The Dehumanizers

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t started as a bet between brothers David Ulysses Portnow and his older brother, Infra Ed, that he would have greater success playing the unique style of skate-punk music filled with humor, drug references, and politics he (Dave) preferred, as opposed to playing as a union musician playing covers at parties, company functions, and bar mitzvahs that he was currently employed in. David came up with the band name and created a band logo. The brothers were jump started rather suddenly by receiving international orders for a non-existent demo tape entitled "Save The World". Infra Ed laid down each instrument on each song that Dave wrote, and soon after, the non-existent demo, marketed by Dave, became a reality under the title The Post-Nuke Boys as a rare single sided cassette tape in 1985. There was one problem, although the two brothers were clever and industrious, they still didn't have a proper band.

Zoli Semenate (guitar) was then recruited, along with John 'Mort' Mortensen (bass) for the Kill Lou Guzzo EP (1986). Mort would then leave unexpectedly. The follow-up, End Of Time (1988), featured the line-up Infra Ed, Zoli, and two new players, Joe Daut (vocals) and Phil Bentz (bass).