Excel is an American punk rock/heavy metal band from Venice, California. The band is known to have been close friends with Suicidal Tendencies (who also hail from Venice), and for painting graffiti on the streets of the cities where they make their tours, therefore there are many different logos of the band. Excel repeatedly jumped on stage with different bands from Venice and elsewhere California like No Mercy, Beowülf, Suicidal Tendencies and Cryptic Slaughter, and sometimes with other performers on the thrash metal scene like Testament, Overkill and Megadeth.