Chuck Briggs was an American

United States

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 punk rock

Punk rock

Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...

 guitarist

Guitarist

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, notably working with the U.S. Bombs

U.S. Bombs

U.S. Bombs are an American punk rock band, formed in 1993 in Orange County, CA. U.S. Bombs consist of vocalist Duane Peters, guitarists Kerry Martinez and Jonny "Two Bags" Wickersham, bass guitarist Wade Walston and drummer Chip Hanna. Vocalist Duane Peters is a legendary professional...

. He was featured on the albums Garibaldi Guard, War Birth

War Birth

- Track listing :#"That's Life" – 2:44#"Orange Crush" – 2:38#"Jaks" – 2:39#"Warstoryville" – 3:18#"12/25" – 3:06#"Outta Touch" – 2:08#"U.S. of Hate" – 2:42#"War Birth" – 3:24#"Hand Me the Downs" – 1:51#"Rocks in Memphis" – 2:48#"Beetle Boot" – 3:37...

and Never Mind the Opened Minds.

During the 1980s, he played with a number of California

California

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n punk bands, most notably the Dischords, who released one EP, Dirty Habits. Briggs was a good friend of U.S. Bombs' lead singer, Duane Peters

Duane Peters

Duane Peters , nicknamed "The Master of Disaster", is a punk rock singer/songwriter and professional skateboarder. Active since 1977, he is probably best known as the singer in the California punk rock band U.S...

, for many years. After the release of War Birth, and the tour that followed, Briggs left the U.S. Bombs and was replaced by Johnny 'Two Baggs' Wickersham

Jonny Wickersham

Jonny "2 Bags" Wickersham is the current guitarist for the Californian punk rock band Social Distortion. He joined Social Distortion after the death of founding member and longtime friend, Dennis Danell, in February 2000. Previously, he had been a guitarist for U.S...

 for the follow-up album, The World

The World (US Bombs album)

- Track listing :# The World# Goin' Out# Yanks And Rebs# Bombs Not Food# Isolated Ones# Skater Dater# Hobroken Dreams# Don't Take It Back# New Approach# Billy Club# Checkpoint# '76ixties# Nothin' On Us# Joe's Tune# In Fuck With You# Salute The Dead...

.

Some notable tracks, other than the Dischords EP and three U.S. Bombs releases, which feature Briggs are "Checkpoint Chuck", a demo version of "Checkpoint" (taken from The World), featuring his guitar and backing vocals (available on Old Skars and Upstarts) and "From the Otherside", a solo song, sung by Briggs, also from 'Old Skars and Upstarts' (2001). The U.S. Bombs album Back at the Laundromat

Back at the Laundromat

Back at the Laundromat is an album by U.S. Bombs.- Track listing :All tracks by Peters/Martinez except as noted# "Tora Tora Tora"# "Die Alone" # "The Rubber Room"# "Lunch In A Sack"# "Bloody Rag"# "New Killer"...

was dedicated to Briggs. The album included a song dedicated to him called "Goodnight". Their latest album, We are the Problem includes another tribute track, "Last Dischord".