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Brian Cook (bassist)
Brian Cook (born July 16, 1977) is an American bass guitarist currently in the bands Russian Circles and Sumac. He was also previously a full-time member of Botch, These Arms Are Snakes and Roy, and also a session musician for Mouth of the Architect. Cook is also a freelance journalist and has published a book titled ''The Second Chair is Meant for You''. He is openly gay. In August 2021, Cook released his first solo album titled ''We Left a Note with an Apology'' through Sargent House under the moniker Torment & Glory. The initial concept for the album dates back to the mid-2000's when he listened to Bruce Springsteen's 1982 studio album ''Nebraska'' on vinyl that was so covered in dust, the music was heavily distorted with occasional acoustic guitar music. Discography As official member Botch * ''The Unifying Themes of Sex, Death and Religion'' (compilation) (1997) * '' American Nervoso'' (1998) * ''We Are the Romans'' (1999) * ''An Anthology of Dead Ends'' (EP) (2002) * ' ...
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Tacoma, Washington
Tacoma ( ) is the county seat of Pierce County, Washington, United States. A port city, it is situated along Washington's Puget Sound, southwest of Seattle, northeast of the state capital, Olympia, Washington, Olympia, and northwest of Mount Rainier National Park. The city's population was 219,346 at the time of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Tacoma is the second-largest city in the Puget Sound area and the List of municipalities in Washington, third-largest in the state. Tacoma also serves as the center of business activity for the South Sound region, which has a population of about 1 million. Tacoma adopted its name after the nearby Mount Rainier, called wikt:Tacoma, təˡqʷuʔbəʔ in the Lushootseed, Puget Sound Salish dialect. It is locally known as the "City of Destiny" because the area was chosen to be the western terminus of the Northern Pacific Railroad in the late 19th century. The decision of the railroad was influenced by Tacoma's neighboring deep-wat ...
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Bass Guitarist
A bassist (also known as a bass player or bass guitarist) is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass (upright bass, contrabass, wood bass), bass guitar (electric bass, acoustic bass), synthbass, keyboard bass or a low brass instrument such as a tuba or trombone. Different musical genres tend to be associated with one or more of these instruments. Since the 1960s, the electric bass has been the standard bass instrument for funk, R&B, soul music, rock and roll, reggae, jazz fusion, heavy metal, country and pop music. The double bass is the standard bass instrument for classical music, bluegrass, rockabilly, and most genres of jazz. Low brass instruments such as the tuba or sousaphone are the standard bass instrument in Dixieland and New Orleans-style jazz bands. Despite the associations of different bass instruments with certain genres, there are exceptions. Some new rock bands and bassist used a double bass, such as Lee Rocker of Stray Cats, Barenaked L ...
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Easter (These Arms Are Snakes Album)
These Arms Are Snakes was an American post-hardcore band that formed in 2002 and featured former members of Botch and Kill Sadie. Before disbanding in 2009, they released three studio albums: ''Oxeneers or the Lion Sleeps When Its Antelope Go Home'' (2004), ''Easter'' (2006) and ''Tail Swallower and Dove'' (2008). Former members of These Arms Are Snakes currently play in Russian Circles, Narrows, Minus the Bear, Crypts, and Hooves. They toured with the bands Minus the Bear, Big Business, Mastodon, Cursive, The Blood Brothers, Engine Down, Hot Water Music, Isis, Pelican, Chiodos, and Against Me!. History Formation (2002–2003) The band formed as a five-piece in 2002 with Steve Snere of Kill Sadie, Brian Cook of Botch, and Ryan Frederiksen of Nineironspitfire in addition to Joe Preston and Jesse Robertson. They chose the name "These Arms Are Snakes" as their band name because it was "ridiculous and idn'treally sound like any other band name that's out there." The group annou ...
