Mario Rubalcaba
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Mario Rubalcaba is an American drummer
from San Diego, notable as a member of numerous rock
bands including Thingy
, Rocket from the Crypt
, Hot Snakes
, Earthless
, the Sultans, and Off!
He has also played on albums by The Black Heart Procession
and Pinback
and was formerly a professional skateboarder
.
, skating for Team Alva
. Though he no longer skates professionally, he does work at the Black Box, a skateboarding distribution company and skate park in San Diego.
band 411. The group released the single
Say It in 1990 and the album This Isn't Me in 1991 before disbanding. He next joined the hardcore punk
band Chicano-Christ, playing on their eponym
ous 1991 album. In 1994 he became involved with the Louisville, Kentucky
-based Metroschifter, a recently-launched project of singer/guitarist Scott Ritcher. The four band members each lived in different cities and wrote songs by mailing recorded tracks back and forth to each other. The band's first tour in May 1994 was booked before the members had ever met each other in person, and they practiced together only twice before beginning the tour. Their first album, The Metroschifter Capsule, was recorded two weeks after the band formed. Lacking the funds to mix and release it, they took pre-orders for personalized copies and raised enough money to release it on Ritcher's Slamdek label. Rubalcaba recorded two singles with Metroschifter, For the Love of Basic Cable in December 1994 and Number One for a Second in May 1995, before leaving the group on good terms in December 1996.
Rubalcaba next joined Clikatat Ikatowi, which included guitarist Scott Bartoloni, performing on Orchestrated & Conducted by Clikatat Ikatowi (1996) and August 29 + 30 1995 (1997). In 1997 he simultaneously joined the indie rock
band Thingy
, performing on the album Songs About Angels, Evil, and Running Around on Fire. He next performed on Clikatat Ikatowi's final release, the EP
River of Souls (1998). From 1998 to 2000 Rubalcalba moved to Chicago
; there he collaborated with guitarist Bill Skibbe and bassist Jessica Ruffins of The Jaks in an experimental, instrumental group called Sea of Tombs. Their recordings were later released as an eponym
ous EP in September 2001. In 1999 and 2000 he performed on four releases by The Black Heart Procession
: on the tracks "A Light So Dim" and "It's a Crime I Never Told You About the Diamonds in Your Eyes" on the album 2, all tracks on the EPs Fish the Holes on Frozen Lakes and A Three Song Recording, and "A Heart Like Mine" on the album Three
. All four releases also included contributions by Jason Crane
of Rocket from the Crypt
, a band that Rubalcaba would later join. 2000 also saw Rubalcaba's final recording with Thingy, on the album To the Innocent.
In September 2000 Rubalcaba returned to San Diego to join Rocket from the Crypt, replacing original drummer Adam Willard. He performed on the albums Group Sounds
(2001) and Live from Camp X-Ray
(2002) and their accompanying tours. In 2001 he became a founding member of the instrumental psychedelic rock
band Earthless
with bassist Mike Eginton and guitarist Isaiah Mitchell. In 2002 he also joined a new lineup of the hardcore punk band Battalion of Saints, reuniting with Clikatat Ikatowi guitarist Scott Bartoloni. In 2003 he joined Mannekin Piss, in which he played guitar
with future Sultans bassist Dean Reis, performing on the 2004 EP Planet Death. In 2004 he joined one of Rocket from the Crypt singer/guitarist John Reis
' other bands, Hot Snakes
, replacing drummer Jason Kourkounis. With Hot Snakes he performed on the album Audit in Progress
(2004) and the Peel Sessions
EP (2005). Earthless' debut Sonic Prayer
was released in April 2005.
After a tour of Australia
in Spring 2005 Hot Snakes announced their breakup. A live performance recorded that May for Australian radio station Triple J
was released in 2006 as Thunder Down Under
. Rocket from the Crypt soon announced their breakup as well; their final performance on Halloween
2005 was recorded and released in 2008 as R.I.P.
In January 2006 Rubalcaba replaced Tony Di Prima in another of John Reis' bands, the Sultans, which also included Reis' brother and former Mannekin Piss bassist Dean Reis. The Sultans performed infrequently until their breakup a year later. In 2007 Earthless released their second album Rhythms from a Cosmic Sky. Later that year Rubalcaba performed on the track "From Nothing to Nowhere" on Pinback
's album Autumn of the Seraphs
and filled in for J Mascis
in Witch
for several live performances. In October 2008 Earthless released the live album Live at Roadburn
. He is also part owner of the independent record store
Thirsty Moon in the Hillcrest
Area of San Diego.
