Club My War
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Club My War))) is a platform for underground metal and punk
bands to play at intimate venues in the greater Los Angeles
area, notably Hollywood. Formed in 2009 by Eddie Solis
of Southern Lord Records
, events are held on a weekly or monthly basis at venues such as The Viper Room, Dragonfly, and Troubadour. Club My War hosted the first U.S. performance of doom metal
superband Shrinebuilder
, as well as performances by Dave Lombardo
's new band Philm, Wolves in the Throneroom, Weedeater, 16
, It's Casual
, Black Cobra, Municipal Waste
, and Torche
.
area, founded by Eddie Solis
of the band It's Casual
and Southern Lord Records
. The recurring event hosts metal, hardcore punk
, stoner rock
, drone metal
, and skate rock bands in small intimate venues. While Club My War operates at different locations such as The Viper Room, and was a regular event at The Relax Bar in Eastern Hollywood until 2010, when the venue closed. Included among multiple other venues are the Blue Monkey in Hollywood, East Side Luv in Boyle Heights, and The Dragonfly in Hollywood.
Club My War is frequently documented by music photographer Rick Kosick
of Jackass
and Big Brother
, who started attending shows at The Relax Bar in early 2010.
supergroup Shrinebuilder
. The band includes Scott "Wino" Weinrich of Saint Vitus and The Hidden Hand, Scott Kelly
of Neurosis
, Al Cisneros
of Om
and Sleep
, and Dale Crover
of The Melvins
. The band had formed earlier in 2009, and had released their widely praised debut album Shrinebuilder
just the month before. The band played two sets at the Viper Room. The venue and show were praised by Scott Kelly, especially for the intimacy and the "die-hard" mentality of the audience.
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
bands to play at intimate venues in the greater Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
area, notably Hollywood. Formed in 2009 by Eddie Solis
Eddie Solis
Eddie Solis is a Los Angeles music industry professional, musician, and show promoter. He has worked in sales, marketing and artist promotion at labels such as Century Media, Priority Records, Macey Lipman Marketing, and SST Records, where he worked with Black Flag. He is currently general manager...
of Southern Lord Records
Southern Lord Records
Southern Lord is an American record label that was founded in 1998 by Greg Anderson, specializing in what could broadly be classified as experimental heavy metal, particularly the doom metal, stoner rock, and drone metal sub-genres. Some of the more notable artists on the label include Earth, Om,...
, events are held on a weekly or monthly basis at venues such as The Viper Room, Dragonfly, and Troubadour. Club My War hosted the first U.S. performance of doom metal
Doom metal
Doom metal is an extreme form of heavy metal music that typically uses slower tempos, low-tuned guitars and a much "thicker" or "heavier" sound than other metal genres...
superband Shrinebuilder
Shrinebuilder
Shrinebuilder is a heavy metal supergroup consisting of various established musicians, particularly of the doom metal subgenre. Their first album, Shrinebuilder, was released in October 2009.-Founding:...
, as well as performances by Dave Lombardo
Dave Lombardo
Dave Lombardo is a Cuban American heavy metal drummer best known for his work with American thrash metal band Slayer. He has performed with Slayer on seven albums, including their groundbreaking 1986 release Reign In Blood and their 2006 release Christ Illusion, for which he received critical praise...
's new band Philm, Wolves in the Throneroom, Weedeater, 16
16 (band)
16 is a sludge metal band from Los Angeles, California that is currently signed to Relapse Records. Their latest album, Bridges to Burn was released in early 2009.-History:...
, It's Casual
It's Casual
It's Casual is a two-piece Los Angeles hardcore punk band formed in 2001. Founded and fronted by Eddie Solis, the band has released the three studio albums Buicregl , Stop Listening to Bad Music , and The New Los Angeles all on CD and LP...
, Black Cobra, Municipal Waste
Municipal Waste (band)
Municipal Waste is a thrash metal/crossover thrash band from Richmond, Virginia.They performed at the UK's Download Festival on June 15, 2008, on the tuborg stage....
, and Torche
Torche
Torche is a band from Miami, Florida, whose sound is often described as stoner metal, or sludge metal.-Biography:The group was formed in 2004 by Steve Brooks , Juan Montoya , Jonathan Nuñez and Rick Smith Torche is a band from Miami, Florida, whose sound is often described as stoner metal, or...