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Oxeneers Or The Lion Sleeps When Its Antelope Go Home
''Oxeneers or the Lion Sleeps When Its Antelope Go Home'' is the debut album by Seattle-based post-hardcore band These Arms Are Snakes, released on September 21, 2004, on Jade Tree Records. Track listing * "Idaho" ends at 5:35. An untitled hidden track starts at 6:36. * The Japanese pressing of the album includes the EP ''This Is Meant To Hurt You'' as bonus tracks. Personnel Band members * Brian Cook – bass guitar, microKORG, vocals and pump organ *Ryan Frederiksen – guitar, pump organ and design *Steve Snere – vocals and microKORG *Erin Tate – drums and percussion Additional personnel *Matt Bayles – additional guitar and percussion, production and engineering *Alan Douches – mastering at West West Side Music *Derik Frederikson – recording assistance *Mark Gajadhar – additional drums *Demian Johnston – additional guitar * Dave Knudson – additional guitar *Ben Verellen Benjamin James Verellen is an American musician and audio engineer from Tacoma, Wa ...
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This Is Meant To Hurt You
These Arms Are Snakes was an American post-hardcore band that formed in 2002 and featured former members of Botch and Kill Sadie. Before disbanding in 2009, they released three studio albums: ''Oxeneers or the Lion Sleeps When Its Antelope Go Home'' (2004), ''Easter'' (2006) and ''Tail Swallower and Dove'' (2008). Former members of These Arms Are Snakes currently play in Russian Circles, Narrows, Minus the Bear, Crypts, and Hooves. They toured with the bands Minus the Bear, Big Business, Mastodon, Cursive, The Blood Brothers, Engine Down, Hot Water Music, Isis, Pelican, Chiodos, and Against Me!. History Formation (2002–2003) The band formed as a five-piece in 2002 with Steve Snere of Kill Sadie, Brian Cook of Botch, and Ryan Frederiksen of Nineironspitfire in addition to Joe Preston and Jesse Robertson. They chose the name "These Arms Are Snakes" as their band name because it was "ridiculous and idn'treally sound like any other band name that's out there." The group annou ...
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All Media Network
RhythmOne , previously known as Blinkx, and also known as RhythmOne Group, is an American digital advertising technology company that owns and operates the web properties AllMusic, AllMovie, and SideReel. Blinkx was founded in 2004, went public on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange in 2007, and began trading as RhythmOne in 2017. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, and London, England. RhythmOne acquired All Media Network and its portfolio of web properties in April 2015. In April 2019, RhythmOne merged with Taptica International (renamed Tremor International in June 2019), an advertising technology company headquartered in Israel. History Blinkx was named after blinkx.com, an Internet Media platform that connects online video viewers with publishers and distributors, using advertising to monetize those interactions. Blinkx has an index of over 35 million hours of video and 800 media partnerships, as well as 111 patents related to the site's se ...
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AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the database was first made available on the Internet in 1994. AllMusic is owned by RhythmOne. History AllMusic was launched as ''All Music Guide'' by Michael Erlewine, a "compulsive archivist, noted astrologer, Buddhist scholar and musician". He became interested in using computers for his astrological work in the mid-1970s and founded a software company, Matrix, in 1977. In the early 1990s, as CDs replaced LPs as the dominant format for recorded music, Erlewine purchased what he thought was a CD of early recordings by Little Richard. After buying it he discovered it was a "flaccid latter-day rehash". Frustrated with the labeling, he researched using metadata to create a music guide. In 1990, in Big Rapids, Michigan, he founded ''All Music Guide' ...
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061502
061502 is a live concert DVD of Botch's final show at The Showbox in Seattle. It contains two discs, one for the Concert DVD consisting of 14 songs with a bonus commentary, and a video for "Saint Matthew Returns To The Womb", and other bonuses. The second disc is a CD containing the audio version of the DVD. The set was released on vinyl in 2016. Track listing Credits *Ed Brooks (Mastering) *Josh Graham (Editing) *Josh Graham (Authoring) *Matt Bayles (Engineer) *Matt Bayles (Mixing) * Brian Cook (Liner Notes) *Brian Cook (Group Member) *Ben Verellen (Guest Appearance) *Dave Verellen (Group Member) * Demian Johnston (Guest Appearance) *John Pettibone John Pettibone is the former vocalist for the Seattle metalcore band Himsa. Before joining the band for the 2001 release of the ''Death Is Infinite'' EP, Pettibone was the lead vocalist for Undertow, a straight edge hardcore band which was als ... (Vocals (Background)) *John Pettibone (Lighting) * Andrew Gormley (Gue ...
