The Templars are an Oi! band formed in Long Island, New York in April 1991. The band's musical influences include Oi!, punk rock, glam rock and rock and roll. They have tended to purposely use low-quality recording techniques (their Acre Studios is a garage). The band recognizes Perry Hardy as their full-time bassist and Chris White as full-time guitarist, even though they do not play on the albums (with the exception of Hardy on two albums). The band currently uses a lineup of four musicians for concerts, with a second guitar player, but still usually records as only a two-piece (with Carl Fritscher playing all bass and guitar parts, as well as vocals with Phil Rigaud on drums). The band's name comes from an ancient order of Christian militants called the Knights Templar. Their focus on Middle Ages history is largely informed by Carl Fritscher (singer/guitarist) and Phil Rigaud's (drummer) studies and interests. A Templars album cover was displayed in a History Channel documentary about the Knights Templar. The narrator states that the legacy of the medieval organization has influenced varied aspects of modern society, including as film, literature and "hardcore punk music." Partial discography Albums The Return of Jacques DeMolay - 1994 - Dim Records Phase II - 1997 - Dim Records Germany/Vulture Rock Omne Datum Optimum - 1999 - GMM Records Horns of Hattin - 2001 - GMM Records Outremer 2005 - GMM Records Deus Vult - 2017 - Pirates Press Records There is also a compilation LP of their earliest recorded material entitled "'Pure Brickwall Recordings' 6/92-8/92 and demos early 1993. First 4 track tapes!" which is labeled as being released by Vulture Rock and When Typhoid Courtney Drops, a possible subsidiary of Vulture Rock. Split 12"s Super Yobs Showdown (split with Red Alert) - 1994 - Vulture Rock split with The Glory Stompers - 1996 - Knockout Records 7"s The Poor Knights of Acre - 1993 - Sonic Aggression Clockwork Orange Horrorshow (double 7") - 1995 - Vulture Rock La noche de las gaviotas(sic) (aka Night of the Seagulls) - 1997 - Headache Records Milites Templi - 2000 - TKO/Templecombe The French Connection - 2004 - Bords de Seine Out of the Darkness - 2008 - TKO/Templecombe EPs Beauséant (mini CD)- 1994 - Dim Records 1118-1312 (CD/10") - 1997 - Do A Runner/Go-Kart I.S.P. Connection (with Stomper 98 and Vortex) - DSS/Cargo Split 7"s Powerfist (split