Nausea was an American anarchist crust punk band from New York City's C-Squat in the Lower Eastside of Manhattan, incalculably influential in that subgenre during their existence from 1985-1992. Like such predecessors as the anarchist band Crass, Nausea featured both male and female vocals. They were heavily involved in the Lower East Side squatting community. Their earlier sound with singers Amy Miret and Neil Robinson was in the vein of traditional hardcore punk. After Robinson's departure in 1988, he was replaced by Al Long and the band began to experiment with a darker, heavier sound. Their apocalyptic lyrics and artwork were indirectly influenced by the sociopolitical time period in which they existed under the right-wing Reagan Administration amidst the Cold War, and threats of nuclear war with the USSR. However, Nausea focused less on overtly government-related lyrics than other bands of the time, and more on topics such as environmentalism, human extinction, pollution, criticism of Christianity, and animal rights . Along with Doom and Amebix, Nausea is considered by many to have broken new ground for the emerging crust punk genre , flirting with heavy metal, reggae, D-beat, noise rock and sludge . Nausea's final line-up was: John John Jesse (bass), Victor Venom (guitar, ex-Reagan Youth), Amy Miret (vocals), Al Long (vocals), and Roy Mayorga (drums). John John Jesse has gone on to become a famous artist, as well as joining with members of Choking Victim in the band Morning Glory. Roy Mayorga went on to play with Shelter, Soulfly, ABLOOM, Stone Sour, and more recently, filling in for Igor Cavalera on Sepultura's 2006 European tour.
