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Distressor

Shows on record: 5
Rooms played: 3
Cities: 3
Releases: 7
Last show: Jul 2, 2025Soda Bar

About

Distressor is a band from San Diego, CA, tagged Grunge, hardcore, metal by its sources. Shows on record run from 2018 to 2025, across 3 rooms in 3 cities.

Distressor is based in San Diego — MusicBrainz
Ricardo Alva: guitar — MusicBrainz
Cory Kurkierewicz: lead vocals — MusicBrainz
Holden Prine: bass guitar — MusicBrainz
Distressor has 4 release group(s) on MusicBrainz spanning 2019–2024 — MusicBrainz
Distressor has 39350 listeners on Last.fm — Distressor on Last.fm
Distressor has released 3 recordings between 2014 and 2018 — Distressor on Discogs

The summary is assembled from the record fields and shows on this page; each fact listed names its source. See Sources & corrections for what each source supplied.

Shows

5 on record · Songkick

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Shows per year

20182 shows
20191 show
20241 show
20251 show

Show history
Date	Venue	Billing	With
Jul 2, 2025	Soda Bar · San DiegoSupportwith High Sunn, BluNites, All Hollow	Support	High Sunn, BluNites, All Hollow
Jul 31, 2024	El Cid · Los Angeles (LA)Headlinerwith Harsh Intention, Mildred, Salt plus	Headliner	Harsh Intention, Mildred, Salt plus
Jul 2, 2019	Soda Bar · San DiegoHeadlinerwith BLANKOUTS, HUG	Headliner	BLANKOUTS, HUG
Dec 10, 2018	Soda Bar · San DiegoHeadlinerwith Sway, The Rightovers, HUG	Headliner	Sway, The Rightovers, HUG
Feb 24, 2018	Sammy's Patio · RevereSupportwith Vaulted, Psychic weight, SICK MINDS (Boston), +1	Support	Vaulted, Psychic weight, SICK MINDS (Boston), +1

Where they play

3 rooms in 3 cities

Rooms played most

Soda Bar · San Diego3 shows
El Cid · Los Angeles (LA)1 show
Sammy's Patio · Revere1 show

Cities played

San Diego3 shows
Los Angeles (LA)1 show
Revere1 show

Releases

7 releases, 2014–2024

Tomorrow
2024 · Single
Momentary
2023 · Album
Sparkler / Distressor
2022 · Single
Away
2019 · Ep
Pain Prison
2018
Hard To Kill
2017
Distressor
2014

Lineup

Ricardo Alva · guitar
Cory Kurkierewicz · lead vocals
Holden Prine · bass guitar

Airplay

No airplay on record.

Photos, art and posters

Distressor — Soda Bar, 2025-07-02 — Poster · Soda Bar, 2025-07-02 — Songkick

Distressor — El Cid, 2024-07-31 — Poster · El Cid, 2024-07-31 — Songkick

Distressor — Sammy's Patio, 2018-02-24 — Poster · Sammy's Patio, 2018-02-24 — Songkick

Sources & corrections

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What each source supplied
Source	Used for
MusicBrainz	Artist facts
Distressor on Last.fm	Artist facts
Distressor on Discogs	Artist facts
Songkick	Show history, Show posters
Discogs	Credited on the record; no item on this page cites it
Genius	Credited on the record; no item on this page cites it
Last.fm	Credited on the record; no item on this page cites it

This is a partial record of publicly documented activity. Missing shows, releases or members do not mean there are none. It does not confirm availability for booking.