Open Hand is an American

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band, first formed in

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in 1997.

History

Open Hand was formed in Hollywood, California between 1998 and 2000 by guitarist/vocalist Justin Isham, bassist Michael Anastasi, and drummer Alex Rodriguez, they released two EPs on Justin's own label, American Propaganda: Radio Days and

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that same year. After touring and releasing their first EPs, the band signed with

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in 2003. In 2003, Trustkill issued ''The Dream'', a collection of the band's two EPs and bonus unreleased material. Anastasi left the band to focus on work between 2003 and 2005 and was replaced by Paul Malinowski. They went on to release the album "You and Me" in 2005 on Trustkill / Roadrunner Records. This period saw a plethora of lineup changes nearly spelling the end of the project: Malinowski left the band and Anastasi was brought back into the band with guitarist Sean Woods also joining up. Rodriquez left and was replaced with Paxton Pryor who had played with the band early in their formation as well. The band went on to tour extensively all over the world from 2005 to 2009. Open Hand released their next album, ''

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,'' on Anodyne Records in 2010. On April 20, 2020, the band released a remixed, remastered, and re-sequenced version of ''Honey'' for its 10th anniversary. The album ''Weirdo'' was released on March 5, 2021.

Band members

Current Members *Justin Isham -

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*Ryan Castagna -

*Ethan Novak - drums *Erik Valentine - bass *Kyle Hamood - keys Former members - Live and Studio * Gil Sharone - drums *Breanne Martin (Breanne Wahl) - vocals, keyboards *Alex Rodríguez - drums *Sean Woods - guitar *Alex Organ - drums * Beau Burchell - guitar *Michael Anastasi - bass *Sean Rosenthal - bass * Mike Longworth -

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*Derek Donley - bass *Paxton Pryor - drums *Zach Kennedy - bass *Jeff Meyer - bass *Jason Gerken - drums *Drew Marcogliese- drums *Capt Dave Anderson - bass *Dave Gaume - bass *Sam Hoskins - drums *Steve Riley - drums *Paul Malinowski - bass *Clark Gardner - drums

Discography

Studio albums

* ''The Dream'' (Trustkill Records / Roadrunner Records, 2000) * ''You and Me'' (Trustkill Records / Roadrunner Records, 2005) * ''

'' (Anodyne Records, 2010) * ''Weirdo'' (Blacktop Records, 2021)

Extended plays

*''Radio Days'' (American Propaganda Records EP, 1998) *''Evolutions'' (American Propaganda Records EP, 1999) *''The Mark Of The Demon'' (Blacktop Records EP, 2011)

Live albums

*''Live At CBGB'' (Magazine release, 2002; Blacktop Records reissue, 2015) *''Live at The Rainbow'' (Blacktop Records reissue, 2016)

References

External links

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