.
Overview
Club My War is an ongoing weekly or monthly event in the greater Los AngelesLos Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
area, founded by Eddie Solis
Eddie Solis
Eddie Solis is a Los Angeles music industry professional, musician, and show promoter. He has worked in sales, marketing and artist promotion at labels such as Century Media, Priority Records, Macey Lipman Marketing, and SST Records, where he worked with Black Flag. He is currently general manager...
of the band It's Casual
It's Casual
It's Casual is a two-piece Los Angeles hardcore punk band formed in 2001. Founded and fronted by Eddie Solis, the band has released the three studio albums Buicregl , Stop Listening to Bad Music , and The New Los Angeles all on CD and LP...
and Southern Lord Records
Southern Lord Records
Southern Lord is an American record label that was founded in 1998 by Greg Anderson, specializing in what could broadly be classified as experimental heavy metal, particularly the doom metal, stoner rock, and drone metal sub-genres. Some of the more notable artists on the label include Earth, Om,...
. The recurring event hosts metal, hardcore punk
Hardcore punk
Hardcore punk is an underground music genre that originated in the late 1970s, following the mainstream success of punk rock. Hardcore is generally faster, thicker, and heavier than earlier punk rock. The origin of the term "hardcore punk" is uncertain. The Vancouver-based band D.O.A...
, stoner rock
Stoner rock
Stoner rock or stoner metal is a subgenre of heavy metal, combining elements of psychedelic rock, blues rock, traditional heavy metal and doom metal. Stoner rock is typically slow-to-mid tempo and features a bass-heavy sound, melodic vocals, and 'retro' production...
, drone metal
Drone metal
Drone metal is a style of heavy metal that melds the slow tempos and heaviness of doom metal with the long-duration tones of drone music...
, and skate rock bands in small intimate venues. While Club My War operates at different locations such as The Viper Room, and was a regular event at The Relax Bar in Eastern Hollywood until 2010, when the venue closed. Included among multiple other venues are the Blue Monkey in Hollywood, East Side Luv in Boyle Heights, and The Dragonfly in Hollywood.
Club My War is frequently documented by music photographer Rick Kosick
Rick Kosick
Rick Kosick is an American photographer and crew member, and supporting cast member of the Jackass TV series and the three Jackass movies.-Early career:...
of Jackass
Jackass (TV series)
jackass is an American reality series, originally shown on MTV from 2000 to 2002, featuring people performing various dangerous, crude, ridiculous, self-injuring stunts and pranks...
and Big Brother
Big Brother (TV series)
Big Brother is a television show in which a group of people live together in a large house, isolated from the outside world but continuously watched by television cameras. Each series lasts for around three months, and there are usually fewer than 15 participants. The housemates try to win a cash...
, who started attending shows at The Relax Bar in early 2010.
Shrinebuilder
On November 11, 2009, Club My War arranged and hosted the first live show in the United States by the recently formed doom metalDoom metal
Doom metal is an extreme form of heavy metal music that typically uses slower tempos, low-tuned guitars and a much "thicker" or "heavier" sound than other metal genres...
supergroup Shrinebuilder
Shrinebuilder
Shrinebuilder is a heavy metal supergroup consisting of various established musicians, particularly of the doom metal subgenre. Their first album, Shrinebuilder, was released in October 2009.-Founding:...
. The band includes Scott "Wino" Weinrich of Saint Vitus and The Hidden Hand, Scott Kelly
Scott Kelly (musician)
Scott Michael Kelly is one of three founding members of Oakland, California experimental metal band Neurosis, in which he is a vocalist and guitarist. He has been writing and publishing music since 1985 with Neurosis, Tribes of Neurot, Blood and Time and his solo acoustic project. He is also...
of Neurosis
Neurosis (band)
Neurosis is a post-metal band, based in Oakland, California. They formed in 1985 as a hardcore punk band, and their sound progressed towards a doom metal style that also included influences from dark ambient and industrial music as well as incorporating elements of folk music...
