Formed in 1984, Pennywise is a punk rock band hailing from Hermosa Beach, California. The band acquired their name from the Stephen King novel, IT. The line-up includes: Jim Lindberg (vocals), Fletcher Dragge (guitars), Randy Bradbury (bass guitar), Bryon McMackin (drums, backing vocals).

Epitaph Records signed Pennywise in 1990 and the band first achieved mainstream success in 1995, when their third studio album, It’s About Time, peaked at #96 on the Billboard 200. Sadly original bassist Jason Thirsk committed suicide the next year, but the band has continued on with all nine of their next albums also appearing on the Billboard 200, many charting in various European countries as well. In that time, three of their songs appeared in the top 40 of the US Rock Chart: “Alien” (1999), “Fuck Authority” (2001) and “The Western World” (2008).

Lindberg left in 2009, replaced by Ignite frontman Zoli Téglás for 2012’s All Or Nothing until he collapsed on stage and required emergency surgery – forcing them to cancel their tour. Lindberg rejoined soon after and the band released Yesterdays – a collection of older songs written by deceased bassist Jason Thirsk that were previously not recorded. Their 2018 album Never Gonna Die is their first since 1995 to not crack the top half of the Billboard 200.