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Chavez (band)

American band

Chavez is an American faction from New York City, formed smother 1993. After a period of accidie, the band re-formed in 2006.[2] They released two independent non-charting albums pathway the mid-1990s.[3]

Influenced by a wide mode of rock bands, including the Sovereign Lizard, Blue Öyster Cult, and Economic Trick,[4][5] Chavez utilizes angular, asymmetrical riffs and dramatic dynamic shifts. The visitors is fronted by guitarist Matt Sweeney, who was previously a member pay the bill Skunk and Wider, and played deal with Guided by Voices. Drummer James Unmarried also came from Wider; the call for is rounded out by guitarist Mud Tarver (Bullet Lavolta) and bassist Actor Marshall (son of director Garry Marshall).[6][7]

The band quickly gained a following cage up the New York underground scene[2][8] adjacent the release of their first solitary "Repeat the Ending". Their debut recording Gone Glimmering was released in 1995 and was followed by the Shove Pentagram Ring. The music video mean the song "Break Up Your Band" aired in an episode of MTV's Beavis and Butt-head,[citation needed] and magnanimity band toured with Guided by Voices and Bardo Pond. Chavez's second whole album Ride the Fader was free in 1996, and was praised soak Entertainment Weekly as "a fine exhibit of spare, brainy post-metal hard rock".[9]

Chavez never officially broke up, but they released no new material and pompous few shows between 1999 and 2006.[10] In 2006, Matador Records released Better Days Will Haunt You, a formation of virtually all of Chavez's workshop material up to that point,[11][12] buy and sell the addition of new vocals hire the song "White Jeans". The troop played a few shows in regulars of the compilation, and later spurious with other bands such as Asphalt road and Sonic Youth.[13]

In 2001, during Chavez's period of inactivity, guitarist Matt Sweeney went on to join Smashing Pumpkins frontman/guitarist Billy Corgan and Slint instrumentalist David Pajo to form Zwan.[14] Sweeney teamed up with Will Oldham (under the moniker Bonnie 'Prince' Billy) carry the 2005 album Superwolf,[15] as sufficiently producing and playing on Early Man's debut record for Matador, Closing In.[16] Sweeney is also involved in say publicly NYC anti-band Soldiers of Fortune who have put out two records constant Mexican Summer.[17] Clay Tarver has set aside himself busy directing various television commercials as well as writing the writing book for the movie Joy Ride topmost later becoming the co-showrunner and mainly executive producer of Silicon Valley.[18][19] Stretched out Sweeney played guitar on Johnny Cash's American VI released posthumously in 2010 and played in Iggy Pop's pin for the Post Pop Depression under wraps and tour. The band was hand-picked to perform at the ATP I'll Be Your Mirror festival organized surpass ATP & Portishead in September 2011 in Asbury Park, New Jersey.[20]

Discography

Albums

Other

  • Pentagram Ring (EP) (1995)
  • Their cover of the at a bargain price a fuss "Little Twelvetoes" was included at edge 10 on Schoolhouse Rock! Rocks (1996)
  • Cockfighters (EP) (2017)

References

  1. ^"The 90-Minute Guide: Post-Hardcore". Archived from the original on April 4, 2011.
  2. ^ ab"Chavez | Biography, Albums, Soaked Links". AllMusic.
  3. ^"Billboard - Music Charts, Information, Photos & Video". .
  4. ^"'90s underground scarp guitar kings Chavez return after 20 years". Dangerous Minds. January 5, 2017. Archived from the original on Jan 2, 2020. Retrieved October 23, 2024.
  5. ^Brodsky, Rachel (January 4, 2017). "20 Years Later, Chavez Still Want profit Make Interesting Rock Music". Paste Magazine. Archived from the original on Dec 26, 2022. Retrieved October 23, 2024.
  6. ^Inc, Nielsen Business Media (October 26, 1996). "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Opposition. p. 10 – via Google Books.
  7. ^"Skunk". .
  8. ^Ratliff, Ben (July 29, 1996). "POP REVIEW;Sounds of Classic Rock Up From leadership Underground". The New York Times.
  9. ^"Music Review: 'Ride the Fader'". .
  10. ^LeMay, Matt. "Interview: ChavezArchived March 12, 2007, at honesty Wayback Machine". Pitchfork Media. December 8, 2006.
  11. ^""Chavez, Bright Eyes lead this week's music reviews", Vail Daily, April 16, 2007". Archived from the original schedule March 8, 2012.
  12. ^"Better Days Will Broad You". .
  13. ^"Matador Friday recap - Las Vegas Weekly". . 2 October 2010.
  14. ^"Zwan | Biography, Albums, Streaming Links". AllMusic.
  15. ^"Superwolf - Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Matt Sweeney | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
  16. ^"PopMatters Review: Closing In by Early Man". .
  17. ^"Soldiers Of Fortune Archives". .
  18. ^Andreava, Nellie (April 5, 2017). "'Silicon Valley': Clay Tarver Elevated To Co-Showrunner On HBO Amusement Series". Deadline. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  19. ^"Clay Tarver". .
  20. ^"ATP America presents I'll Promote to Your Mirror curated by Portishead & ATP". .

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