Guitarist Jake Kolatis has been bringing their particular brand of sturm und drang to longtime New York City punk revivalists The Casualties since 1993. Replacing a string of flaky guitarists, Kolatis knows how to throw down the blistering chunk required to make ears bleed on a nightly basis.

Ex-Manix bassist Rick Lopez took over low-end duties in 1999, just in time to provide the sickest thump ever to blow back a mohawk on The Casualties' 2000 US and European tour. Both Kolatis and Lopez sprayed their sounds all over the band's albums Who's in Control?, Stay Out of Order, and Die Hards. 2006 saw the release of Under Attack, and a headlining spot on that year's Vans Warped Tour, where the boys showed the latest crop of punks how it's done, and of course Jake Kolatis and Rick Lopez do it with Crate.

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