Joe Demaree - guitar, vocals David Wolf - drums Casey Costello - bass Jack Pineda - guitar
Previous Members:
Devon Tincknell - roadie, projection 2007-2008
Mikhail Amartseff - drums 2006-2007
Nicole Lovitt - bass 2006-2007 Todd Flanagan - bass 2002-2006
Dana Valatka - drums 2005
Marcelo Spina - bass 2005
Joey Stockdale - guitar 2005
Mason Conley - bass 2005
Christopher Jones - guitar 2005
Harry Stewart - drums, guitar, roadie 2001-2005
Mike Stewart - drums, guitar 2001-2004
R.C. - drums, acoustic bass 2003-2005
Alan Kasameyer - guitar, bass, keyboards 2001-2003
Yonathan Kifle - guitar, bass, keyboards, therimon 2001-2003
Clay Parton - drums, acoustic guitar 2003
Matty Luv - guitar 2002
Morgan Stickrod - guitar, vocals 2002
James LaVigna - bass 2002
Jason Clark - drums 2002
Tomek - guitar 2002
Lawrence Van Bishop - bass, guitar, vocals 2001
Jason Burke - drums 2001-2004
Becky Lampkin - bass, vocals 2001
Jay Thomas - drums, guitar 2001
Alan Davis - bass, vocals 2000
DuWayne Anderson - guitar 2000
Jerry Anderson - drums 2000
Rick Silvestri - guitar 1999 - 2000
Colin - drums 1998
Jenn Wheeler - bass, vocals, clarinet 1998-2000
Studio and One Time Rockers!
Brett Hilberg - bass recorded on end of Living in Comfortable - 2007
Matt Mitchell - acoustic guitar recorded on end of Under Palms - 2007
Keith Adams - Live drums in San Jose CA at The Gingerbread House 2006
Zack Evans - bass recorded on Being Human 2005, worst roadie ever 2004
Scott Jones - Live acoustic guitar Portland OR 2003
Ben Clapp - drums recorded on Conundrum and Repartee 2001, Live Trombone NJ 2004
Tony Assimos - back up vocals on Blue Hawaiian Nomad 2001
Moez Solis - hand claps on Living Dead on the Moon - 2001
Lulu Martinez - violin on Secret Admirer and Postdate with an Ultimate - 2000
Influences
NoMeansNo, Komeda, Neutral Milk Hotel, Erase Erata, Mustaphamond, Settler, The Electric Witch, Tommy James and the Shondells, Beirut, Claudine Lounget, Schlong, Animal Collective, Magnetic Fields, Clutch, Sonic Youth, Nina Nastasia, Firewater, Shellac, Blonde Redhead, Fugazi, Federation X, The Narrows, Hickey, Yogurt, Modest Mouse, Blatz, James Brown, The Drunk Injuns, The Descendents, Steel Pole Bathtub, Grandaddy, The Monorchid, TSOL, Cop Shoot Cop, The Dead Milkmen, Hissanol, Palace and others.
2008 News!
We are working on our sixth full length titled "Our Soul Has Many Songs" to be released sometime in 2008. This will be an 8 song album and 45 minute movie. We are working on a new set and video projections to escape the grey skies of Portland and tour sunny California May 1-11th. Please come out and say hello, if you can help with any of our TBA dates please contact us.
Our new material relies less on rock riffs and more on dreamy atmosphere. The lyrical content is whimsical and dark, sarcastic and true, surreal and ordinary. We are very excited to play music for the love of playing music where we fall into detailed painstaking motions for the pure pleasure of creating something moving and dynamic. Of course we know we are just entertainers and clowns. It would be great to see old friends and make new ones on our little outing. Also please keep an eye out for local shows. We will be playing out soon!
You can now order The Unit Breed’s new CD/DVD "Lost Eyes" from New Disorder Records! 11 song CD with DVD containing an animated movie of the album plus slide shows of artwork and photos. Take a look and listen to one of the songs below.
When everything is going wrong does anybody ever focus on the things that look the least wrong?
