1.A.W.O.L. (Absent without leave.) were a 4 member band from Johannesburg, ZA
They played hard hitting Chaos/80s Hardcore Punk and built up quite a following.
They recorded one album named 'another pawn please' and were beginning work on a second album in 2009 when the band came to an end due to Jonathan Way's suicide. Jonathan Way (D-Beat johnny) was an amazing artist and musician and above all a kid with a really big heart.

2.1.Absent Without Leave (A.W.o.L.) was founded in 1996 as a short-lived video project which concentrated on producing tiny videoclips set to music by the likes of early 80’s synthpop pioneers like John Foxx, Gary Numan, Fad Gadget or The Twins.

3) A.W.O.L. (aka A Way of Life) was a French hardcore band from Rennes from 1996 to 2000. They came back for one show in october 2013. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.