In 2009 Rubalcaba joined the hardcore punk
supergroup
Off!
with singer Keith Morris
, guitarist Dimitri Coats
, and bassist Steven Shane McDonald
. The band's first album, First Four EPs
, was released in 2010.
s on which Rubalcaba has performed.
Drummer
A drummer is a musician who is capable of playing drums, which includes but is not limited to a drum kit and accessory based hardware which includes an assortment of pedals and standing support mechanisms, marching percussion and/or any musical instrument that is struck within the context of a...
from San Diego, notable as a member of numerous rock
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...
bands including Thingy
Thingy (band)
Thingy was an indie rock band formed after the dissolution of Heavy Vegetable in 1995 by Heavy Vegetable veterans Rob Crow and Eléa Tenuta.Crow, Tenuta, and bassist Jason Soares released a seven-song EP, 'Staring Contest', in 1996 on the old Heavy Vegetable label Headhunter/Cargo.They were joined...
, Rocket from the Crypt
Rocket from the Crypt
Rocket from the Crypt was an American rock band led by John Reis, formed in 1989 in San Diego, California and disbanded in 2005.The band gained critical praise and the attention of major record labels after the release of their 1992 album Circa: Now!, leading to a recording contract with Interscope...
, Hot Snakes
Hot Snakes
Hot Snakes were an American post-hardcore band led by Rick Froberg and John Reis, formed in 1999 in San Diego, California and disbanded in 2005. Reis and Froberg had previously performed together in Pitchfork and Drive Like Jehu, after which Reis had found international success with Rocket from the...
, Earthless
Earthless
Earthless is an instrumental psychedelic rock band from San Diego, California consisting of guitarist Isaiah Mitchell, bassist Mike Eginton, and drummer Mario Rubalcaba. The band formed in 2001 and released their first album Sonic Prayer through Gravity Records in 2005. A 10" single entitled Sonic...
, the Sultans, and Off!
OFF! (band)
-History:Off! was formed in Los Angeles, California in late 2009 by Circle Jerks/Black Flag singer Keith Morris, Burning Brides frontman Dimitri Coats, Redd Kross bassist Steven Shane McDonald, and Rocket From The Crypt/Hot Snakes drummer Mario Rubalcaba. The idea to form the band came after Coats...
He has also played on albums by The Black Heart Procession
The Black Heart Procession
The Black Heart Procession is an indie rock band from San Diego, California. The band was formed in 1997 by Pall Jenkins and Tobias Nathaniel...
and Pinback
Pinback
Pinback is an indie rock band from San Diego, California, currently signed to Temporary Residence Ltd. The band was formed in 1998 by singers, songwriters and multi-instrumentalists Armistead Burwell Smith IV and Rob Crow. Tom Zinser, Chris Prescott, and Mario Rubalcaba have all contributed drums...
and was formerly a professional skateboarder
Skateboarding
Skateboarding is an action sport which involves riding and performing tricks using a skateboard.Skateboarding can be a recreational activity, an art form, a job, or a method of transportation. Skateboarding has been shaped and influenced by many skateboarders throughout the years. A 2002 report...
.
Skateboarding career
In the late 1980s and early 1990s Rubalcaba was a professional skateboarderSkateboarding
Skateboarding is an action sport which involves riding and performing tricks using a skateboard.Skateboarding can be a recreational activity, an art form, a job, or a method of transportation. Skateboarding has been shaped and influenced by many skateboarders throughout the years. A 2002 report...
, skating for Team Alva
Tony Alva
Tony 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:...
. Though he no longer skates professionally, he does work at the Black Box, a skateboarding distribution company and skate park in San Diego.
