Karate (band)

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Karate
Country	USA
Years active	1993 - 2005
Genres	Indie
Labels	Southern
Past members	Geoff Farina, Eamonn Vitt, Gavin McCarthy, Jeff Goddard
Website(s)	www.southern.com

Karate was a jazzy indie band, with some post-rock influences. The band was formed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1993 by Geoff Farina, Eamonn Vitt and Gavin McCarthy. In 1995, Jeff Goddard joined the band as bass player, and Vitt moved to second guitar. Vitt departed Karate to pursue a medical career in 1997.

Farina developed hearing problems due to twelve years of performance with Karate and was forced to disband the group in July 2005. Their final show was played in Rome, Italy, on July 10, 2005. Their music was primarily released on Southern Records.

[edit] Discography

• In the Fishtank Volume 12 (2005)
• Pockets (2004)
• Some Boots (2002)
• Unsolved (2000)
• The Bed is in the Ocean (1998)
• In Place Of Real Insight (1996)
• Karate (1996)

[edit] EPs and 7-inch records

• Cancel/Sing CDEP (2002)
• Operation: Sand/Empty There (1998)
• Cherry Coke 7-inch Split with The Crownhate Ruin "Visit from Mars" (1995)
• The Schwinn 7-inch split with The Lune "On letting you go" (1995)
• Death Kit 7-inch (b/w "Nerve") (1994)

[edit] External links

• Karate at Southern Records
• Geoff Farina.com
• Lazy-i Interview: October 2002