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'''JFA''' ([[Jodie Foster]]'s Army), stylized '''JF∆''', is a [[Hardcore Punk]] band from Phoenix, Arizona, that formed in [[The Eighties|1981]]. The band's original line-up consists of Brian Brannon (vocals, keyboard on "[[Peanuts|Charlie Brown]]"), Don Redando (guitar), Michael Cornelius (bass), and Mike "Bam-Bam" Sversvold (drums). The band has had a rather large rotation of drummers (Redando once observed that they "are like coordinated homeless guys"); the first was Bam Bam, who left in 1984, and now the position is held by Carter Blitch, the '''[[Serial Escalation|fifteenth]]''' drummer the band's had. Meanwhile, Corey Stretz has replaced Cornelius as bassist in the current line-up.

JFA, along with others like [[The Offspring]] and [[Rancid]], were pioneers and driving forces of the [[Skate Punk]] subgenre of [[Hardcore Punk]], crafting short, fast, aggressive songs that attracted lots of attention from skateboarders. Fitting, considering that all four members of the band are major skateheads, and they typically play at skating events. Their song "Skateboard Anarchy" was featured in ''[[Tony Hawks Pro Skater]] 4'' in 2002. To top it off, they also have their own [http://www.factory13.org/jfapage.html line of skateboards] from Factory 13.

JFA, along with others like [[The Offspring]] and [[Rancid]], were pioneers and driving forces of the [[Skate Punk]] subgenre of [[Hardcore Punk]], crafting short, fast, aggressive songs that attracted lots of attention from skateboarders. Fitting, considering that all four members of the band are major skateheads, and they typically play at skating events. Their song "Skateboard Anarchy" was featured in ''[[Tony Hawks Pro Skater]] 4'' in 2002. To top it off, they also have their own [https://web.archive.org/web/20101226033227/http://www.factory13.org/jfapage.html line of skateboards] from Factory 13.

The band's name is derived from John Hinckley, Jr., the, uh, ''misaimed'' [[Misaimed Fandom|fan]] who attempted to kill [[Ronald Reagan]] inspired by [[Jodie Foster]] (more specifically ''[[Taxi Driver]]'').