Musical career
Rubalcaba's drumming career began in 1990 with the San Diego post-hardcorePost-hardcore
Post-hardcore is a genre of music that developed from hardcore punk, itself an offshoot of the broader punk rock movement. Like post-punk, post-hardcore is a term for a broad constellation of groups...
band 411. The group released the single
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
Say It in 1990 and the album This Isn't Me in 1991 before disbanding. He next joined the 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...
band Chicano-Christ, playing on their eponym
Eponym
An eponym is the name of a person or thing, whether real or fictitious, after which a particular place, tribe, era, discovery, or other item is named or thought to be named...
ous 1991 album. In 1994 he became involved with the Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kentucky, and the county seat of Jefferson County. Since 2003, the city's borders have been coterminous with those of the county because of a city-county merger. The city's population at the 2010 census was 741,096...
-based Metroschifter, a recently-launched project of singer/guitarist Scott Ritcher. The four band members each lived in different cities and wrote songs by mailing recorded tracks back and forth to each other. The band's first tour in May 1994 was booked before the members had ever met each other in person, and they practiced together only twice before beginning the tour. Their first album, The Metroschifter Capsule, was recorded two weeks after the band formed. Lacking the funds to mix and release it, they took pre-orders for personalized copies and raised enough money to release it on Ritcher's Slamdek label. Rubalcaba recorded two singles with Metroschifter, For the Love of Basic Cable in December 1994 and Number One for a Second in May 1995, before leaving the group on good terms in December 1996.
Rubalcaba next joined Clikatat Ikatowi, which included guitarist Scott Bartoloni, performing on Orchestrated & Conducted by Clikatat Ikatowi (1996) and August 29 + 30 1995 (1997). In 1997 he simultaneously joined the indie rock
Indie rock
Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...
band Thingy
Thingy (band)
Thingy was an indie rock band formed after the dissolution of Heavy Vegetable in 1995 by Heavy Vegetable veterans Rob Crow and Eléa Tenuta.Crow, Tenuta, and bassist Jason Soares released a seven-song EP, 'Staring Contest', in 1996 on the old Heavy Vegetable label Headhunter/Cargo.They were joined...
, performing on the album Songs About Angels, Evil, and Running Around on Fire. He next performed on Clikatat Ikatowi's final release, the EP
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
River of Souls (1998). From 1998 to 2000 Rubalcalba moved to Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
; there he collaborated with guitarist Bill Skibbe and bassist Jessica Ruffins of The Jaks in an experimental, instrumental group called Sea of Tombs. Their recordings were later released as an eponym
Eponym
An eponym is the name of a person or thing, whether real or fictitious, after which a particular place, tribe, era, discovery, or other item is named or thought to be named...
ous EP in September 2001. In 1999 and 2000 he performed on four releases by The Black Heart Procession
The Black Heart Procession
The Black Heart Procession is an indie rock band from San Diego, California. The band was formed in 1997 by Pall Jenkins and Tobias Nathaniel...
: on the tracks "A Light So Dim" and "It's a Crime I Never Told You About the Diamonds in Your Eyes" on the album 2, all tracks on the EPs Fish the Holes on Frozen Lakes and A Three Song Recording, and "A Heart Like Mine" on the album Three
Three (The Black Heart Procession album)
Three is an album by the American indie band The Black Heart Procession. It was released on September 5, 2000 on Touch and Go Records.-Track listing:# "We Always Knew" - 5:26# "Guess I'll Forget You" - 4:39# "Once Said at the Fires" - 4:13...
. All four releases also included contributions by Jason Crane
Jason Crane
Jason Crane is an American drummer and trumpeter notable as a member of Rocket from the Crypt, The Black Heart Procession, and Beehive & the Barracudas.-Musical career:...
of Rocket from the Crypt
Rocket from the Crypt
Rocket from the Crypt was an American rock band led by John Reis, formed in 1989 in San Diego, California and disbanded in 2005.The band gained critical praise and the attention of major record labels after the release of their 1992 album Circa: Now!, leading to a recording contract with Interscope...
, a band that Rubalcaba would later join. 2000 also saw Rubalcaba's final recording with Thingy, on the album To the Innocent.
In September 2000 Rubalcaba returned to San Diego to join Rocket from the Crypt, replacing original drummer Adam Willard. He performed on the albums Group Sounds
Group Sounds (album)
Group Sounds is an album by the San Diego, California rock band Rocket from the Crypt, released in 2001 by Vagrant Records. It was the band's first album for the label and their first with new drummer Ruby Mars....
