restarts
 group_or_band street punk london , england the restarts
the restarts

the restarts are a street punk band from london , england .
the band was formed in 1995 in london with darragh o'neill on drums , kieran plunkett from armed and hammered on bass guitar , and mik useless on the guitar .
they played many shows in the uk as a trio until useless left , at which point alan campbell joined the band .
with campbell on guitar they recorded their `` system error '' cd , but due to his commitments to the uk subs he had to leave .
then they found robin from the short bus window lickers as their new guitarist .
they toured extensively in europe and us .
they have played with bands like born/dead , limp wrist , the accüsed , strychnine , dr. know and monster squad .
