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{{Short description|American hardcore punk band}}
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| origin           = [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]]
| genre            = {{hlist|[[Hardcore punk]]|[[thrashcore]]}}
| years_active     = 1981-1982
| label            = [[Taang! Records]], Distortions Records, Reflex/Wolfpack Records
| associated_acts  = Last Rights, [[Slapshot (band)|Slapshot]], [[Gang Green]], the Oysters
| past_members     = Jack Kelly<br/>Patrick Raftery<br/>Rich Collins<br/>Dave Bass
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'''Negative FX''' was a [[hardcore punk]] band from [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]], formed in 1981. Though the band lasted only a short time, playing a total of five shows (six flyers exist), the band was well known for their involvement in the local [[straight edge]] scene of the early 1980s. Along with members of the bands [[DYS (band)|DYS]] and [[SS Decontrol]] (SSD), Negative FX was part of the "Boston Crew", a group of social friends who traveled around the country with SSD and other Boston hardcore bands.

Negative FX played fast and unmelodic hardcore punk that often featured shouted gang vocals on the songs' choruses, which was influential in the development of [[thrashcore]]. The band members consisted of Patrick Raftery on guitar, Rich Collins on bass, Dave Bass on drums, and high-profile vocalist Jack Kelly, who frequently went by the name of "Choke". Kelly went on to form the bands Last Rights and [[Slapshot (band)|Slapshot]].

Negative FX released only one self-titled album, which was recorded in April and November 1982 at Radiobeat Studios in [[Kenmore Square]], but was not released until 1984 on [[Taang!]] Records. It was rereleased on blue, red, clear and amber vinyl (all limited to approximately 500) by Taang! in 1989. In 2002, [[Belgium|Belgian]] label Reflex/Wolfpack Records reissued the album under the name ''Discography & Live''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Negative-FX-Discography-Live/release/1930298|title=Negative FX - Discography & Live|website=Discogs.com|accessdate=25 September 2020}}</ref> with the addition of a live version of "Might Makes Right", on black (limited to 1400), pink (limited to 100) and yellow (limited to 100) vinyl. Distortions Records issued the ''Government War Plans EP'' in 2003, consisting of early demos.

Successful punk rock band [[NOFX]]'s name is a reference to this band. [[Eric Melvin]] had listened to Negative FX's one studio album, and when trying to come up with a name for his new band with [[Fat Mike]], he suggested the name "NO-FX". Fat Mike agreed on the name (later dropping the hyphen), noting that "it was the best one so far".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nofxofficialwebsite.com/errorpages/error404.html |title=404 File Not Found |access-date=2020-09-25 |archive-date=2020-09-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926045725/http://www.nofxofficialwebsite.com/errorpages/error404.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Discography==
===Studio albums===
*''[[Negative FX (album)|Negative FX]]'' (1984, [[Taang! Records]])

===EPs===
*''Government War Plans EP'' (2003, Distortions Records)

===Compilation albums===
*''Discography & Live'' (2002, Reflex/Wolfpack Records)

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://homepages.nyu.edu/~cch223/usa/nfx_main.html Kill From The Heart] (page on Negative FX and Last Rights)
* [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4492176287403334718 "Might Makes Right" (Live - 1983) on BlankTV]
* [http://www.OldTimeHardcore.com "The Official Slapshot website"]
* [http://www.discogs.com/label/Reflex%2FWolfpack+Records Reflex/Wolfpack Records page on Discogs]

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[[Category:Musical groups from Boston]]
[[Category:Hardcore punk groups from Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Straight edge groups]]