(2001) and Live from Camp X-Ray
Live from Camp X-Ray
Live from Camp X-Ray is an album by the San Diego, California rock band Rocket from the Crypt, released in 2002 by Vagrant Records. It was the band's final studio album, as they broke up on Halloween 2005...
(2002) and their accompanying tours. In 2001 he became a founding member of the instrumental psychedelic rock
Psychedelic rock
Psychedelic rock is a style of rock music that is inspired or influenced by psychedelic culture and attempts to replicate and enhance the mind-altering experiences of psychedelic drugs. It emerged during the mid 1960s among folk rock and blues rock bands in United States and the United Kingdom...
band Earthless
Earthless
Earthless is an instrumental psychedelic rock band from San Diego, California consisting of guitarist Isaiah Mitchell, bassist Mike Eginton, and drummer Mario Rubalcaba. The band formed in 2001 and released their first album Sonic Prayer through Gravity Records in 2005. A 10" single entitled Sonic...
with bassist Mike Eginton and guitarist Isaiah Mitchell. In 2002 he also joined a new lineup of the hardcore punk band Battalion of Saints, reuniting with Clikatat Ikatowi guitarist Scott Bartoloni. In 2003 he joined Mannekin Piss, in which he played guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
with future Sultans bassist Dean Reis, performing on the 2004 EP Planet Death. In 2004 he joined one of Rocket from the Crypt singer/guitarist John Reis
John Reis
John Reis is an American musician, singer, guitarist, record label owner, and disc jockey. He is best known as the singer and guitarist for the rock band Rocket from the Crypt, which he formed and fronted for the entirety of its career from 1990 to 2005...
' other bands, Hot Snakes
Hot Snakes
Hot Snakes were an American post-hardcore band led by Rick Froberg and John Reis, formed in 1999 in San Diego, California and disbanded in 2005. Reis and Froberg had previously performed together in Pitchfork and Drive Like Jehu, after which Reis had found international success with Rocket from the...
, replacing drummer Jason Kourkounis. With Hot Snakes he performed on the album Audit in Progress
Audit in Progress
Audit in Progress is the third and final studio album by the San Diego, California rock band Hot Snakes, released in 2004 by Swami Records. It was recorded in a similar manner to the band's previous two albums, with guitarist John Reis taking time off from his main band Rocket From the Crypt...
(2004) and the Peel Sessions
Peel Sessions (Hot Snakes EP)
Peel Sessions is an EP by the San Diego, California rock band Hot Snakes, released in 2005 by Swami Records. It was recorded in the Fall of 2004 while the band was on tour in the UK, for broadcast on BBC Radio 1's John Peel program. Hot Snakes would be one of the last groups to record such a...
EP (2005). Earthless' debut Sonic Prayer
Sonic Prayer
Sonic Prayer is the debut album by the San Diego psychedelic rock band Earthless, released on April 26, 2005 by Gravity Records. It consists of two instrumental pieces, each just over twenty minutes in length. It was recorded at Gravity Studios in San Diego by Matt A. and mixed at Strange Sounds...
was released in April 2005.
After a tour of Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
in Spring 2005 Hot Snakes announced their breakup. A live performance recorded that May for Australian radio station Triple J
Triple J
triple j is a nationally networked Australian radio station intended to appeal to listeners between the ages of 18 and 30. The government-funded station is a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation...
was released in 2006 as Thunder Down Under
Thunder Down Under
Thunder Down Under is the final album by the San Diego, California rock band Hot Snakes, released in 2006 by Swami Records. It was recorded during the band's Spring 2005 tour of Australia...
. Rocket from the Crypt soon announced their breakup as well; their final performance on Halloween
Halloween
Hallowe'en , also known as Halloween or All Hallows' Eve, is a yearly holiday observed around the world on October 31, the night before All Saints' Day...
2005 was recorded and released in 2008 as R.I.P.
R.I.P. (Rocket from the Crypt album)
R.I.P. is a live album by the San Diego, California rock band Rocket from the Crypt, released on February 26, 2008 by Vagrant Records. It is a recording of the band's final performance on October 31, 2005 at the Westin Hotel Ballroom in San Diego...
