Cheap Sex is an American street punk band formed in December 2002, based in San Diego, California.
Besides releasing three albums, the band participated in some compilations, including the Pure Punk Rock DVD, released by Punk Core Records, also featuring Action, the Casualties, Blood or Whiskey, Defiance, the Havoc, Lower Class Brats, the Messengers, the Scarred and the Virus, the last one being Mike Virus' previous band.
[1][2] The original line-up consisted of bassist Derek, guitarists John and Jordan, drummer Gabe and Mike singing, soon after they formed, a five-song demo was recorded.
Chaos, Street Brats, Wretched Ones, Hugh Cornwell Band, Broken Heroes, Capo Regime, Weekend Warriors and Spitfires United among others.
Cheap Sex performed Saturday October 4, sharing the Main Stage with the Adicts, Antidote, New York Rel-X, the Turbo A.C.'s, Midnight Creeps and Silenced Sin.
[8] In the same year, Cheap Sex participated in the British Invasion 2k4 Festival, organized by SOS Records, the festival took place November 20, in San Bernardino, with the Adicts, the Exploited, Discharge, U.K. Subs, Cockney Rejects, the Restarts and local U.S. bands like Total Chaos, CH3 and Resilience among others,[9] the show was recorded for a DVD release.
[11] On March 1, 2007, Cheap Sex's former guitarist, Chris Wick, committed suicide after struggling with heroin addiction and depression after the death of his mother in 2004, leading to the band's break-up.
Negative has played with Lower Class Brats and Total Chaos to fill in for open spots on their tours, he has also lived in Raleigh, North Carolina, working with No Revolution.
Cheap Sex played a one-off reunion show on January 11, 2013, at The Observatory Theatre in Santa Ana, California, with Lower Class Brats, the Scarred, and Media Blitz.