Sick of It All is an American hardcore punk band formed in 1986 in Queens, New York City. The band originally consisted of brothers Lou Koller (vocals, bass) and Pete Koller (guitar), drummer David Lamb and bassist Mark McNeely. Over the years, the line-up changed several times. From 1994 onwards, the long-standing line-up consisted of Lou Koller (lead vocals), Pete Koller (guitar), Craig Setari (bass) and Armand Majidi (drums). Lou Koller died in July 2026 following a recurrence of oesophageal cancer. Sick of It All is associated with the New York hardcore scene and had sold at least 500,000 records worldwide by 2020.
The band members met while attending Francis Lewis High School in Queens. They initially considered the name General Chaos before adopting the name Sick of It All after discovering that the proposed abbreviation "S.O.A." had already been used by another band. Sick of It All played their first concert on 17 May 1986 at the Right Track Inn on Long Island. Following early line-up changes, the band recorded the "Sick of It All" demo in 1987, began performing regularly at CBGB, and released the self-titled EP "Sick of It All" through Revelation Records.
Although Revelation Records expressed interest in releasing the band's debut album, Sick of It All instead signed with Relativity Records in 1988. Their debut studio album, "Blood, Sweat and No Tears", was released in 1989. The album sold more than 100,000 copies and established the band within the hardcore punk scene. During this period, Sick of It All toured extensively in the United States with bands including Youth of Today, Agnostic Front, Murphy's Law, Bad Brains and D.R.I.
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