A Minor Forest was a

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-based

math rock Math rock is a style of progressive and indie rock with roots in bands such as King Crimson and Rush as well as 20th-century minimal music composers such as Steve Reich. It is characterized by complex, atypical rhythmic structures (includi ...

band active from 1992 to 1998.

History

The band formed after Andee Connors left his home in San Diego to start a career in music in the San Francisco Bay Area. After a brief stint in Cradlestone RIP and the Sutter Valley Claimjumpers (as Sandee Shotgun), In 1992, he met bassist John Trevor Benson and guitarist Erik Hoversten, forming the band. They were musically related to the

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scene of

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groups like

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and had personal connections to

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. Their songs incorporated elements of pop,

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, and punk rock. The group released three albums: ''Flemish Altruism'' (1996) and ''Inindependence'' (1998) on

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label

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, and ''So, Were They in Some Sort of Fight?'' (1999), a career-spanning compilation on

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records. On November 9, 2013, they played for the first time in 15 years at Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco. Until that show, their most recent performance was held on November 1, 1998, at the

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in San Francisco.

Personnel

*Erik Hoversten *Andee Connors *John Trevor Benson *Dominique Davison

Discography

* ''

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'' CD (

, 1996) * ''

Inindependence ''Inindependence'' is the second album by the math rock band A Minor Forest, released in 1998. Critical reception ''The Washington Post'' thought that "A Minor Forest plays arty, (mostly) instrumental rock whose textures and rhythms derive more f ...

'' CD (

, 1998) * '' ...So, Were They in Some Sort of Fight?'' double CD (

, 1999)

References

External links

InterviewBrainwashed A Minor Forest siteMy Pal God site for ''So Were They in Some Sort of Fight?''Bio by Jason Ankeny, Rovi 77 Boadrum Site Profile
Viva Radio, Sep 2007. (

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