Doug Dagger

Kane was born into an entertainment family; his mother was a nightclub showgirl and his father was an entertainment manager. Kane is also the grandson of 1930s Vaudeville musician Buster Shaver. Kane Moved to South Pasadena, California in 1978, and by 1981 he was involved in the early Los Angeles punk scene. By 1983, at the age of 15, Kane was singing in his first punk band, Doug & The Slugz. By 1984, the band changed their name to The Risk. By the mid 1980s, Kane’s music career took a back seat to drug abuse and numerous jail cell visits. At the age of 17, he had become a founding member of a notorious Los Angeles punk/skinhead gang. Kane eventually became homeless and joined a violent San Gabriel Valley Mexican gang. In 1986, Kane had started dealing drugs at the East Los Angeles Housing Project. During his teens and early twenties, Kane had numerous jobs such as a warehouse worker, dishwasher, carpenter and grave digger.

In the summer of 1988, Kane started sing for the Alhambra, California-based punk band Schleprock. By 1990, the band released their first EP, “Do It All” on Nemesis Records, alongside labelmates The Offspring. Over the next decade, Kane and Schleprock released six more EPs: Looking Back (1992), Gotta Get Out (1993), Spring (1993), Migraine (1994), Something Like That (1994) and Out Of Spite (1995). They also released two full-length albums: Hide & Seek (1993) and Propeller (1994). They signed a deal with Warner Bros. Records in 1996, and released their last full-length album Americas Dirty Little Secret Over a stretch of eight years, the band support such bands as Green Day, NOFX, Blink 182, Primus, Bad Religion, The Specials and Face to Face. Schleprock disbanded in February 1997, and within six months, Kane formed his new band The Generators. In 1998, the band released its first full-length album, Welcome To The End, on Triple X Records. The Generators have since released 7 more full-length albums: Burning Ambition (2000), Tyranny (2001), Excess, Betrayal and Our Dearly Departed (2003), Winter Of Discontent (2005), Great Divide (2007), Between The Devil & The Deep Blue Sea (2009) and Last Of The Pariahs (2011) (along with many other splits and EPs). The Generators have developed a rich popularity in Europe and recently signed with Randale Records for the release of their 9th studio album. The Generators have also contributed music for the Los Angeles Lakers, California Angels, Corono and The Grammy Awards foundation.

Kane still resides in Los Angeles, and owns and operates a clothing/uniform business in between touring and making records. Recently Doug started a new band called the Bedlam Knives whose first EP is set to release by the end of 2013 on Dr. Strange Records.

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