Off Minor
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Off Minor are a Hardcore
/Emo
band from New York City
. They formed in 1999 with Jamie Behar, Matt Smith, and Steven Roche, all former Saetia
members. However, Smith later left and was replaced by Steven's brother Kevin on bass. Since then they have released three albums, and six EP
s and splits on several indie label
s such as Level Plane Records, Golden Brown Records, and Paramnesia Records, as well as releasing their latest both physically and digitally on a donation system. They have toured all over Europe
, Australia
, Asia
, and the United States
. They take their name from a Thelonious Monk
song. Steven Roche currently owns and operates Permanent Hearing Damage Recording Studios in Philadelphia. Kevin and Steven Roche currently play in Bore War.
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...
/Emo
Emo
Emo is a style of rock music and its associated subcultureEmo may also refer to:- Businesses :* Emo , an Irish oil company and filling station chain* Emo Speedway, a racetrack in Emo, Ontario...
band from New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
. They formed in 1999 with Jamie Behar, Matt Smith, and Steven Roche, all former Saetia
Saetia
Saetia was a New York City-based screamo/post-hardcore band. Their name originates from a misspelling of the Miles Davis track "Saeta", from his album Sketches of Spain, which, in turn, was named after the saeta, a religious tradition of flamenco music...
members. However, Smith later left and was replaced by Steven's brother Kevin on bass. Since then they have released three albums, and six 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...
s and splits on several indie label
Independent record label
An independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels. A great number of bands and musical acts begin on independent labels.-Overview:...
s such as Level Plane Records, Golden Brown Records, and Paramnesia Records, as well as releasing their latest both physically and digitally on a donation system. They have toured all over Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, 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...
, Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
, and the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. They take their name from a Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Sphere Monk was an American jazz pianist and composer considered "one of the giants of American music". Monk had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the standard jazz repertoire, including "Epistrophy", "'Round Midnight", "Blue Monk", "Straight, No Chaser"...
song. Steven Roche currently owns and operates Permanent Hearing Damage Recording Studios in Philadelphia. Kevin and Steven Roche currently play in Bore War.
Members
- Jamie Behar - vocals, guitarGuitarThe 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...
- Kevin Roche - bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Steven Roche - vocals, drums
EPs
- Off Minor/I Am The Resurrection Split (2000) [aka Problematic Courtship]
- Problematic Courtship (2002)
- Life Detecting Coffins split (2003)
- St. Alban's Kids split (2005)
- My Disco split (2005)
- Killie split (2008)
Albums
- The Heat Death of the UniverseThe Heat Death of the UniverseThe Heat Death of the Universe is the first full-length album by New York City-based hardcore punk band Off Minor. It was released on January 28, 2003, on Golden Brown Records.-Track listing:All songs written by Off Minor except where noted....
(2003) - InnominateInnominate (album)Innominate is the second full-length album by emo band Off Minor. It was released on August 24, 2004, on Golden Brown Records.-Track listing:#"Cadaveric"#"Killed For Less"#"Inadequate In Absence Of You"#"Demolition Heuristic"#"In SL"#"Devil Ether"...
(2004) - Some BloodSome BloodSome Blood is the third studio album by New York screamo band Off Minor. It was released in the U.S. and Asia on Paramnesia records and in Europe on Narshardaa in 2008...
(2008)