Drowningman
Happy hardcore.
4
songs
138
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Black-Tie Knife-Fight Black-Tie Knife-Fight
My First Restraining Order My First Restraining Order
The Unbearable Burden of Always Being Right The Unbearable Burden of Always Being Right
Kiss the Canvas Kiss the Canvas
Vermonts Drowningman has been noted by many as a mid-90s conspirator in a mutation of hardcore, the mixing of metal, hardcore, indie-rock and noise elements breeding many descriptors and definitions, most including the words chaotic, spastic, or clever pigeon holes such as screamo. Formed by Denny Donovan and Simon Brody after several years of discussion and Brodys return from college in Boston in 1996, Drowningman saw their first EP weighted and weighed down released by Bostons Hydrahead Records. The next year saw Drowningman touring the Northeast extensively with bands that began to define a new sound associated with the Hydrahead label in the company of Cave In, Isis, Converge, Cable, The Dillinger Escape Plan and Botch. By 1998 Drowningman released its first full-length on Hydrahead Busy Signal at the Suicide Hotline, followed the next year by their split with The Dillinger Escape Plan also courtesy of Hydrahead Records. By later in 1999 Drowningman had been enticed to move to Californias Revelation Records for the release of How They Light Cigarettes in Prison, which showed Drowningman establishing their own unique sound. Extensive touring followed with The Dillinger Escape Plan, Glassjaw and Earth Crisis and the release in late 2000 of Rock and Roll Killing Machine. Both the EP and LP were received with heavy critical appraise and extensive college radio airplay, RNRKM went on to be rated one of Terrorizer magazines Top Ten albums on the year and charted highly on CMJs Loud Rock charts. 2001 saw lots of festival appearances and more touring with Darkest Hour and Thursday and the release of Still Loves You on Equal Vision records. By 2002, after some member changes, a new brief line-up was assembled and Drowningman did a US tour with Vaux, summer dates with Dillinger Escape Plan, Nora and a final appearance at Krazyfest. Unfortunately, the extensive touring and rock and roll life-style had taken its toll on Simon Brody, who had begun to lose interest in the rotating line-ups and decided to rejoin with Denny Donovan who had left the band the year before their move to Revelation Records. Drowningman broke up and the two moved to the Bay Area of California to start a short-lived band called The Scheme which featured ex-members of Lifetime, Jets to Brazil and Redemption 87. By 2003 both Brody and Donovan pursued outside interests: Brody graduate school, Donovan solo musical endeavors. Early 2004 found Donovan and Brody on the same coast and feeling the lingering pull of unfinished business. Recruiting ex-members of past local compatriots from bands Non Compos and Perfect Salesman, the Killing Machine has been reassembled. The remainder of 2004, Drowningman will be approaching their crimes with renewed devotion, as they have already begun to prove with regional shows with The Dillinger Escape Plan and The Bronx and a triumphant return headlining the Hot Topic stage at Hellfest. A September 2004 release is forthcoming courtesy of Law of Inertia, Learn to Let it Go featuring mostly unreleased or very rare demos spanning 1996- 2003. The band has been hard at work on new material which theyve been unleashing live, demoing and plan on releasing with a new yet-to-be-named label early next year. Now back in action with plans carefully laid, including touring with Dillinger Escape Plan in the fall, followed by a US team-up with Darkest Hour, and an expected European tour before years end, Drowningman is back to restake their claim as the creators and champions of the schizophrenic, sarcastic niche in hardcore they created and will always own.
Drowningman are currently readjusting their lineup after the departure of Denny Donovan (for the 4th time) and are demo'ing for their new record and shopping for labels...Band/artist history
Lots of baggage.Have you performed in front of an audience?Yes. Yes. Getting shot at playing on some kid's porch in New Jersey while his grandma yelled at us from inside the house.
Plattsburgh, NY
USA
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