Punk Rock / Hardcore
Pico Rivera, California, USA

Circle One is a hardcore punk band formed in Pico Rivera, California in 1980. The band recorded a couple of demos in 1981 and an LP in 1983. The band split up in 1985 after Danny Dorman joined the band Wasted Youth. In 1991, the lead singer John Macias was killed by the police in Santa Monica, California. They reformed in 2003 and released a new LP in 2008 featuring new vocalist Billy Brown.

1980 Independent

1. Nothing
2. One Chord
3. In This City
4. F.O.
5. G.I. Combat
6. L-R-L
7. Red Machine
8. High School Society
9. Plastic Life
10. Relics From The Past

1980 Independent

1. Are You Afraid
2. Wap
3. God Bless America
4. Highway Patrolmen

1981 Independent

John Macias - Vocals
Michael Vallejo - Guitar
Mike Ituarte - Bass
Bill Ituarte - Drums

1. One Chord
2. In This City
3. F.O.
4. G.I. Combat
5. Left - Right - Left
6. Red Machine
7. High School Society
8. Plastic Life
9. Relics From the Past
10. W.A.P.

1983 Upstart Records (UP-001)

John Macias - Vocals
Michael Vallejo - Guitars
Danny Dorman - Bass
D.J. Hill - Percussion

1. Social Climbing Leaches
2. Beware
3. The Gospel
4. Survive
5. Fading
6. Destroy Exxon
7. Patterns of Force
8. Plastic Life
9. Rapture
10. Vietnam Vets
11. Pride
12. Our Sword
13. Unity

1991 Feedback Records (FB01)

John Macias - Vocals
Michael Vallejo - Guitar
Mike Ituarte - Bass
Bill Ituarte - Drums

1. You're So Boring
2. Relics From the Past
3. Hippycrits
4. PAU
5. L-R-L
6. Real Machine
7. Anarchy
8. Highway Patrolmen (demo version)

1991 Lost and Found Records (LF 023)

John Macias - Vocals
Michael Vallejo - Guitar
Mike Ituarte - Bass on tracks 1-14
Danny Doormann - Bass on tracks 15-27
Bill Ituarte - Drums on tracks 1-10
Jody Hill - Drums on tracks 11-27

1. One Chord
2. In This City
3. F.O.
4. G.I. Combat
5. Left - Right - Left
6. Red Machine
7. High School Society
8. Plastic Life
9. Relics From the Past
10. W.A.P.
11. Metal Roulette
12. God Bless America
13. Societies Tool
14. When the Bomb Falls
15. Fading
16. Destroy Exxon
17. Unity
18. G.I. Combat
19. Are You Afraid
20. Patterns of Force
21. Plastic Life
22. Draw The Line
23. Pride
24. Survive
25. Going Against the Grain
26. Rapture
27. Our Sword

Tracks 1-10 from 1981 Demos.
Tracks 11-14 live from the Eastern Front show in 1982.
Tracks 15-27 live from Phoenix, Arizona in 1982.

1997 Grand Theft Audio (GTA 029)

1. Social Climbing Leeches
2. Beware
3. Gospel
4. Survive
5. Fading / Destroy Exxon
6. Patterns of Force
7. Plastic Life / Rapture
8. Vietnam Vets
9. Pride
10. Our Sword
11. Unity
12. Destroy Exxon
13. Nothing
14. One Chord
15. In This City
16. F.O.
17. G.I. Combat
18. L-R-L
19. Red Machine
20. High School Society
21. Plastic Life
22. Relics From the Past
23. Are You Afraid
24. Wap
25. God Bless America
26. Highway Patrolmen
27. Are You Afraid
28. Hate, Lust, Filth and Greed
29. Highway Patrolmen
30. Scared Straight
31. Don't Get Mad
32. Highway Patrolmen
33. Teenage Prison
34. Hate, Lust, Filth and Greed
35. Going Against the Grain
36. Interview

Tracks 1-12 are from Patterns of Force.
Tracks 13-22 are from their first demo.
Tracks 23-26 are from their second demo.
Tracks 27-29 are live from LA in 1983.
Tracks 30-33 are rehearsal songs from 1980.
Tracks 34-35 are compilation tracks from 1983 and 1984.

(…to be continued…)