In January 2006 Rubalcaba replaced Tony Di Prima in another of John Reis' bands, the Sultans, which also included Reis' brother and former Mannekin Piss bassist Dean Reis. The Sultans performed infrequently until their breakup a year later. In 2007 Earthless released their second album Rhythms from a Cosmic Sky. Later that year Rubalcaba performed on the track "From Nothing to Nowhere" on Pinback
Pinback
Pinback is an indie rock band from San Diego, California, currently signed to Temporary Residence Ltd. The band was formed in 1998 by singers, songwriters and multi-instrumentalists Armistead Burwell Smith IV and Rob Crow. Tom Zinser, Chris Prescott, and Mario Rubalcaba have all contributed drums...
's album Autumn of the Seraphs
Autumn of the Seraphs
Autumn of the Seraphs is the fourth full-length release from the San Diego, California band Pinback. The album was released on September 11, 2007 on Touch and Go Records. The first pressing of Autumn of the Seraphs comes packaged with a limited-edition bonus disc...
and filled in for J Mascis
J Mascis
J Mascis is an American musician, best known as the singer, guitarist and songwriter for Dinosaur Jr.. In 2011, he was ranked in Rolling Stone's list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time.- Biography :...
in Witch
Witch (band)
Witch is an American stoner metal band whose members are from Vermont and Massachusetts.-History:Witch was formed in 2005 by Dinosaur Jr guitarist J Mascis and long time friend Dave Sweetapple. However, Mascis does not play guitar for the band; he plays his first instrument, the drums...
for several live performances. In October 2008 Earthless released the live album Live at Roadburn
Live at Roadburn
-Personnel:*Isaiah Mitchell – guitar*Mike Eginton – bass guitar*Mario Rubalcaba – drum kit...
. He is also part owner of the independent record store
Record shop
A record shop or record store is an outlet that sells recorded music. Although vinyl records and audio cassettes are no longer sold in the majority of music stores, in favour of compact discs and home video recordings products, people in some countries, like the UK, still use the term "record...
Thirsty Moon in the Hillcrest
Hillcrest, San Diego, California
Hillcrest is a neighborhood in San Diego, California northwest of Balboa Park and south of Mission Valley.Hillcrest is known for its tolerance, diversity, and locally-owned businesses, including restaurants, cafés, bars, clubs, trendy thrift-stores, and other independent specialty stores...
Area of San Diego.
In 2009 Rubalcaba joined the 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...
supergroup
Supergroup (music)
In the late 1960s, the term supergroup was coined to describe "a rock music group whose performers are already famous from having performed individually or in other groups"....
Off!
OFF! (band)
-History:Off! was formed in Los Angeles, California in late 2009 by Circle Jerks/Black Flag singer Keith Morris, Burning Brides frontman Dimitri Coats, Redd Kross bassist Steven Shane McDonald, and Rocket From The Crypt/Hot Snakes drummer Mario Rubalcaba. The idea to form the band came after Coats...
with singer Keith Morris
Keith Morris
Keith Morris is an American singer and songwriter known for his role as frontman of the hardcore punk bands Black Flag, the Circle Jerks, and Off! Born and raised in Hermosa Beach, California, he formed Black Flag at the age of 21 with guitarist Greg Ginn and performed on the band's 1978 debut EP...
, guitarist Dimitri Coats
Dimitri Coats
Dimitri Coats is an American musician, songwriter, producer, and actor.-Music career:Dimitri Coats is best known as the frontman for the hard rock band Burning Brides and as the guitarist in the hardcore punk band Off!...
, and bassist Steven Shane McDonald
Steven Shane McDonald
Steven Shane McDonald is the bass player in the Los Angeles alternative rock/power pop band Redd Kross. He is also a member of the hardcore punk band OFF!, which formed in late 2009. Other projects included The SMG and Green and Yellow TV - both were Los Angeles-based groups from the 2000s...
. The band's first album, First Four EPs
First Four EPs
First Four EPs is the debut album by the band OFF! which features former Black Flag and Circle Jerks singer Keith Morris. The four 7" EP vinyl box set collection was released on December 14, 2010 by Vice Records, the CD version followed on February 15, 2011 and both contain artwork by Raymond...
, was released in 2010.
