Active Ingrediants formed in 1992 and quickly became a hard-touring punk band tied closely to Beer City Records. After releasing a self-titled 7" (1994), The Curse of Madame C (1995), and the full-length Every Thing Sucks (1996)—which was even featured as a Thrasher Magazine subscription giveaway—the band spent much of the mid-to-late ’90s touring extensively and appearing on numerous punk compilations, including benefit releases. Lineup changes in the late ’90s reshaped the band into a three-pi...
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Active Ingrediants formed in 1992 and quickly became a hard-touring punk band tied closely to Beer City Records. After releasing a self-titled 7" (1994), The Curse of Madame C (1995), and the full-length Every Thing Sucks (1996)—which was even featured as a Thrasher Magazine subscription giveaway—the band spent much of the mid-to-late ’90s touring extensively and appearing on numerous punk compilations, including benefit releases. Lineup changes in the late ’90s reshaped the band into a three-piece, and by 2000–2001 the group underwent a major transformation when core members converted to Christianity. They abandoned their previous material, rewrote their sound and message, and re-emerged as a Christian hardcore band in late 2001. This era produced the 150 Demo EP (2002) and the full-length The Hymns of Holyhardcore (2003), followed by heavy touring from 2002–2005, often playing multiple shows per week. By 2006, feeling the band had run its course, Active Ingrediants quietly ended. A final album was recorded but never mixed or released. Over their lifetime, they shared stages with a wide spectrum of influential punk, hardcore, and ska bands, cementing their place as a long-running, DIY-driven presence in multiple punk scenes
