Red Animal War is a
rock band
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from
Dallas
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,
Texas
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that started in 1998 as Jeff Wilganoski, Jamie Shipman, Matt Pittman, and Justin Wilson. During the recording of their first
album
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,
Brian Pho replaced Jamie Shipman. Jeff Davis replaced Brian Pho in 2004, and Tony Wann came on as second
drums
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later that year. Todd Harwell replaced Jeff Wilganoski in 2006, and after a
SXSW
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performance the band went on indefinite hiatus.
Frontman
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Justin Wilson has revealed the band is working on
vinyl reissues and has a "full album demoed and partly recorded".
They released four
records and two
seven-inches, and showed up on many
compilations. They toured
Europe
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three times and
North America
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many times over. J. Robbins, Ed Rose and Darrell LaCour produced records for them and the band gets their name from this quote:
"The greater part of the untested men appeared quiet and absorbed. They were going to look at war, the red animal—war, the blood-swollen god."
-
Stephen Crane, ''
The Red Badge of Courage''.
Band members
*Justin Wilson - vocals, guitar
*Matt Pittman - guitar, vocals
*
Brian Pho -
bass
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* Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species
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** Acoustic bass gui ...
*Jeff Wilganoski -
drums
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Discography
Albums
*''Breaking In An Angel'' - (April 24, 2001 ·
Deep Elm Records
Deep Elm Records is an independent record label releasing albums by bands such as Lights & Motion, The Appleseed Cast, Brandtson, The White Octave, and Planes Mistaken for Stars. It also released the compilation series ''The Emo Diaries''.
Histo ...
)
*''Black Phantom Crusades'' - (September 17, 2002 ·
Deep Elm Records
Deep Elm Records is an independent record label releasing albums by bands such as Lights & Motion, The Appleseed Cast, Brandtson, The White Octave, and Planes Mistaken for Stars. It also released the compilation series ''The Emo Diaries''.
Histo ...
)
*''Polizida'' - (2004 · Ice Planet Records)
*''Seven Year War'' - (2006 · End Sounds)
Splits
*''Red Animal War/Slowride
P' - (2002 ·
Deep Elm Records
Deep Elm Records is an independent record label releasing albums by bands such as Lights & Motion, The Appleseed Cast, Brandtson, The White Octave, and Planes Mistaken for Stars. It also released the compilation series ''The Emo Diaries''.
Histo ...
)
Compilations
*''Emo Diaries No. 4:
An Ocean of Doubt
''An Ocean of Doubt'' is the fourth installment in ''The Emo Diaries'' series of compilation albums, released September 28, 1999, by Deep Elm Records. As with all installments in the series, the label had an open submissions policy for bands to su ...
'' (1999 ·
Deep Elm Records
Deep Elm Records is an independent record label releasing albums by bands such as Lights & Motion, The Appleseed Cast, Brandtson, The White Octave, and Planes Mistaken for Stars. It also released the compilation series ''The Emo Diaries''.
Histo ...
)
*''Deep Elm Unreleased No. 1 '' (2001 ·
Deep Elm Records
Deep Elm Records is an independent record label releasing albums by bands such as Lights & Motion, The Appleseed Cast, Brandtson, The White Octave, and Planes Mistaken for Stars. It also released the compilation series ''The Emo Diaries''.
Histo ...
)
*''Deep Elm Sampler No. 3: Sound Spirit Fury Fire'' (2001 ·
Deep Elm Records
Deep Elm Records is an independent record label releasing albums by bands such as Lights & Motion, The Appleseed Cast, Brandtson, The White Octave, and Planes Mistaken for Stars. It also released the compilation series ''The Emo Diaries''.
Histo ...
)
*''Too Young To Die: Preventing Youth Suicide'' (2003 ·
Deep Elm Records
Deep Elm Records is an independent record label releasing albums by bands such as Lights & Motion, The Appleseed Cast, Brandtson, The White Octave, and Planes Mistaken for Stars. It also released the compilation series ''The Emo Diaries''.
Histo ...
)
*''Deep Elm Sampler No. 4: Hearts Bleed Blue'' (2004 ·
Deep Elm Records
Deep Elm Records is an independent record label releasing albums by bands such as Lights & Motion, The Appleseed Cast, Brandtson, The White Octave, and Planes Mistaken for Stars. It also released the compilation series ''The Emo Diaries''.
Histo ...
)
*''Deep Elm Sampler No. 5: This Is How I Kill My Tears'' (2005 ·
Deep Elm Records
Deep Elm Records is an independent record label releasing albums by bands such as Lights & Motion, The Appleseed Cast, Brandtson, The White Octave, and Planes Mistaken for Stars. It also released the compilation series ''The Emo Diaries''.
Histo ...
)
See also
*
Brian Pho
vOLUMeThe Numbers TwistHanoiSun Alive
References
* http://www.dallasobserver.com/2001-03-15/music/scene-heard/ Scene, Heard. It's a big fuckin' deal By Zac Crain Published on March 15, 2001
* http://www.dallasobserver.com/2002-08-29/music/get-the-feelin/ Get the Feelin' Red Animal War to release new album By Zac Crain Published on August 29, 2002
* http://www.dallasobserver.com/2003-03-13/calendar/life-preserver/ Life Preserver Deep Elm Records looks out for those Too Young To Die By Shannon Sutlief Published on March 13, 2003
* http://www.dallasobserver.com/2001-06-21/music/war-stories/ War Stories Or: What do confiscated videotapes, cops and stolen apples have to do with Red Animal War? By Zac Crain Published on June 21, 2001
* http://www.dallasobserver.com/2006-01-26/music/spune-180-s-back2school/ Spune's Back2School Saturday, January 28, at Hailey's By Sam Machkovech Published on January 26, 2006
* http://www.splendidmagazine.com/review.html?reviewid=32468188362152315 Splendid Magazine Review of Black Phantom Crusades 12/07/2002 By Evanston Wade
* http://www.interpunk.com/bandinfo.cfm?band=4737& Interpunk - Red Animal War
* https://www.amazon.co.uk/Black-Phantom-Crusades-Red-Animal/dp/B00006JKB8 Amazon Music Review of Black Phantom Crusades 01/26/2005
* https://web.archive.org/web/20120320071921/http://music.msn.com/music/album-review/red-animal-war/breaking-in-an-angel/ Breaking In An Angel Album Review By Kurt Morris, AMG
* http://www.deepelm.com/sum/395_sum.html Deep Elm Records Breaking In An Angel Reviews
* http://www.deepelm.com/sum/412_sum.html Deep Elm Records Red Animal War/Slowride Split EP Reviews
* http://www.deepelm.com/sum/419_sum.html Deep Elm Records Black Phantom Crusades Reviews
External links
Deep Elm RecordsRed Animal War
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Alternative rock groups from Texas
Indie rock musical groups from Texas
Musical groups from Dallas
Musical groups established in 1998