Antarctica was an American indie rock band from New York, existing from 1995 until 1999, generally considered

post-rock Post-rock is a form of experimental rock characterized by a focus on exploring textures and timbre over traditional rock song structures, chords, or riffs. Post-rock artists are often instrumental, typically combining rock instrumentation with ...

, shoegazing, or

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, having been compared with early

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. Their output consisted of two well-regarded releases, and individual members have been in other bands before and since Antarctica.

Members

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(formerly of Blink 182) – vocals, guitar *Chris Donohue (subsequently in Ova Looven) – vocals, guitar, programming *Ben Zimmerman – bass *Glenn Maryansky (subsequently in

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and Ova Looven) – drums *Nicole Waxenblatt – keyboards, programming, mixing

Discography

*''23:03'' (1997, EP, File 13) *''81:03'' (1999, 2xCD, File 13)

References

External links

Last FM

File 13 Records
{{DEFAULTSORT:Antarctica (band) American post-rock groups Electronica music groups Indie rock musical groups from New York (state) Musical groups disestablished in 1999 Musical groups established in 1995 Shoegazing musical groups