Give Up the Ghost

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Give Up the Ghost (earlier known as American Nightmare) was a Boston hardcore band formed in 1999. Through a legal battle the band was forced to change their name; they briefly performed as “American Nothing” before changing their name in 2003 to Give Up the Ghost. The band put out records on Bridge 9 and Equal Vision before breaking up suddenly in spring 2004. Wes Eisold has since gone on to front spastic hardcore “supergroup” Some Girls and is a member of xo skeletons and he has a side project called Cold Cave.

Other members of the band have gone on to play in Equal Vision outfit Bars, The Hope Conspiracy, and Head Automatica.

1	Love American full track	230
2	Since Always full track	176
3	Young Hearts Be Free Tonight full track	166
4	We Killed it full track	129
4	Crush of the Year full track	129
6	The Last Supper After Party full track	127
7	(It's Sometimes Like it Never Started) full track	119
8	Bluem full track	107
9	Hearts full track	96
10	AEIOU full track	93
11	Crime Scene full track	82
11	Calculation Nation	82
13	Farewell full track	79
14	The Ice Age Is Coming full track	71
15	(and It's Sometimes Like it Will Never End) full track	69

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We're Down Til We're Underground
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Background Music
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Love American EP
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diediemisslinda wrote:
Saturday evening

wes ! !

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THEHOLYGHOST_ wrote:
21 days ago

i never knew Jacob Bannon did the artwork for some of their stuff, that's fucking fantastic.

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sweetdemise wrote:
24 days ago

We must see a picture of that tattoo now!

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deeperthewound wrote:
27 days ago

I'm inclined to agree with Bucko.

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BuckoFancypants wrote:
28 days ago

And Background Music is impossible to top.

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BuckoFancypants wrote:
28 days ago

I got a tattoo last month of a compass with the Postmark My Compass lyrics "I Gave You My Very Best" around the edge of it. They will always be American Nightmare to me. And XguitarparadeX is wrong. They are, in fact, the best hardcore band ever. Plain and simple.

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ninjapunch wrote:
last month

SO.FUCKING. GOOD. FUCK!

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veronicAEIOU wrote:
last month

amazing amazing band:)

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cruelhand wrote:
last month

I BEEN SO DOWN LATELY

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sweetdemise wrote:
last month

"Love American" brings me back. This band is so good.

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[deleted-user] wrote:
last month

wes reminds me of charles bukowski
aSharedHistory wrote:
June 2008

new obsession here.

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XguiltparadeX wrote:
May 2008

not the best hardcore band, but certainly one of the best :)

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IsaacMG wrote:
May 2008

Best hardcore band ever?

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[deleted-user] wrote:
April 2008

http://fortheheartsstillbeating.blogspot.com/
THEHOLYGHOST_ wrote:
March 2008

the luckiest day of my life was when i found a copy of deathbeds up for sale on ebay. It is now the most important thing in my life, above EVERYTHING haha

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v0ltaire wrote:
March 2008

♥ this band

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THEHOLYGHOST_ wrote:
February 2008

EVERYONE WHO LIKES THIS BAND, PLEASE PLEASE CHECK OUT 'IN REMEMBRANCE'. i am not affiliated with them at all but their album really is one of the best of 2007. please please listen to them and make sure their name gets out there! x

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danatolman wrote:
February 2008

yeah, it got released a while ago and its out of stock

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hardcorenige wrote:
January 2008

people are saying that death beds has been released but I cant find it anywhere? any help?

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