No Innocent Victim, or N.I.V., is a Christian hardcore band on Facedown Records. The band was created in 1992 in San Diego, California. They rapidly produced two successive albums on the market, and then toured with Agnostic Front. They signed to Victory Records and published Flesh and Blood in 1998. Many tours followed in the United States, Europe and Japan with bands like Agnostic Front, U.S. Bombs, Terror, Hatebreed.
History
The band started out as a bunch of Christian teenagers touring the San Diego scene in the early 90's, often appearing with P.O.D. Each weekend they relentlessly toured making the circuit of the local churches who would allow bands to perform. Some pastors stared in horror at the scene in the front of their sanctuary as Jason Moody would growl and jump around on stage (once making a leap from the baptistry over the drums).Ignoring the lighter sounds of San Diego bands like Pennywise and Stone Temple Pilots, N.I.V. and P.O.D. would grind out the anthems of teen
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No Innocent Victim