Avenues are a punk rock quartet from Milwaukee, Wisconsin originally formed in January 2006 by Vin Smith after parting ways from 52Metro. After a few lineup changes Avenues soon became a powerhouse act with twinger brothers (twin gingers) Scott and Shawn Brooks bringing their energetic stage presence and Marc Alan Perez from Texas to round out the lineup with his bigger than life showman persona behind the drums.
Avenues are known for their fast paced tight driven sound pulling influences from their roots of classic skate punk bands. Vin’s catchy song writing, vocal hooks, and melodic guitar riffs will have you singing along for days after you see them. Avenues have toured through the US and Canada and have played festivals such as Punk Rock Bowling, Warped Tour, Pouzza Fest, Envol Et Macadam, Summerfest, and Midwest Punk Fest sharing the stage with notable acts like the Buzzcocks, Rise Against, Teenage Bottlerocket, Red City Radio, 88 Fingers Louie, Strung Out, Swingin’ Utters, The Queers, and Masked Intruder.
In the fall of 2011, Avenues headed west to Los Angeles, California to record their EP "NOHO" with Grammy nominated producer/engineer Davey Rieley at godaveygo studio. With that album the band signed a publishing deal with Los Angeles, CA based Gas Can Music and then were added to the roster of Chicago, IL based Stayposi Records in which they released "Postcards from Ann Arbor," in 2013.
Avenues released their next EP "Creep Show," in April 2015, via Los Angeles, CA based indie label Wiretap Records. Avenues last two albums were both recorded at Atlas Studio in Chicago, IL with well-known punk producer Matt Allison.
Avenues will be releasing their new full length album appropriately titled “We’re All Doomed” on Wiretap Records later in 2021. This album has taken a better part of 5 years to put together and record having to scrap a previously semi recorded version due to Atlas Studios closing and Marc being near death and hospitalized for almost a year. These setbacks gave Avenues time to reflect and rewrite the album to better fit the current climate of our society and to give Marc time to get healthy and strong enough to record the drums.
