Nobody Special

Nobody Special was a Christian punk band formed in 1986, in Orange County, California. It consisted of recordings by Pat Nobody and studio musicians Gene Eugene, Joey Mitchell, Chris Brigandi and Joey Taylor.^[3][4] It was a collection of songs from an earlier band Pat Nobody had started in 1980 called Immortal Youth. Immortal Youth band members were Elissa Johnson (keyboard bass) Orlando Gonzalez (drums) and Pat Nobody (guitar and vocals).

Nobody Special
Also known as	NS
Origin	Orange County, California
Genres	Christian punk,[1] hardcore punk[2]
Years active	1986–1990, 1996–1997, 2011–present
Labels	Alarma/Frontline, Broken
Members	Pat Nobody Frank Wesolek (aka "Frank Black") Rod Reasner Dave Schad
Past members	Joey Taylor Joey Mitchell Gene Eugene Chris Brigandi
Website	www.nobodyspecial.net

After the Frontline Records release of these songs, Pat regrouped and started again as Nobody Special which included Frank Wesolek (aka Frank Black) on lead guitar, Tony Cena on drums, and Chris Kovacs (the Vax) on bass. Nobody Special put out their 2nd recording under the label Broken Records in 1989, which was re-released under the label Wretched Records in 1992.

The band disbanded in 1990, reunited in 1996 and disbanded again in 1997. They reunited again in 2011, with the lineup of Pat Nobody, Frank Black, Rod Reasner and Dave Schad.

Members

Current

• Pat "Nobody" Taylor – rhythm guitar, vocals
• Frank "Black" Wesolek – lead guitar, backing vocals
• Rod Reasner
• Dave Schad

Former^[5]

• Chris "The Vax" Kovacs – bass^[6]
• Tony Cena – drums, backing vocals^[6]

Studio musicians on first recording^[3]

• Gene Eugene
• Joey Mitchell – drums
• Chris Brigandi
• Joey Taylor

Discography

Studio albums

• Nobody Special (1987) Alarma/Frontline
• Call It Whatever You Want (1989) Broken Records^[7]