Aaron Elliott (born 1968), better known as Aaron Cometbus, is an American drummer, lyricist, self-described "punk anthropologist" and author of punk rock zine Cometbus.
Born in Berkeley, California, Cometbus started writing fanzines in 1981 with Jesse Michaels of Operation Ivy, and started his own after Michaels moved to Pennsylvania in October 1981. Aaron became an active participant in the Gilman Street Project and was a founding member of Crim...
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Aaron Elliott (born 1968), better known as Aaron Cometbus, is an American drummer, lyricist, self-described "punk anthropologist" and author of punk rock zine Cometbus.
Born in Berkeley, California, Cometbus started writing fanzines in 1981 with Jesse Michaels of Operation Ivy, and started his own after Michaels moved to Pennsylvania in October 1981. Aaron became an active participant in the Gilman Street Project and was a founding member of Crimpshrine, a highly influential East Bay punk rock band, which also featured Jeff Ott. After the demise of Crimpshrine, Aaron formed Pinhead Gunpowder with a handful of people from the East Bay punk scene, including Mike Kirsch, Jason White and Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day.
Aaron has also played in a multitude of short-lived bands that generally release just a seven-inch or two before breaking up, some of which include Astrid Oto, Cleveland Bound Death Sentence, Scooby Don't, Shotwell Coho, The Blank Fight (which included Rymodee of This...
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