, Al Cisneros
Al Cisneros
Al Cisneros |Sleep]], Om, Shrinebuilder, and Asbestosdeath.-Biography:He began his musical career in 1989 by founding a local punk metal band, Asbestosdeath, along with Chris Hakius , Matt Pike and Tom Choi . Cisneros performed bass guitar for the band, and they released two EPs in 1990...
of Om
Om (band)
Om is a duo formed in 2003 by the rhythm section of the disbanded Stoner doom metal band Sleep. The band's first three albums feature Al Cisneros on vocals and bass and Chris Hakius on drums. Their music is similar in structure to Tibetan chanting....
and Sleep
Sleep (band)
Sleep is a stoner doom metal band from San Jose, California. Active during the 1990s, Sleep earned critical and record label attention early in their career. Critic Eduardo Rivadavia describes them as "perhaps the ultimate stoner rock band" and notes they exerted a strong influence on heavy metal...
, and Dale Crover
Dale Crover
Dale Crover is an American rock musician. Crover is best known as the drummer for Melvins and Men of Porn, Shrinebuilder, and for a brief time, drummer for Nirvana. He is also guitarist and vocalist for Altamont...
of The Melvins
The Melvins
The Melvins are an American band that formed in 1983. They usually perform as a trio, but in recent years have performed as a four piece with two drummers. Since 1984, singer and guitarist Buzz Osborne and drummer Dale Crover have been the band's constant members...
. The band had formed earlier in 2009, and had released their widely praised debut album Shrinebuilder
Shrinebuilder (album)
Shrinebuilder is the first album by American band Shrinebuilder, released in October 2009 on Neurot Recordings.- Track listing :All songs written by Shrinebuilder.#"Solar Benediction" - 8:44#"Pyramid Of The Moon" - 7:35#"Blind For All To See" - 7:27...
just the month before. The band played two sets at the Viper Room. The venue and show were praised by Scott Kelly, especially for the intimacy and the "die-hard" mentality of the audience.
Artists
The following is a partial list of artists and bands who have performed at Club My War, all subgenres of metal and punk.- 1616 (band)16 is a sludge metal band from Los Angeles, California that is currently signed to Relapse Records. Their latest album, Bridges to Burn was released in early 2009.-History:...
- Agent SteelAgent SteelAgent Steel is an American speed metal band from Los Angeles, California that was formed in 1984 by singer John Cyriis ,and drummer Chuck Profus. The band released two full length albums, and one EP before disbanding in 1988...
- AncestorsAncestors (band)Ancestors is a five-piece psychedelic/progressive rock/doom metal ensemble residing in Los Angeles.-Biography:Justin Maranga, Nick Long and Brandon Pierce began a three-piece project in the summer of 2006, then shortly after added Englishman Chico Foley, who had met Brandon shortly after taking up...
- Backwoods Payback
- Black Math Horsemen
- Behold the Monilith
- Black Cobra
- Bruce Cambell
- Chingalera
- The Chuck Dukowski SextetChuck DukowskiChuck Dukowski is an American punk rock musician, best known as a founding member and bass player for Black Flag. Dukowski wrote some of Black Flag's most popular songs, including "My War," "What I See," "I've Heard It Before" and "Spray Paint." He left the band before the release of My War, and...
- Clouds
- Crackula
- Crom
- Dale Nixon's Army
- Dead Lazlo's Place
- Dog
- Eat the Living
- Fatso JetsonFatso JetsonFatso Jetson is an American desert rock band from the Palm Desert, California area, formed in 1994 by ex-Yawning Man members Mario and Larry Lalli, along with Tony Tornay. The Lalli cousins are often credited as the fathers of the desert strain of stoner rock later made famous by bands such as...
- Fetus Eaters
- Fireball Minstry Listening Party
- The Fucking Wrath
- GalleryGallery (band)Gallery was an American soft rock band of the 1970s. It was formed in Detroit, Michigan by Jim Gold. While Gallery did record a number of songs, they are most famous for their 1972 hit single, "Nice to Be with You", written by Gold...
- Groamville
- GFP (ft. Tony AlvaTony AlvaTony Alva , is one of the original Z-Boys and is considered to be one of the most influential skateboarders of all time. He was professional skateboarding's first world champion in history, a title he won in 1977.-Career:...
