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History

Formed while Dave and Paul were still in Forest Hills high school, they quickly gained a good reputation and were soon playing the punk clubs of Manhattan. Reagan Youth played their first gig on August 22, 1980. Paul's physics teacher (Jack DePalma) shaved his head and became a roadie for the group. After graduation and the release of their first album, they began touring nationally and were regulars at the Sunday-afternoon hardcore matinee shows at CBGBs.

By the late 1980s the extensive touring had taken its toll on the group, both physically and emotionally. Despite the many shows played and the relatively large album sales (for a hardcore punk band), the members of the band continually found themselves broke. When Reagan left office, the band split up.

[edit] Post-breakup

By this point Dave had become a heroin user and occasional dealer. In a conflict with another dealer, he was severely beaten with a baseball bat, requiring weeks of hospitalization. In 1993 he began seeing a girl, Tiffany B., who supported both their drug habits by prostitution. Later that year his mother was killed in a car accident. Soon after, Dave and his girlfriend were on Houston Street looking for customers and drugs. A familiar customer in a truck hired Tiffany and the two of them disappeared. A few days later, police on Long Island stopped the same truck and discovered Tiffany's body in the back. The driver was Joel Rifkin, later convicted as a serial killer responsible for the murder of several prostitutes. Despondent over his continuing drug addiction and the loss of his mother and girlfriend, Dave Rubinstein committed suicide in 1993.

A version of their song "Degenerated" was used as the theme song for "The Lone Rangers," the fictional heavy metal band portrayed in the 1994 comedy Airheads, but they were not given credit for such an accomplishment in the movie's credits.

[edit] Reformation

The band has recently reformed with Al Pike, the bassist from Volume One, Johnny Aztec, the drummer from Volume Two, and Paul Cripple, the guitarist that started the band. They are now playing shows after a vow of silence that lasted 18 years. While there is no replacement for the late Dave Insurgent, they now have Pat from the local New York City band DISTRACTION on vocals.