Offenders was an American hardcore group founded in 1978 in Killeen by vocalist David “Davy” Jones, guitarist Anthony “Tony Offender” Johnson, bassist Michael Naohiko “Mike Offender” Donaldson and drummer Pat Doyle. After moving to Austin that year, Jones left and was replaced by Michael “Mick” Buck and later J.J. Jacobson; the band issued a 1981 single as the Offenders before adopting a harder sound. Their debut We Must Rebel appeared in 1983 on R Radical Records, followed by Endless Struggle in 1985 on Rabid Cat Records. The group dissolved in 1986. David “Davy” Jones died in 2015.
