# The Punk Group

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| alias             = "Sex Object" and "The Model"
| origin            = [Portland](/source/Portland%2C_Oregon), [Oregon](/source/Oregon)
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| years_active      = 2002&ndash;Present
| label             = Reload Records
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'''The Punk Group''' was an electro/synth-rock band originating from [Portland, Oregon](/source/Portland%2C_Oregon).

==Background==
The group began in 2002 "as a joke"<ref name="link">"Nobrainszine.com Interview", July 2005 ([http://www.nobrainszine.com/interviews34.htm link])</ref> and consists of two human members, Brian Applegate and Summer Cameron, who dub themselves and "Sex Object" and "The Model" after song titles by the German electronic band [Kraftwerk](/source/Kraftwerk). All the band's albums are self-released.<ref name="link"/> Critics cite the band's 1980s musical influences, particularly [Devo](/source/Devo).<ref>"Portland Tribune Review", December 2005 ([https://web.archive.org/web/20080113155949/http://www.portlandtribune.com/features/story.php?story_id=32993 link])</ref>

==Style==
The Punk Group frequently criticize pop culture and other artists in their songs and are known for their [politically incorrect](/source/political_correctness) lyrics.<ref>"Willamette Week", 2007 ([http://localcut.wweek.com/2007/10/22/oh-that-punk-group-warning-adult-content/ link])</ref> Their live shows consists of the two members who sing and play guitar, bass, or synthesizer, and are known to wear assorted costumes, white sunglasses, and augmented by a drum machine.<ref>"Punknews.org", 2006 ([http://www.punknews.org/review/4882 link])</ref>

==Touring==
Although the band rarely played outside of Portland Oregon, they did embark on a European tour in the summer of 2007 and Australia in 2008. The Punk Group played their final Portland show at Dante's in May 2010 before relocating to [Oakland](/source/Oakland%2C_California) and [Seattle](/source/Seattle), respectively. In 2012, they opened for Devo on numerous dates in California and performed an unofficial reunion at Dante's in August 2018.

==Discography==
*''International Rock Stars'' (2003)
*''Tour De Force'' (2003)
*''Video Games'' (2005)
*''Rock Off and Fuck On'' (2005)
*''The Basement Tapes Vol. 1'' (2006)
*''The Basement Tapes Vol. 2'' (2006)
*''Make a Rainbow With Your Hands'' (2007)
*''Sex, Drum Machines & Rock 'n Roll'' (2008)
*''Self Titled'' (2009)
*''Difficult Listening'' (2010)
*''Pink Foam'' (2010)
*''Fruition'' (2015)

==Tribute album==
*''Shower Time! A Tribute to the Punk Group'' (2009)

==DVD==
*''The Punk Group from Outer Space'' (2007)

==Equipment==
* Allen & Heath ZED 428 mixing console
* Behringer B-2 condenser microphone
* Boss VT-1 vocal transformer
* Boss DR-5 drum machine
* Boss DR-880 drum machine
* Boss ME-80 guitar effects 
* DBX DDP rack mount digital dynamic processor
* Elektron Machinedrum drum machine
* Fender 4 string electric guitar
* Fender bass guitar
* Korg Kaossilator
* Korg MS2000 synthesizer
* Lexicon effects processor
* Line 6 pods
* Logic
* [Moog Voyager](/source/Moog_Voyager) synthesizer
* [Moog Sub Phatty](/source/Moog_Sub_Phatty) synthesizer
* [Moog minimoog model D reissue](/source/Moog_minimoog_model_D_reissue)
* [Moog Mother 32](/source/Moog_Mother_32)
* [Moog DFAM](/source/Moog_DFAM)
* [Moog Grandmother](/source/Moog_Grandmother) synthesizer
* Nord G-2 synthesizer
* Omnichord
* Pro Tools
* RAT distortion pedal
* Reason
* Roland Jupiter 6 synthesizer
* Roland Juno 60 synthesizer
* Roland U-20 keyboard
* Roland TR-08 (808 reissue) drum machine
* Roland VT-3 voice transformer
* Shure SM-57 microphones

==External links==
* [http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Punk-Group/204829622615?ref=mf#/pages/The-Punk-Group/204829622615?ref=ts  The Punk Group on Facebook]

==References==
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