Fugazi, Quicksand, Jawbox, Girls Against Boys, Sunny Day Real Estate, Jawbreaker, PJ Harvey, Samiam, Radiohead, Tool, Queens Of The Stone Age, Seaweed, Leatherface, Sensefield, Jimmy Eat World, Lifetime, Descendents, The Dismemberment Plan, Rage Against The Machine, Rival Schools, Split Lip, At The Drive-In, Fireside, Helmet, Tori Amos, Christie Front Drive, Pearl Jam, Chamberlain, No Knife, Placebo, Foo Fighters, Box Car Racer, Shades Apart, Bluetip, Kiss, The Mars Volta, Refused, Burning Airlines, Rocket From The Crypt etc.
Landmine Spring was formed in Strakonice/south part of the Czech Republic early in 1995. It was in 1996 in their home town they played their first show together with Lumen. After a couple of years of rehearsing and playing some local shows they recorded their first CDep called "Do you answer me" (Samuel records 1998). Then played a lot of shows all over the country and did not take long to come up with the second album "Ride" (Samuel records September 1999). In the release date they played an unforgettable show with Fugazi (USA) and Something Like Elvis (Poland) at Lucerna Music Bar in Prague and toured all over the Czech Republic and Germany afterwards. In 2000 recorded album called "Your World", this time on a respected indie label Day After records. The release party took place at Dynamo in Zurich (Switzerland) where they played with Elliott/US. With this album they toured in Czech Rep., Germany, Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Croatia, Poland and Slovakia.
The next two years meant for the band a lot of touring and festivals (including two live unplugged shows) both abroad and in Czech. Either as a headliner or a support they shared stage with many great bands such as 90 Man Day, Fugazi, Elliott, Snapcase, Leatherface, Avail, Arab on Radar, Boy Sets Fire, Braid, Serpico, The Get up Kids, Shelter, I Farm etc. In February 2003 "Sip of wine" came out (Day After records+Lovitt records from USA). Their indie-rock is on this album enriched with the second drummer Tomas Vokurka and must say, it really rocks! The release party took place at 007 Club in Prague at the beginning of 2003 where they shared the stage with another brilliant band The Robocop Kraus. With this band they hit the road again and did a few shows in Germany and Czech Republic. Before setting out for the Sip of wine European tour their second guitarist left the band for Sunshine and moved to the USA. He was replaced by a new guitarist who just came back from UK with whom they already went on the European tour. After coming back from Europe they had a few gigs in Germany and Czech Rep. and we could see them as the support to Sense Field (USA) at Prague's Rock Cafe.
In March 2004 they went to Germany for a 7-day-tour and played some gigs in Germany and the Czech Republic. Most of the summertime was spent in their rehearsal room making new songs for the upcoming album and limited picture 7" vinyl EP. You could see Austin Lucas - American singer/songwriter at some of their shows who was invited to play with them a few gigs. He also recorded back vocals to their new album Love With Silver Spears!!!
In May 2004 they played together with Nine Days Wonder from Japan in Prague and then went on mini tour through Austria with The Feelers from New Zealand. The new limited picture EP came out in February 2005 (Engineer rec. (UK), W.I.F.A.G.E.N.A rec. (Germany), Pohoda rec. and Samuel (both Czech Republic). And finally in April 2005 their best album so far "Love With Silver Spears" is out now on Day After records, check it out!!!
thanks for the support! if you get a chance, please visit the official OVFA website now up and running at www.ourvoicesforanimals.org
most people already know about the animal rescue site, but if you don't, please visit it, especially on the weekends, their numbers drop by thousands fri-sun. with 1 simple and free click you can know that you helped feed shelter animals! just think of all those furry, feathery, and sometimes scaly happy faces after a nice tasty bowl! :P
Your music makes me want to set the world on fire and bathe in the ashes of all the dead while drinking the blood of a thousand sacrificed virgins. ;] hails!
Check out sample tracks from our new album, Falling Together Falling Apart, on our Myspace Page.
"All in all, Aaron Koppel and company...have produced a lovely, lively collection marked by intelligent writing, emotional depth, and sterling musicianship." -Neil Tesser
Online Now!
..
