Best Revenge

the 1984 film

Best Revenge was a queercore punk band from Los Angeles. They were active as a studio and live act from the beginning of 1998 until December 2002.

Best Revenge was formed by members Ryan Revenge (vocals/guitar) and KT (bass/vocals) in early 1998. The two were previously in a band called Happybomb while attending college at the University of Southern California. Revenge pitched to KT his idea of putting together a melodic punk rock band with queer oriented lyrics, playing her a few songs he'd been working on including one that would later become one of the band's anthems, "Punk Rock Fag."

After Best Revenge, Ryan Revenge played with the bands Exit Plan and Terrazzo. Bilito Peligro and Frisky McNichol played with the Gay Gays, the all gay Go Go's tribute band. Bilito has continued playing drums for Los Angeles bands Miata, Temperamentals, and Local Channel (LCL CHNNL). KT skated as Trixie Biscuit on a banked track roller derby team called Fight Crew, performs as a stunt woman in film and television, and is Operations Specialist at the Maximum Fun podcast network. The Best Revenge song, "Know You", was featured in the 2004 gay horror film Hellbent, which also featured songs by such notable queercore bands as Three Dollar Bill and Pansy Division. Best Revenge was featured in the 2005 book Homocore:The Loud and Raucous Rise of Queer Punk by Ken Knox and David Ciminelli.

Year Song Title Album Title Label Other information 2001 Rockabilly Boy, Cockring for Christmas Freak Show, Year One The Freak Show Compilation 2002 Bash Back Stand Up & Fucking Fight For It Agitprop! Records Compilation 2002 Typical One Year Later It Still Hurts: Queers Against G8 Speeddemon Compilation 2003 Bash Back (Live on KXLU) Freak Show, Year Three The Freak Show Compilation