An international punk supergroup, Fake Names comprise four musicians with long and impressive résumés who formed to play music that's lean but full-bodied, melodic, and unpretentiously artful despite its velocity. The lineup includes former and current members of Minor Threat, Refused, Bad Religion, Embrace, Girls Against Boys, and Dag Nasty, and started as an informal collaboration between two longtime friends before it grew into a proper band who issued their self-titled debut album in 2020. The group fused their lean, energetic attack with a cleaner sound and pop influences on their second LP, 2023's Expendables.