"jericho sirens"Year: 2018
Country: US
City: San Diego, CA
Label: Sub Pop
Format: CD, LP
Tracks: 10
Time: 30 min.
Genre: rock
Style: Post Hardcore
Hot
Snakes are a post-hardcore band led by Rick Froberg and John
Reis, formed in 1999 in San Diego, California. Reis and Froberg had
previously performed together in Pitchfork and Drive Like Jehu, after
which Reis had found international success with Rocket from the Crypt.
Hot Snakes disbanded in 2005 but reunited in 2012. Although they share
musical similarities with members' previous outfits, Hot Snakes have a
sound that is much more primal than that of Pitchfork, Drive Like Jehu
or even Rocket from the Crypt. Reis and Froberg were also heavily
influenced by bands such as: Fugazi, At The Drive-In, Alexisonfire and
The Get Up Kids, and these influences gave Hot Snakes a distinctive
sound that has
been described by one critic as "hardcore indie punk." The band's
recordings and merchandise were conducted in a "do it yourself" manner,
with Froberg providing all of the artwork and Reis releasing the
material via his Swami Records label. Highly recommended.
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"audit in progress"Year: 2004
Label: Sub Pop
Format: CD, LP
Tracks: 12
Time: 33 min.
Genre: rock
Style: Post Hardcore
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"suicide invoice"Year: 2002
Label: Sub Pop
Format: CD, LP
Tracks: 12
Time: 33 min.
Genre: rock
Style: Post Hardcore
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"automatic midnight"Year: 2000
Label: Sub Pop
Format: CD, LP
Tracks: 10
Time: 27 min.
Genre: rock
Style: Post Hardcore
Automatic Midnight, Hot Snakes’ first studio album, originally came out
in 2000. Both the band and the album began as a "side project" for John
Reis in June 1999, during time off from his main band Rocket From the
Crypt. Reis wrote and recorded a batch of songs in San Diego with Delta
72 drummer Jason Kourkounis. To provide vocals for the tracks Reis
called in Rick Froberg, whom he had played with in Pitchfork and Drive
Like Jehu from 1986 to 1995. Most of the material from these sessions
was used to create Automatic Midnight, which became the first release
for Reis' newly formed Swami Records label (later issued through record label "Sub Pop"). The band’s sound represented
a return to the unrealized past of its members: direct, simple and short punk rock while still maintaining the dense and turbulent character
of the members’ previous work. In April or May of 2000, Hot Snakes
added bassist Gar Wood, found their live sound and established
themselves as primo, down-stroke warlords.
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