Discography
This section lists albums and EPExtended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
s on which Rubalcaba has performed.
| Year | Act | Title | Record label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 411 | This Isn't Me | Woodshed |
| Chicano-Christ | Chicano-Christ | Nemesis Nemesis Records Nemesis Records is an independent record label from United States. The label released The Offspring's debut studio album, The Offspring, in 1989 as well as their 1991 EP Baghdad.... |
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| 1994 | Metroschifter | The Metroschifter Capsule | Slamdek/Conversion |
| 1996 | Clikatat Ikatowi | Orchestrated and Conducted by Clikatat Ikatowi | Gravity Gravity Records (US) Gravity Records is an underground independent record label from San Diego. It was formed in 1991 by Matt Anderson, a member of the influential underground band Heroin. It has been central in developing and promoting the "San Diego sound" - an idiosyncratic form of post-hardcore with loose, chaotic... |
| 1997 | August 29 + 30 1995 | ||
| Thingy Thingy (band) Thingy was an indie rock band formed after the dissolution of Heavy Vegetable in 1995 by Heavy Vegetable veterans Rob Crow and Eléa Tenuta.Crow, Tenuta, and bassist Jason Soares released a seven-song EP, 'Staring Contest', in 1996 on the old Heavy Vegetable label Headhunter/Cargo.They were joined... |
Songs About Angels, Evil, and Running Around on Fire | Headhunter Headhunter Records Headhunter Records is a record label distributed by Cargo Music, Inc. Headhunter records is based out of San Diego, California. It was launched in 1989.-Other Notable Artists:*Creedle* Slap Of Reality*Inch*Deadbolt*Drive Like Jehu*Fishwife... |
|
| 1998 | Clikatat Ikatowi | River of Souls | Gravity |
| 1999 | The Black Heart Procession The Black Heart Procession The Black Heart Procession is an indie rock band from San Diego, California. The band was formed in 1997 by Pall Jenkins and Tobias Nathaniel... |
2 | Touch and Go Touch and Go Records Touch and Go Records is an independent record label based in Chicago, Illinois, USA.After its genesis as a hand-made fanzine in 1979, it grew into one of the key record labels in the American 1980s alternative and underground rock scenes, Touch & Go carved out a reputation for releasing adventurous... |
| Fish the Holes on Frozen Lakes | Galaxia | ||
| A Three Song Recording | Up Up Records Up Records is a Seattle based independent record label founded in 1994 by Chris Takino and Rich Jensen.Some of the label's best known artists are 764-Hero, Built to Spill, Modest Mouse, Quasi and Tad.Chris Takino died of leukemia in 2000... |
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| 2000 | Thingy | To the Innocent | Absolutely Kosher Absolutely Kosher Records Absolutely Kosher Records is an independent California-based record label founded in 1998 in San Francisco by Cory Brown. The label moved to Berkeley in 2002 and then to Emeryville in October 2006 when it partnered with Misra Records... |
| The Black Heart Procession | Three Three (The Black Heart Procession album) Three is an album by the American indie band The Black Heart Procession. It was released on September 5, 2000 on Touch and Go Records.-Track listing:# "We Always Knew" - 5:26# "Guess I'll Forget You" - 4:39# "Once Said at the Fires" - 4:13... |
Touch and Go | |
| 2001 | Rocket from the Crypt Rocket from the Crypt Rocket from the Crypt was an American rock band led by John Reis, formed in 1989 in San Diego, California and disbanded in 2005.The band gained critical praise and the attention of major record labels after the release of their 1992 album Circa: Now!, leading to a recording contract with Interscope... |
Group Sounds Group Sounds (album) Group Sounds is an album by the San Diego, California rock band Rocket from the Crypt, released in 2001 by Vagrant Records. It was the band's first album for the label and their first with new drummer Ruby Mars.... |
Vagrant Vagrant Records Vagrant Records is an indie rock label based in Los Angeles, California and is home to such artists as The Hold Steady, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes, Active Child, PJ Harvey, Reptar, School of Seven Bells, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Thrice, James Vincent McMorrow, Placebo, and many... |
| Sea of Tombs | Sea of Tombs | Gravity | |
| 2002 | Rocket from the Crypt | Live from Camp X-Ray Live from Camp X-Ray Live from Camp X-Ray is an album by the San Diego, California rock band Rocket from the Crypt, released in 2002 by Vagrant Records. It was the band's final studio album, as they broke up on Halloween 2005... |
