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Released: Jan 1, 2005
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  • Genre: Experimental / Gothic / Metal

    Location OMAHA, Nebraska, US

    Profile Views: 120417

    Last Login: 8/6/2012

    Member Since 7/3/2004

    Record Label Shock Value Records, Init Records

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    .. ....Back When. The first time I heard the name, the speaker did not enunciate clearly, and I thought he said "Back Wind," which I took to mean a poot. .... I now know that, in a way, Back When's bi-axe-ial assault, featuring the merciless weedeluh of both the enigmatically abbreviated J. Michael Mickeliunas and the swarthy, h-less Jonathan of Czech-American descent whose nearly vowel-less last name is Tvrdik, bears an unmistakable resemblance to a gaseous explosion; though it is more akin to solar wind than gastrointestinal tract expulsion. .... To extend the metaphor into a sort of conceit, there is also the vibratory surge of Back When's rhythmic underpinnings – the four-stringed sabre wielded by one Chris "Never Trust a Man with Two First Names, Even when the Second Name is Disguised Through the Employment of an Extra E" Kelley and the snare-ride-tom-snare-ride-tom-tom-tom-tom combination of tasteful brutality employed by Aaron Broveak, who is too bearded, surly, and intimidating these days to respond to his youthful moniker, "Tabletop." Matched in the natural world perhaps only by the shifting of techtonic plates, there are but two words to describe the combined, otherworldly rumblings emitted by this pair of rhythempresarios. Those two words: Brown Note. .... Yes, it is true that Back When can be soothing, lulling you into your safe space of complacent prettiness. But, it is not without ulterior motive. Unified, these men liberate flesh from muscle mass, tendons, and bones. Tearing asymmetrical, post-ironic hairdos from hordes of mortified, gripping follicles. Combusting synthetic, fiber-constructed leg warmers and their mysterious counterparts that are like stirrup pants for the forearms. Bubbling eyeliner from lids through sheer heat. Peeling back all of that which binds us to this mortality, leaving us naked, more pure beings, sentient only in the most basic firing of synapses and the exposed roots of nerves. Charred. Quivering. Ashy. Hairdressers beware. Prostrate yourselves before the Back When. ..-Christina Harding, 2007.... .... .. .. .. .. .. .. ...... .. .. .. .. .. .. ............

  • Members

    Aaron Broveak - Drums.. Chris Kelley - Bass Guitar.. Jonathan Tvrdik - Guitars/Vocals.. J. Michael Mickeliunas - Guitars/Vocals..

  • Influences

    Liars. Neurosis. Radiohead. High On Fire. King Crimson.

  • Sounds Like

    Rock and roll.

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