"Inland Empire's first ever punk rock band "The Reactors," formed in 1978, from the urban city of San Bernardino, California. They played their own brand of fast, raw, and desperate punk rock in the unlikely urban city from where they were from. The Reactors existed from 1978 until 1982. During that time they released their Meltdown EP and their World War 4 album on their own Nuclear Waste Records label; which included doing their own photos, artwork, layouts and production, etc. The Reactors lasted through several line-ups. The first Reactors before the 7" EP were Mike Rodriguez, bass; Al Zenno, guitar; Brad Uhl, drums; and Elizabeth "Dash" Frost, vocals. For the EP, the line-up changed when drummer Brad left the band and was replaced by "Throbbin" Rob Vasquez. In early 1980, Al Zenno left the group. For the album the remaining members recruited guitarist Tony Brammel, who eventually went on to form the Sins and later the soul-rock alternative band, the Bell-Rays. The last edition of the Reactors consisted of a three piece: Dash on guitar, Mike on bass and any durmmer they could find. The Reactors shared bills with many great bands of the time. Recently, their records have garnered much attention from the ranks of Killed By Death punk collectors. Back in the day, their Meltdown EP was released in a rare pressing of 300 copies with two known cover variations which has now become a collector's item of sorts. Their WW4 record is almost becoming scarce too." (source: Nuclear Waste Records)
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