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History

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produced the single The Fashion Victims. In 2008 after a move to San Francisco and a lineup change,

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cover, Holiday as a B-side. Marlon Hauser would later add new musicians for the San Francisco incarnation of the project. The group would record a new album titled If It Die which was released on the Neurotic Yell label. If It Die was a culmination of various influences ranging from the obvious materials that had influenced Hauser's writing style in addition to pulling heavily from early Sonic Youth, Radiohead, and the grunge sound of the 90's. Their album was met with favorable reviews appearing on numerous top 10 lists, and music blogs, there was even a new genre hybrid called Dashiki-Shoegaze that was bestowed upon the band. Despite the fact that If It Die isn't really a shoegaze album at all. All of this led to more notoriety for them in Europe where ironically there is the metal group called Siddharta. Despite the respect Siddhartha receives in the indie world, it continues to be one of the more off-the-grid music groups.

Members

*Marlon Hauser — vocals, guitar, accordion, violin *Eric Alonzo — bass, arrangements *Jesse Olswang — drums, percussion *Max Guirand — guitar, vocals

Former Members

*Michael Pelot - bass

Discography

Studio albums

*''Siddhartha'' (2006) *''If It Die'' (2012)

Extended plays

*''War Is Tragic'' (2006)

Singles

*"The Birth Book" (2008)

References

{{Authority control American rock music groups Musical groups established in 2003