Falling Sickness

Formed on December 25, 1989, while every member remained under twenty, Falling Sickness delivered hyperactive ska-punk across the California coast. After six years of shared bills with Voodoo Glow Skulls, Rancid, and the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, the band possessed little beyond repeated demo tapes, two car accidents, and ongoing comparisons to Operation Ivy until Hopeless Records signed them in 1995. A split single with the Nobodys arrived the next year, followed by the full-length Right on Time, an album that preserved six years of material but captured it in a professional studio instead of a bedroom. Their 1998 sequel, Because the World Has Failed on Us Both, revealed a more mature outlook and steered away from lyrics about drinking and property damage. In 1999 a split 10-inch with Dysentery appeared on Hopeless’s sister label Sub City, and the same year the group joined the Take Action Tour alongside Fifteen, Against All Authority, Dillinger Four, and additional acts.