You can now order The Long Long Everlasting on 12" from Limbless Records!. This is a limited run of 300 12’ vinyl records, each come with a poster of Joseph Demarees artwork and homemade covers.
The Unit Breed have been playing and touring consistently since 1998 - four full US tours, 1 half full US tour, 9 regional jaunts and a trip to Japan. We originated in San Jose CA and have been living in Portland OR for the past four years.
We’ve booked all our own tours, recorded our own albums, and created all artwork and packaging. We get compared to a lot of bands and are influenced by many more. We sound very much like ourselves.
We love playing shows and driving across the country. We’re also fond of roller coasters, swimming, philosophy, art, burritos, and meeting fun outgoing creative open minded people.
Discography: Lost Eyes CD/DVD - 2007 The Long Long Everlasting LP - 2006 Walking the Death Watch CD - 2003 I Can’t Sleep and I’m Never Awake CD - 2001 A Proxy of Noise CD - 1999 A Childhood Celebration 7" EP - 1998
Past tours: March 2007 West Coast/Midwest Jan 2007 West Coast Aug-Oct 2005 Full US Jul 2005 Japan Sep-Nov 2004 Full US April 2004 West Coast July-Aug 2003 Full US March 2003 West Coast June-July 2002 West Coast/Midwest Aug-Sep 2001 Full US July 2000 West Coast/Midwest Aug 1999 West Coast July 1998 South
Meet Start Fires -- DMLH and Shermstyxx bring uplifting lyrical hip-hop for personal empowerment, over fresh old-school "digalog" futurebeat, spitting razor-sharp deliveries about politics, culture, history and possibility that ignite dancefloors here in sunny Portland, Oregon. Recorded live at the Chaos Parlor on SE Division.
FOR "INDUSTRY QUALITY" MUSIC, WITH A SMOOTH "SOULFUL" SOUND... CHECK OUT WHAT DIRRTY DURRT ENT. HAS GOING!!!
The Unit Breed IF YOU KNOW ANYONE WITH A "QUALITY" SOUND, AND HAS MOTIVATION... TELL EM TO CHECK OUT THE PAGE, AND IF THEY WANNA WORK WITH US, LET US KNOW!
WE NOT ONLY PROVIDE ALL THE SERVICES NEEDED TO TAKE YOU FROM A PERSON WITH A PLAN, TO HAVING "QUALITY" RECORDING, BURNED, PRINTED AND RELEASED, BUT WE ALSO HAVE ACCESS TO BEATS, HOOKS AND FEATURES, THAT CAN MAKE YOUR PROJECT "BETTER". PLUS ALONG WITH "WORKIN PROMOTIONS"... WE HAVE GRAPHIC DESIGNS, AND OTHER PROMOTIONAL SERVICES!!!
AND... ALONG WITH PLANET X NIGHTCLUB, IN RICHMOND KY... WE ARE PROVIDING A VENUE FOR ARTISTS TO SHOWCASE THEIR TALENT, MUCH IN THE SAME WAY WE DID LAST SUMMER AT "CLUB DUBBS"!!!
Hope the mini-tour went well. Looks like you guys had loads of fun. Looking forward to the new album. I've been listening to the new songs. Instead of the unit breed being in your face it's really subtle and intricate. Which I really like. Although, I also like when the unit breed is right in your f*cking face relentlessly dictating that you shut the f*ck up and listen. Abrasive aftermath of a decomposing social network.
i hope you boys are behaving yourself... 5 rabble rousers, a van, 3000 miles and a trash bag full of psychedelics...yr nothing but a bunch of goddamn trouble makers...and wooden indian loves you.
“To hell with reality! I want to die in music, not in reason or in prose. People don't deserve the restraint we show by not going into delirium in front of them. To hell with them!”-celine
Last night I dreamt that I flew in to drum on the Unit Breed tour of China. It was only just before the first show that I realized that I didn't have cymbals nor did I know any of the new songs.
Hey Guys! We're going to be back in Portland tomorrow (Tuesday) night to rip a rocker at The Towne Lounge. You should come hang out because frankly it's been too long.
