The Definitive Measure | tl

There is more than one artist named Desperate Measures: 1. Coming straight outta the Mosh Mansion is Desperate Measures from Maryland. Formed in Summer 2001 from the ashes of Gamewinner and No Justice, they have released a demo and the “It’s On Your Hands” 7”/MCD. Their music has been compared to Side By Side and with good reason. Currently they are writing new songs, playing out, and planning a winter tour. 2. Desperate Measures were a New Zealand answer to pop punk, a few years after the whole Sex Pistols thing, but they were fun and had a few good...

The Definitive Measure started out in 2000 with Dave Contreras and Kris Haugen (drums). They were long time friends and decided to start a band. In 2002 they recorded a demo and in 2003 they recorded another demo (Dave played bass on both demos) with some new songs while also re-recording a few old ones. In 2004, Dave joined the band Half White (now known as Pour Habit, the recently added Fat Wreck Chords band) which Kris was already in and put The Definitive Measure on hiatus. With disagreements on music, Dave and Kris left the band to put all...

The Measure [SA] were a punk band from New Brunswick, New Jersey, who formed in the summer of 2004. The band recorded their debut LP in the spring of 2005 in order to quickly document what they thought would be a short lived venture. After the band grew in popularity, they continued to put out numerous 7″ singles and splits through multiple labels such as Chunksaah, Salinas, Kiss of Death, Team Science and Snuffy Smile. They released another album, Notes, in 2010. In January 2011, the band announced that they would be amicably splitting up at the end of the...