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An Anthology Of Dead Ends
''An Anthology of Dead Ends'' is an Extended play by Botch, released on Hydra Head Records in October 2002. It was the band's final studio recording, and was released after they disbanded. The album was released on 10" vinyl and CD; a 12" version was eventually released. The CD version is an enhanced CD containing a photo gallery, a music video for "Saint Matthew Returns to the Womb" and album credits. It was released in a digipak case as well as a standard jewel case. The song "Afghamistam" is mostly a departure from previous work, featuring subdued vocals, piano and overdubbed spoken word segments. Track listing #"Spaim" – 0:14 #"Japam" – 2:51 #"Framce" – 3:40 #"Vietmam" – 3:59 #"Afghamistam" – 6:57 #"Micaragua" – 3:57 Personnel * David Verellen – vocals * David Knudson – guitars * Brian Cook – bass guitar, piano, backing vocals *Tim Latona – drums *John Pettibone John Pettibone is the former vocalist for the Seattle metalcore band Himsa. Before j ...
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We Are The Romans
''We Are the Romans'' is the second and final studio album by American metalcore band Botch. It was originally released in November 1999 through Hydra Head Records. Since its release, it has been seen as an influential album on metalcore and hardcore music. Recording In 1999, Botch recorded some live demos with Matt Bayles for their second studio album and follow up to '' American Nervoso''. Two months later, Botch returned to Litho Studios with Bayles to record what would become ''We Are the Romans''. The group only had approximately one week to track the album, and according to Knudson, the group " ushedto get everything done and do it as well as we wanted to." Bennett 2009, pp. 318–319 As a last minute addition to the album, Botch rewrote and rerecorded the song "Frequenting Mass Transit"—originally released on a split release with Murder City Devils—and changed the title to "Frequency Ass Bandit". Bennett 2009, p. 321 Composition and lyrics The title o ...
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American Nervoso
''American Nervoso'' is the first studio album by American metalcore band Botch, released in 1998 through Hydra Head Records. It was re-issued in 2007, with five bonus tracks appended to the end of the record, consisting of demos and extended versions. The re-issue includes demos, extended versions of songs and the two opening measures of "Hives", which were accidentally clipped off in the original mastering, and was remastered by Matt Bayles sometime in 2006. Critical reception Writing about the album's re-issue in 2007, Adrien Begrand of PopMatters said "eight years after the fact, Botch's debut album is still as awe-inspiring as it ever was." Track listing Credits ;Band members *Brian Cook – bass guitar, backing vocals and production * Dave Knudson – guitar, production, layout and design *Tim Latona – piano, drums and production *Dave Verellen – vocals and production ;Other personnel *Matt Bayles Matt Bayles (born October 19, 1972) is an American record pro ...
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Unifying Themes Redux
''The Unifying Themes of Sex, Death and Religion'' is a compilation album by the American rock band Botch. Originally released through Excursion Records in 1997, the album compiled Botch's first two EPs—''The John Birch Conspiracy Theory'' and ''Faction''—with the song "Closure" which was previously released on the various artists compilation ''I Can't Live Without It''. After the original release went out of print, Excursion Records re-released ''The Unifying Themes of Sex, Death and Religion'' with eight additional tracks in 2002 as ''Unifying Themes Redux''. The updated version featured new artwork and tracks that were previously released on Botch's split EPs with Nineironspitfire and Murder City Devils, various artists compilations and three previously unreleased tracks. ''Unifying Themes Redux'' was later reissued by Hydra Head Records in 2006, the label which also released Botch's two studio albums, ''American Nervoso'' and ''We Are the Romans'', in addition to their p ...
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