Vagrant |
| 2004 | Mannekin Piss | Planet Death | Flapping Jet |
| Hot Snakes Hot Snakes Hot Snakes were an American post-hardcore band led by Rick Froberg and John Reis, formed in 1999 in San Diego, California and disbanded in 2005. Reis and Froberg had previously performed together in Pitchfork and Drive Like Jehu, after which Reis had found international success with Rocket from the... |
Audit in Progress Audit in Progress Audit in Progress is the third and final studio album by the San Diego, California rock band Hot Snakes, released in 2004 by Swami Records. It was recorded in a similar manner to the band's previous two albums, with guitarist John Reis taking time off from his main band Rocket From the Crypt... |
Swami Swami Records Swami Records is a San Diego based independent record label specializing in punk rock, indie rock and garage rock that was founded in 2000 by John Reis... |
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| 2005 | Peel Sessions Peel Sessions (Hot Snakes EP) Peel Sessions is an EP by the San Diego, California rock band Hot Snakes, released in 2005 by Swami Records. It was recorded in the Fall of 2004 while the band was on tour in the UK, for broadcast on BBC Radio 1's John Peel program. Hot Snakes would be one of the last groups to record such a... |
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| Earthless Earthless Earthless is an instrumental psychedelic rock band from San Diego, California consisting of guitarist Isaiah Mitchell, bassist Mike Eginton, and drummer Mario Rubalcaba. The band formed in 2001 and released their first album Sonic Prayer through Gravity Records in 2005. A 10" single entitled Sonic... |
Sonic Prayer Sonic Prayer Sonic Prayer is the debut album by the San Diego psychedelic rock band Earthless, released on April 26, 2005 by Gravity Records. It consists of two instrumental pieces, each just over twenty minutes in length. It was recorded at Gravity Studios in San Diego by Matt A. and mixed at Strange Sounds... |
Gravity | |
| 2006 | Hot Snakes | Thunder Down Under Thunder Down Under Thunder Down Under is the final album by the San Diego, California rock band Hot Snakes, released in 2006 by Swami Records. It was recorded during the band's Spring 2005 tour of Australia... |
Swami |
| 2007 | Earthless | Rhythms from a Cosmic Sky | Tee Pee Tee Pee Records Tee Pee Records is an independent record label located in New York City in the United States, made popular by the signing of The Brian Jonestown Massacre.-Artists :*Ancestors*Assemble Head in Sunburst Sound*The Atomic Bitchwax... |
| Pinback Pinback Pinback is an indie rock band from San Diego, California, currently signed to Temporary Residence Ltd. The band was formed in 1998 by singers, songwriters and multi-instrumentalists Armistead Burwell Smith IV and Rob Crow. Tom Zinser, Chris Prescott, and Mario Rubalcaba have all contributed drums... |
Autumn of the Seraphs Autumn of the Seraphs Autumn of the Seraphs is the fourth full-length release from the San Diego, California band Pinback. The album was released on September 11, 2007 on Touch and Go Records. The first pressing of Autumn of the Seraphs comes packaged with a limited-edition bonus disc... |
Touch and Go | |
| 2008 | Rocket from the Crypt | R.I.P. R.I.P. (Rocket from the Crypt album) R.I.P. is a live album by the San Diego, California rock band Rocket from the Crypt, released on February 26, 2008 by Vagrant Records. It is a recording of the band's final performance on October 31, 2005 at the Westin Hotel Ballroom in San Diego... |
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| Earthless | Live at Roadburn Live at Roadburn -Personnel:*Isaiah Mitchell – guitar*Mike Eginton – bass guitar*Mario Rubalcaba – drum kit... |
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| 2010 | Off! OFF! (band) -History:Off! was formed in Los Angeles, California in late 2009 by Circle Jerks/Black Flag singer Keith Morris, Burning Brides frontman Dimitri Coats, Redd Kross bassist Steven Shane McDonald, and Rocket From The Crypt/Hot Snakes drummer Mario Rubalcaba. The idea to form the band came after Coats... |
First Four EPs First Four EPs First Four EPs is the debut album by the band OFF! which features former Black Flag and Circle Jerks singer Keith Morris. The four 7" EP vinyl box set collection was released on December 14, 2010 by Vice Records, the CD version followed on February 15, 2011 and both contain artwork by Raymond... |
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