Soulside

A formidable punk band of its time, Soul Side might be completely forgotten if it weren't for the fact that three-quarters of the band (along with Soul Side's producer, Eli Janney) went on to form Girls Against Boys. Soul Side was an important band on the 1980s Washington D.C. punk scene because it was the missing link between the lyrically advanced, but musically straightforward emo-core of bands like Rites of Spring and the sonic complexities of Fugazi. Comprised of Alexis Fleisig on drums, Bobby Sullivan on vocals, Scott McCloud on guitar, and Johnny Temple on bass, the ban...