Artist To Watch In 2026: Victim's Family

Victim's Family's twisted and technical style is instantly recognizable and their patented jazz, punk, funk, rock approach has influenced and amazed many in their nearly 30 years as a band. Formed in 1984, Sonoma county’s groove/thrash/bad-acid/punk/noise/metal/samba trio Victim's Family has earned a reputation as one of the most consistently interesting bands in the underground. Musically diverse and lyrically ironic and topical, the group has become known for its prodigious displays: intense, impassioned playing while maintaining a sense of humor when singing about war, mass-murder, Barbara Walters, David Korsesh, greed, disease, soggy cereal, white bread, CIA drug smuggling, suicide, religious dogma, psychoanalysis, roommates from hell, unrequited love, and the music industry, among other things. 

It's worth mentioning that two of the members, Ralph Spight and Larry Boothroyd are also in Jello Biafra and The Guantanamo School of Medicine and Spight is also in The Freak Accident! So it's a busy group, so for that and many other reasons, if you get a chance to see Victim's Family live do NOT miss it. 

They recently been doing shows supporting their recent split LP out with Portland, OR's Nasalrod brought to you by the fine folks at Nadine Records, so make sure and grab that! If you get a chance to see Victim's Family live do NOT miss it. Our last release from them was their "Have A Nice Day" 7" Snag both releases in our store!