Long, long ago, in a suburb not too far away, three friends were horsing around on some instruments in a musky basement when they formed a musical entity that had no name, no purpose, and most disturbingly, no bass player. Just days after beginning the search for the fourstringer, a man was delivered unto them - some say by God, some say by Satan - but there can be no doubt his destiny was to align with the other three. The music flowed between them like booze and women, and more accurately, women under the influence of booze, and they knew they had something worth pursuing.

The time was 1996. The major drug companies had just began to bombard the mainstream media with overwhelming numbers of ads for drugs that you never knew you needed, but apparently could not live without. The word Prescription was everywhere. The abuse was a frightening aspect of what is so wrong with this country. To them, the word PRESCRIPTION encompassed the style of music that they were creating: Something intended to have a good effect on the people who really needed to take it.

Consisting of Dave Osama bin Ricotta Laden on Guitar, Jorge McToken on Vocals, Mike Jagger on Bass and Jesse the Jones on Drums, PRESCRIPTION embarked on their first show, early 1997, at the Oriental Theater. Highlights of the show: Mike knocked the side door off the building with his mom's minivan. Despite his tender age of just 16, some suspect there may have been alcohol involved. It was a sign of things to come and proved to be one of many unforgettable moments in Prescription show history.

Fast forward nine years to the present day. Prescription has matured. Now they stop to fix the door after knocking it off - but like the band members, some things have remained the same. Prescription loves to play. They never take themselves too seriously yet pride themselves on creating good music.
To best describe what a band sounds like it is always helpful to list the well-known bands that have influenced the members. In this case the name dropping would include, DRI, Dead Kennedys, early NOFX, Circle Jerks, Dayglo Abortions, Subhumans, Crucifucks and many more... But why bother with attempts at describing how Prescription sounds when we are in CYBERSPACE and you can effortlessly click on the MP3 section of this web page to hear for yourself!

Full length recordings include:

Epoxy Lips Now (2005)
Malpractice (2000)
Medicinal Music (1998)