Benton Falls (band)
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Benton Falls was a rock
band
from Santa Rosa, California
, which originally formed in 2000. The trio formerly consisted of Michael Richardson, Vance Gore, and Eli Deering, with second guitarist Gerb leaving after the release of Fighting Starlight. The band's music was influenced by such bands as Sunny Day Real Estate
, Braid, and Jawbox. They first appeared on the compilation The Silence In My Heart: The Emo Diaries
Chapter Six and released their first full-length album, Fighting Starlight, less than a month later on Deep Elm Records
. In the winter of 2000 the band went back into the recording studio
to work on their follow-up album Guilt Beats Hate, which was released in the spring of 2003.
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
band
Musical ensemble
A musical ensemble is a group of people who perform instrumental or vocal music. In classical music, trios or quartets either blend the sounds of musical instrument families or group together instruments from the same instrument family, such as string ensembles or wind ensembles...
from Santa Rosa, California
Santa Rosa, California
Santa Rosa is the county seat of Sonoma County, California, United States. The 2010 census reported a population of 167,815. Santa Rosa is the largest city in California's Wine Country and fifth largest city in the San Francisco Bay Area, after San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland, and Fremont and 26th...
, which originally formed in 2000. The trio formerly consisted of Michael Richardson, Vance Gore, and Eli Deering, with second guitarist Gerb leaving after the release of Fighting Starlight. The band's music was influenced by such bands as Sunny Day Real Estate
Sunny Day Real Estate
Sunny Day Real Estate is an American rock band from Seattle, Washington. In the 1990s, the group expanded upon the grunge style that was popular in the local scene to make a more melodic sound. While not the first band to be classified as emo, they were instrumental in establishing the genre. In...
, Braid, and Jawbox. They first appeared on the compilation The Silence In My Heart: The Emo Diaries
The Emo Diaries
The Emo Diaries is a series of twelve compilation albums released by Deep Elm Records between 1997 and 2011. The series had an open submissions policy and featured mostly acts that were unsigned at the time of the albums' releases...
Chapter Six and released their first full-length album, Fighting Starlight, less than a month later on Deep Elm Records
Deep Elm Records
Deep Elm Records is an independent record label putting out albums by bands such as The Appleseed Cast, Brandtson, The White Octave, and Planes Mistaken for Stars...
. In the winter of 2000 the band went back into the recording studio
Recording studio
A recording studio is a facility for sound recording and mixing. Ideally both the recording and monitoring spaces are specially designed by an acoustician to achieve optimum acoustic properties...
to work on their follow-up album Guilt Beats Hate, which was released in the spring of 2003.
Discography
- "Deep Elm Records - Unreleased, Vol. 2"
- "Deep Elm Unreleased No. 3"
- "The Silence In My Heart: The Emo Diaries - Chapter Six"
- Fighting Starlight (2001, Deep Elm RecordsDeep Elm RecordsDeep Elm Records is an independent record label putting out albums by bands such as The Appleseed Cast, Brandtson, The White Octave, and Planes Mistaken for Stars...
), (2009 Vinyl Reissue, Count Your Lucky Stars RecordsCount Your Lucky Stars RecordsCount Your Lucky Stars Records is an independent record label based out of Fenton, Michigan. The label has released albums from bands such as Empire! Empire! , Annabel, Moving Mountains, Benton Falls, Into It. Over It. and Castevet...
) - Guilt Beats Hate (2003)
- Ashes And Lies (2010)