Season to Risk
Encyclopedia
Season to Risk are a Noise Rock
/Alternative Rock
collective hailing from Kansas City
, Missouri
.
Season to Risk's most current release is The Shattering (2001). Other releases include Men Are Monkeys, Robots Win (1998) and In A Perfect World (1995), with a cover designed by Derek Hess
. The self titled debut Season To Risk (1992) features the underground hits "Snakes" and "Mine Eyes", with a cover designed by Frank Kozik
. Both Hess and Kozik produced limited edition silkscreen posters of the covers.
The band performed in the warehouse party scene in the movie Strange Days
.
Though the band members are now working on other projects, Season to Risk still plays occasional events. Tulipana and Smith are currently members of Roman Numerals.
Noise rock
Noise rock describes a style of post-punk rock music that became prominent in the 1980s. Noise rock makes use of the traditional instrumentation and iconography of rock, but incorporates atonality and especially dissonance, and also frequently discards usual songwriting conventions.-Style:Noise...
/Alternative Rock
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
collective hailing from Kansas City
Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...
, Missouri
Missouri
Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...
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History
Season to Risk formed in late 1989 from the ashes of the Kansas City punk bands Nine Lives and Curious George. Although Season to Risk (or S2R as they are sometimes called) has had many line-up changes, two of its founding members have remained constant: Steve Tulipana (lead vocals, guitars and keyboards) and Duane Trower (lead guitar, keyboards, and vocals). As of 2007, the line-up also featured David Silver (drums), Billy Smith (bass), and Wade Williamson (rhythm guitar and keyboards).Season to Risk's most current release is The Shattering (2001). Other releases include Men Are Monkeys, Robots Win (1998) and In A Perfect World (1995), with a cover designed by Derek Hess
Derek Hess
Derek Hess is an American artist based in Cleveland, Ohio. His creative career grew largely out of his ability to express the emotion in the indie, hardcore and hard rock scenes of the mid-1990s...
. The self titled debut Season To Risk (1992) features the underground hits "Snakes" and "Mine Eyes", with a cover designed by Frank Kozik
Frank Kozik
Frank Kozik is an American graphic artist who has worked with Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Melvins, The Offspring and Butthole Surfers. Kozik runs Man's Ruin Records, a media outlet and record label, and has published several books including Man's Ruin:...
. Both Hess and Kozik produced limited edition silkscreen posters of the covers.
The band performed in the warehouse party scene in the movie Strange Days
Strange Days (film)
Strange Days is a 1995 cyberpunk science fiction film directed by Kathryn Bigelow and produced and co-written by James Cameron and Jay Cocks, starring Ralph Fiennes, Angela Bassett, Juliette Lewis, Tom Sizemore, Michael Wincott and Vincent D'Onofrio. Despite positive reviews, the film was a...
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Though the band members are now working on other projects, Season to Risk still plays occasional events. Tulipana and Smith are currently members of Roman Numerals.
Members
- Steve Tulipana - Vocals, Guitar, Synthesizer, (1989-)
- Duane Trower - Guitar, Backup Vocals, Synthesizer, Engineering, (1989-)
- Billy Smith - Bass, Backup Vocals, Guitar, Synthesizer, (2000-)
- David Silver - Drums, Synthesizer, Oscillator, Sampling, (1994-)
- Wade Williamson - Guitar, Keyboard, (2000-)
Former Members
- Paul Malinowski - Bass, (1989-1995)
- Josh NewtonJosh NewtonJosh Newton was the bass player for Every Time I Die until the 12th October 2011. He is also the singer and guitarist of The Great Fire of Sixteen Sixty Six...
- Bass, (1995-1999) - Chris Sharp - Bass, (1999)
- Chad Sabin - Drums, (1992-1994)
- Jason Gerken - Drums, (1994)
- Peter Murray - Drums, (1991-1992)
- Chris Metcalf - Drums, (2003-2009)
- Loren Chambers - Drums
- Frank Garymartin - Drums, (1994)
- Mike Myers - Drums, (2002)
- Jerry Baten - Drums, (1990)
- David Smyth - Drums
- Tim Dow - Drums, (1990, 1992, 1994)
Studio Albums
- Season to RiskSeason to RiskSeason to Risk are a Noise Rock/Alternative Rock collective hailing from Kansas City, Missouri.-History:Season to Risk formed in late 1989 from the ashes of the Kansas City punk bands Nine Lives and Curious George...
(Columbia RecordsColumbia RecordsColumbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...
, 1992) - In a Perfect WorldIn a Perfect WorldIn a Perfect World is a 1994 studio album by the Aquarium Rescue Unit.-Track listing:#"Search Yourself" – 5:58#"Stand up People" – 4:58#"How Tight's Yer Drawers" – 3:50...
(Columbia RecordsColumbia RecordsColumbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...
, 1994) - Men are Monkeys, Robots Win (Thick Records, 1998)
- The Shattering (Owned & Operated Records, 2001)
Singles and EPs
- Mine Eyes/Snakes (Red Decibel/Columbia Records, 1992)
- Biter/Oil (Red Decibel/Columbia Records, 1992)
- Undone (AFFA Records, 1996)
- Beestings and Poison Eggs /w Starkweather(Supermodel Records, 1998)
- Ace of Space (Ismist Records, 1999)