Kyuss, Mogwai, Explosions In The Sky, Sonic Youth, Isis, Neurosis, Brief Candles, Voivod, Shiner, Rhys Chatham, Windy & Carl, Jawbox, Beaumont, Neu!, Earth, SunnO))), Eno, Buried At Sea, Drunken Master III, Electric Wizard, Sleep, High On Fire, Helmet, Godflesh, Mono, Wickerman, Unsane, Radiohead, Sigur Ros, Can, Sabbath, The Cure, Television, Unrest, Red Sparrowes, Glenn Branca...
In the throwaway world of modern music, genres come and go as do the bands that define them. Years later these bands grace compilations identifying a decade or sound, new groups site them as major influences, journalists and critics throw around their names in comparison to new unworthy bands and movements, and new group of hip young music fans discover these definitive albums and wish they were there.
What about the bands in between? Usually they are too horrific or copycat to remember, disappear too fast to be documented, or they take their time creating tweaking and executing such a broad and complex sound with influences from member's current, past, and combined future that the fanfare has moved onto the next passing fad and it's not until years later when a sweaty, overexcited record nerd unearths the unknown nugget, finally understands it, and waxes poetically about in the pages of an overpriced british magazine.
This particular band was conceived in a bar after too many shots of irish whiskey and an intense discussion over the state of music. Two guys who were working for an independent music distributor became sick of the crap bands and crappier records that are released and disappear before they make it onto a store shelf and decided to tap into what got them into music in the beginning. Memories of the original 120 Minutes, Rikki and Headbangers Ball, WNUR's Fast and Loud, the days when bands released cassettes, liking Jawbox way before Fugazi, and 10 band metal matinees at the Gateway Theater came to mind and the seed was planted. They reached out to old friends that they remembered from the days of all ages shows and swapping mix tapes and the band fell into place. Imagine saddling up in an improvised noise group with the guitar player of your first high school cover band, familiar, but not rocking the same old Minor Threat or Husker Du song. Their sound is based in the common musical past that brought them together and is unwound and bullied back with the energy of individual influences into eight minute epics. crushing. melodic. intense. graceful. manic. pummelling. introspective. The name of this band is Unfortunaut.
UNFORTUNAUT 'Titan': Live @ Snake Eyes Vinyl 5/27/07
JUNE 18th @ The Cobra Lounge (Ashland and Lake) with Black Skies and Bullwhip Solution
JUNE 20TH @ Memories 4358 N Cicero Lor’s B-Day with Bongripper, Salt of the Earth, The Jonestown Choir, and Everyone But You
Hail Fellow Metal Militiamen,
With massive satisfaction, IMPERIAL BATTLESNAKE returns to the world of actually promoting shows with a twin-barreled Chicago assault to celebrate the RE-RELEASE of their 2nd full length offering SENTINELS OF THE HARDLAND. Expect new tunes, new merch, new and improved tones in addition to the same old ass kickery.
JUNE 18th @ The Cobra Lounge (Ashland and Lake) with Black Skies and Bullwhip Solution
JUNE 20TH @ Memories 4358 N Cicero Lor’s B-Day with Bongripper, Salt of the Earth, The Jonestown Choir, and Everyone But You
-- wes nile IMPERIAL BATTLESNAKE throat, teeth and fists dept.
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Yo, been a while since I've heard anything from you guys, up to anything lately? I'd like to come out to a show but it looks like you don't have any currently.
Bummer. I was hoping to see you guys play sometime soon. Sean, are you no longer on here? Send me a message when you get a chance. Keep on making that sweet music.