) - Gypsy Hawk
- Green and Wood
- House of Broken Promises
- Hallowed Engine
- Harassor
- Helms Alee
- Holy Grail
- It's CasualIt's CasualIt's Casual is a two-piece Los Angeles hardcore punk band formed in 2001. Founded and fronted by Eddie Solis, the band has released the three studio albums Buicregl , Stop Listening to Bad Music , and The New Los Angeles all on CD and LP...
- JuciferJuciferJucifer is a two piece sludge metal band signed to Relapse Records. The band's members include Gazelle Amber Valentine on lead guitar and vocals, and her husband Edgar Livengood on drums. They travel in an RV and are "nomadic in nature", preferring to tour constantly, living in their tour vehicle,...
- Lightning Swords of DeathLightning Swords of DeathLightning Swords of Death is an American black metal band formed in 2003 by vocalist Autarch and guitarist Roskva in Los Angeles, California.Lightning Swords of Death signed a record deal with Metal Blade Records in 2009 and continued to push their music through their DIY attitude, getting multiple...
- Lozen
- Matador
- Massengil
- The MeatmenThe MeatmenThe Meatmen are an American punk band headed by Tesco Vee originally from 1980 to 1997, and reformed in 2008. They are currently still touring and recording.The Meatmen made fun of the hardcore punk scene of the time...
- Municipal WasteMunicipal Waste (band)Municipal Waste is a thrash metal/crossover thrash band from Richmond, Virginia.They performed at the UK's Download Festival on June 15, 2008, on the tuborg stage....
- Music Hates You
- Nighthorse
- Of The Horizon
- Philm (ft. Dave LombardoDave LombardoDave Lombardo is a Cuban American heavy metal drummer best known for his work with American thrash metal band Slayer. He has performed with Slayer on seven albums, including their groundbreaking 1986 release Reign In Blood and their 2006 release Christ Illusion, for which he received critical praise...
) - Professor
- Progeria
- Rats Eyes
- RwakeRwakeRwake is a Southern sludge metal band from Little Rock, Arkansas, USA, that began as a jamming four-piece in 1996. The band was originally called Wake. The first Wake show was March 15 1997 in Batesville, Arkansas at the Landers Theater....
- Rtx
- Sasquatch
- Scott KellyScott Kelly (musician)Scott Michael Kelly is one of three founding members of Oakland, California experimental metal band Neurosis, in which he is a vocalist and guitarist. He has been writing and publishing music since 1985 with Neurosis, Tribes of Neurot, Blood and Time and his solo acoustic project. He is also...
(acoustic) - ShrinebuilderShrinebuilderShrinebuilder is a heavy metal supergroup consisting of various established musicians, particularly of the doom metal subgenre. Their first album, Shrinebuilder, was released in October 2009.-Founding:...
- The ShrineThe Shrine"The Shrine" is the 86th of the science fiction television series Stargate Atlantis and is the sixth episode in its fifth season. The episode is also the 300th produced episode in the overall Stargate franchise. The episode first aired on August 22 2008 on the Sci Fi Channel in the United States,...
- Stahl Brothers
- SMD
- Snake's Alive
- TorcheTorcheTorche is a band from Miami, Florida, whose sound is often described as stoner metal, or sludge metal.-Biography:The group was formed in 2004 by Steve Brooks , Juan Montoya , Jonathan Nuñez and Rick Smith Torche is a band from Miami, Florida, whose sound is often described as stoner metal, or...
- TotimoshiTotimoshiTotimoshi is an American alternative rock band based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Since 2007, it publishes music under the Volcom Entertainment label.-Style and reception:...
- WarcryWarCry (band)WarCry is a Spanish power metal band led by founder, singer, and songwriter Víctor García. Formed in 2001 when García and drummer Alberto Ardines were ejected from Avalanch, the band has since released five studio albums and one live album, with a sixth studio album currently in progress. WarCry...
- Weedeater
- Scott "Wino" Weinrich (acoustic)
- White WizzardWhite WizzardWhite Wizzard are an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 2007. The band has released two EP's and two albums, Over the Top released in 2010, and Flying Tigers released in 2011.-History:...
- Wolves in the Throne Room
External links
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- Club My War documented by Rick KosickRick KosickRick Kosick is an American photographer and crew member, and supporting cast member of the Jackass TV series and the three Jackass movies.-Early career:...