Entertainment MagazineThe Blood BrothersTHE BLOOD BROTHERS STORMED AMERICA The Blood Brothers are a punk band in the purest sense; the mind-set behind the band is a general unwillingness to compromise. As one writer writer put it, "The Blood Brothers are Guns 'N' Roses if Axl had grown up with At the Drive-In and Fugazi instead of Warrant." The group's just-released CD, "Burn Piano Island, Burn" is one of the most coruscating releases of the year; a searing collision of punk, noise, art and rock that sounds like each instrument is slashing each other in a frenzied knife fight while vocalists Jordan Blilie and Johnny Whitney - guitarist Cody Votolato, bassist Morgan Henderson and drummer Mark Gajadhar complete the band - shout, scream and rage with a fury as manic and passionate as their lyrics are abstract. The Blood Brothers formed in 1997 in Seattle, WA and have since released two CDs - "This Adultery is Ripe (2000) and "March On Electric Children" (2002). The band came to a crossroads in their career in 2002 when producer Ross Robinson (Slipknot/Limp Bizkit) offered to sign them to his I Am Recordings label and produce what would become their new release, "Burn Piano Island, Burn" (March, 2003). Following tours with AFI, The Used and Glassjaw, I Am Recordings/ARTISTdirect Records punk band The Blood Brothers headlined a 17-date U.S. The tour began May 1, 2003 in Minneapolis, MN -- before they turned to the west for a one-off in Tokyo, and then off to the major summer festivals in the UK and Europe. They returned to the U.S. shores for more dates between July 1 and mid-August, 2003. Dates of The Blood Brothers' U.S. headline tour were:
Los Angeles, CA - January 7, 2003 -- Avant-hardcore band THE BLOOD BROTHERS will bring their abrasive, passionate, and engrossing brand of punk music to DVD on February 4, 2003 when they release "Jungle Rules Live." Filmed on September 27, 2002 in front of a packed and rabid hometown audience at the ten-year anniversary of the Old Fire House, the band's local teen center in Seattle, "Jungle Rules Live" encapsulates the fiery intensity that makes The Blood Brothers so compelling and unique. To fully experience The Blood Brothers, you must see them live in concert. As the Editor-in-Chief of Alternative Press recently commented, "Anybody who does not revel in the majesty that is The Blood Brothers is not to be trusted. They were so good [last night], I shed tears." "Jungle Rules Live" features eleven live-in-concert tracks, as well as three audio-only bonus tracks - "Ambulance vs. Ambulance" and "USA Nails" from "Burn Piano Island, Burn," and "Meet Me at the Water Front After the Social" from the band's recent indie release, "March On Electric Children." The "Jungle Rules Live" DVD precedes "Burn Piano Island, Burn," The Blood Brothers' debut CD for im recordings/ARTISTdirect Records scheduled for release on March 18, 2003. The Blood Brothers have built an ever-growing buzz by spending the past year touring steadily with bands like Glassjaw, Pretty Girls Make Graves, and Cadillac Blindside, and have just kicked 2003 off with a 14-date run with The Used that will be followed by headline dates in February, and a co-headline tour with Milemarker beginning mid-February. Already, and not surprisingly, the media have wholeheartedly embraced The Blood Brothers: "If this is the sound of youth decaying, then stick a dead teenager in my ear." -- The Village Voice "Utterly deranged. But deeply, deeply compelling. The Blood Brothers are like nothing else in 2002." -- NME "It's an exciting time for the Blood Brothers. Right now. Before the industry heavies put their heads back up their Kenneth Cole asses and close their bank accounts to riskier bands. With the Blood Brothers, we have a truly original act in our midst and it's a good thing that bigger names are taking notice." -- Seattle's The Stranger Dates for The Blood Brothers with The Used are as follows: JANUARY Visit The Blood Brothers online at http://thebloodbrothers.com/ or |
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