Made Out of Babies
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Biography
Drawing equally from noise-rock bands like The Jesus LizardThe Jesus Lizard
The Jesus Lizard was an American alternative rock and noise rock band formed in 1987 in Austin, Texas. They were "a leading noise rock band in the American independent underground…[who] turned out a series of independent records filled with scathing, disembowelling, guitar-driven pseudo-industrial...
and post-metal bands like Isis
Isis (band)
Isis was a Los Angeles, California-based post-metal band, founded in Boston, Massachusetts, with a career spanning from 1997 to 2010...
, the band developed a following after the release of their debut album, Trophy
Trophy (album)
Trophy is the debut album by noise-rock/post-metal band Made Out of Babies. The album was produced, engineered, and mixed by Joel Hamilton.-Track listing:#"Herculoid"#"Loosey Goosey"#"El Morgan"#"Ire Fire"#"Lullaby 1"#"Gut Shoveler"#"Sugar"...
. Their first two albums were released by Neurot Recordings
Neurot Recordings
Neurot Recordings is an independent American record label founded by members of Neurosis and Tribes of Neurot. The label was founded to release the side projects of Neurosis and its members. It has since expanded to a fully functioning label, releasing music from artists...
, the label of post-metal
Post-metal
Post-metal is a music genre, a mixture between the genres of post-rock and heavy metal.Hydra Head Records owner and Isis frontman Aaron Turner originally termed the genre "thinking man's metal", demonstrating that his band was trying to move away from common metal conventions...
and post-rock
Post-rock
Post-rock is a subgenre of rock music characterized by the influence and use of instruments commonly associated with rock, but using rhythms and "guitars as facilitators of timbre and textures" not traditionally found in rock...
bands like Isis
Isis (band)
Isis was a Los Angeles, California-based post-metal band, founded in Boston, Massachusetts, with a career spanning from 1997 to 2010...
, 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...
, and Red Sparowes
Red Sparowes
Red Sparowes is a Los Angeles post-rock band comprising current and former members of Isis, Halifax Pier, Angel Hair and Pleasure Forever. Their sound is characteristic of soundscape-influenced experimental rock, with an otherwise uncommon extensive use of a pedal steel guitar.-History:Red Sparowes...
. Made Out of Babies are currently signed to The End Records
The End Records
The End Records is an independent record label, founded in 1998 in San Diego. Founder Andreas Katsambas initially wanted to bring attention to some underground bands he admired. In 2002, The End moved to Salt Lake City, when his wife took a job at the University of Utah. The label moved...
for the release of their 2008 album The Ruiner
The Ruiner (album)
The Ruiner is the most recent album by noise-rock/post-metal band Made Out of Babies.-Track listing:#"Cooker" – 5:51#"Grimace" – 3:45#"Invisible Ink" – 4:36#"The Major" – 5:31#"Buffalo" – 2:41#"Bunny Boots" – 4:15#"Stranger" – 7:07#"Peew" – 2:28...
.
Members
- Matthew Egan (Cleanteeth) – drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
- Brendan "Bunny" Tobin (Red SparowesRed SparowesRed Sparowes is a Los Angeles post-rock band comprising current and former members of Isis, Halifax Pier, Angel Hair and Pleasure Forever. Their sound is characteristic of soundscape-influenced experimental rock, with an otherwise uncommon extensive use of a pedal steel guitar.-History:Red Sparowes...
) – guitarElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker... - Julie ChristmasJulie ChristmasJulie Christmas is an American musician from Brooklyn, New York. She is the lead singer of Brooklyn-based noise rock band Made Out of Babies and the former lead singer of defunct post-metal supergroup Battle of Mice....
(Battle of MiceBattle of MiceBattle of Mice was a post-metal supergroup consisting of Julie Christmas , Josh Graham , Joel Hamilton , Tony Maimone , and Joe Tomino .The band was formed when vocalist Julie Christmas and guitarist/keyboardist Josh Graham met in Austin, Texas while...
) – vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments... - Eric Cooper (Pigs) – bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
Albums
- TrophyTrophy (album)Trophy is the debut album by noise-rock/post-metal band Made Out of Babies. The album was produced, engineered, and mixed by Joel Hamilton.-Track listing:#"Herculoid"#"Loosey Goosey"#"El Morgan"#"Ire Fire"#"Lullaby 1"#"Gut Shoveler"#"Sugar"...
(2005, Neurot Recordings) - CowardCoward (album)-Track listing:#"Silverback" – 3:33#"Proud to Drown" – 4:55#"Fed" – 4:32#"Mandatory Bedrest" – 4:50#"Death in April" – 4:34#"Out" – 4:49#"Lullaby 03" – 1:36#"Mr. Prison Shanks" – 3:39#"Gunt" – 4:58...
(2006, Neurot Recordings) - The RuinerThe Ruiner (album)The Ruiner is the most recent album by noise-rock/post-metal band Made Out of Babies.-Track listing:#"Cooker" – 5:51#"Grimace" – 3:45#"Invisible Ink" – 4:36#"The Major" – 5:31#"Buffalo" – 2:41#"Bunny Boots" – 4:15#"Stranger" – 7:07#"Peew" – 2:28...
(2008, The End Records)
EPs
- Triad (split with Red SparowesRed SparowesRed Sparowes is a Los Angeles post-rock band comprising current and former members of Isis, Halifax Pier, Angel Hair and Pleasure Forever. Their sound is characteristic of soundscape-influenced experimental rock, with an otherwise uncommon extensive use of a pedal steel guitar.-History:Red Sparowes...
and Battle of MiceBattle of MiceBattle of Mice was a post-metal supergroup consisting of Julie Christmas , Josh Graham , Joel Hamilton , Tony Maimone , and Joe Tomino .The band was formed when vocalist Julie Christmas and guitarist/keyboardist Josh Graham met in Austin, Texas while...
) (2006, Neurot Recordings)
Compilations
- We Reach: The Music of the MelvinsWe Reach: The Music of the MelvinsWe Reach: The Music of The Melvins is a 2005 tribute album to the Melvins.-Track listing:...
(a 2005 tribute albumTribute albumA tribute album is a recorded collection of cover versions of songs or instrumental compositions. Its concept may be either various artists making a tribute to a single artist, a single artist making a tribute to various artists, or a single artist making a tribute to another single artist.There...
to the Melvins, Fractured Transmitter Recording CompanyFractured Transmitter Recording CompanyFractured Transmitter is a record company started by Jason Popson around the time he departed from Mushroomhead in 2004.-Bands Signed:Pitch Black ForecastThe Alter BoysAmerican WerewolvesAsleepDisengageIntegrityJeff WalkerMeshuggah...
) - NYC Sucks, Volume 1 (2010 compilation of bands from the New York metal scene by MetalSucks.net. The compilation featured "Invisble Ink")