now - (2007 and beyond) barley - guitar/vocals, chad-bass, steve-drums, briar - backdrop visuals/video commander and mastermind (when and where available) - then (original line up 1999-2005 more or less) barley-guitar/vocals, jake-guitar, chad-bass, jeremy-drums/extra vocals
Influences
a fascination with tinnitus and headaches, a fondness for feedback and amplifiers, cymbal crashes, snare drums, being bored, chillin, and a whole bunch of other stuff like that.
BIO (written by j. snyder) - It's not everyday a band like Rebreather comes along. With a sound that
mirrors the complexity of the breathing process itself, the unit has been
exhaling distorted, molten hymns since 1999. While often categorized as an
offshoot of the doom metal genus, the fact remains that Rebreather has been
developing into something far more intriguing. They draw from the
thunderous volumes of Cavity and Floor as much as they do from Barkmarket's
twitchy finesse and Hum's melodic rumble. To say that Rebreather simply
mimics any of these acts is sorely missing the point. While some bands are
happy to move small chunks of ground by following their contemporaries,
Rebreather takes the tomes of the elder gods and completely rewrites them.
Rebreather was built in Youngstown, Ohio, in 1999 with the introduction of
Barley Rantilla (guitar/vocal) and Jake Harnett (guitar) to Chad Fondak (bass)
and Jeremy Koerber (drums). In a commitment to make the simplest yet heaviest
music possible, they soon recorded their first 4 song demo, which was
immediately followed by their second demo, Longplay. After Jake left the band
for the west coast, Infernal Racket Records (Philadelphia, PA) put out
Rebreather's first national release, "Need Another Seven Astronauts". Deep Send
Records (Hanover, MA) directly succeeded this by releasing the bands first
two demos together as one album, "Half Speed Ahead", in 2003. 2004 brought a split
ep on Twin Earth Records (GA). Between periodic chunks of downtime, Rebreather
replaced their founding drummer with veteran player, Steve Gardner. "Sunflower",
their newest full length album, was released on "Nice Life!" (Columbus, OH) in
2008, as was a vinyl release on "Heavy Slab Records" (Brooklyn, NY), featuring
songs from each release and also including 3 never officially released tracks.
Call it organized chaos. Rebreather shows that they are creating more than a
barrage of stark noise and earthen sludge. They are creating songs; glorious,
winding songs that allow dissonant, harmonic guitar/bass tones to soothe as well as strike, drumming to build as well as batter, and vocals to adopt a
powerful sense of shimmering vulnerability as well as slice through concrete. This is music to enhance the
senses. This is music to darken the mood as well as uplift it. This is
attention to detailed melody within fury. This is Rebreather and they wouldn't
have it any other way.
oh geez- good point! I totally forgot to change my name/status, etc. Tho my past IS significantly cooler than my present.. I don't think I want to live there. :)
Chad- no worries. Everything went off just fine, even without a chance to practice with the music. We winged it, and the timing worked out just exactly how I wanted it to. It was beautiful! Thanks for trying to help; I was grasping at straws at that point. I have one single pic to post today, but there will be more.
Reminder about the upcoming Canton, Ohio 2 day concert, CreekFest Ohio 09 August 28 & 29, 2009 Featuring Mushroomhead, (hed) p.e., Saliva, Smile Empty Soul, Beyond The Rage and more. Over half the floor seats have been reserved, so we thank everyone who has reserved a seat. If you haven’t yet, and wish to sit up close on the floor, please send us a message (not a comment however comments are always welcome) with tickets on the subject line letting us how many you want to reserve, and within the next few days we will message everyone who requested them with where they can be paid for and picked up. This concert will be a historic event for Canton, and we hope everyone can be a part of it! Tickets (both floor and general admission) are limited! Remember this concert will have onsite camping, haunted houses, food, vendors, other live entertainment and more! The First Annual CreekFest Ohio 09, Canton Ohio!
Oh yes, we are definitely using Wormcharmer. I start walking almost two minutes into it, when it gets a bit more intense but before the change. We'll be rehearsing it tonight. I'll get a pic of me in my wedding dress with your CD in the player, that'll be the proof!
Don't be surprised if I beg you guys to play it at a show for me sometime. ;)
I think everything's going to be fine- the wedding is tomorrow! However, in today's YouTube everything culture, we've decided to be rebellious and not videotape it at all.
I will have pictures, loads of them. At least we're doing that!
I think we're just about ready, but there's always those last minute things.
I thought they were downloadable. I always check the "Allow users to download this song" box... Not to worry, I'm totally on it. Well, because I am exhaustingly egomaniacal, I carry CDs of my stuff around in my car (Occasionally blasting it with all my windows down) So, you know... I'm trying to make it as easy as possible for people to pay attention to me. If you ever find it difficult in any way to pay attention to me... just let me know & I will straighten it up immediately. Who's leaving the obscenely long message now, mother f-er? Yea, I can drink coffee too!
Hey, c... nice hearing from you. Keep on rockin in the free-ish world.
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