Vice Cooler

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Vice Cooler, 2005
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Vice Cooler (b. Christiana Vincent Richards- Touchstone; July 15, 1982) is an American musician, photographer, author and visual artist, mostly known for his work as the singer and songwriter for two influential groups: Hawnay Troof and Xbxrx.

Cooler grew up in Mobile, Alabama with an extreme Christian upbringing before discovering punk music in middle school when he saw This Bike Is a Pipe Bomb and Deerhoof perform at at local DIY (Do It Yourself) show. He became particularly influenced by the political edge and personal freedom associated with punk ethics, growing angry with the southern fundamentalist ideals that he grew up with. The punk scene soon became the perfect place to call home.

In his teens he relocated to Oakland, California where he became a part of the Oakland warehouse community Club Hot!, which housed many local artist including Weasel Walter (Flying Luttenbachers, Lake Of Dracula), Jenny Hoyston (Erase Errata), and Steve Touchstone (Snowsuit*, Xbxrx). Club Hot! deceased in 2003 moving almost all of the residents, including Cooler, to the north Oakland Temescal neighborhood.

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[edit] Band history

Even though Cooler played guitar in the early days of Xbxrx, he now spends most of his time as the lead singer. Since becoming established in February of 1998 the band has released dozens of singles and two full lengths: 2000's Gop Ist Minee (5RC/ Tapes Records) and the highly anticipated 2005 follow up Sixth In Sixes (Polynvinyl Records).

In the late nineties Hawnay Troof was started, an electronic based solo act, releasing "Who Likes Ta?" (Retard Disco, 2001), Get Up:Resolution: Love! (Retard Disco, 2003), Man On My Bak (Deleted Art, 2004), and 2005's critically acclaimed Community (Retard Disco). The band has since built up a long list of collaborators and guest including Drew Daniel (Matmos, Soft Pink Truth), Jenny Hoyston (Paradise Island, Erase Errata), Brendan Fowler (Barr), Mika Miko, 900 Dixxx, and Allison Wolfe (Bratmobile, Cold Cold Hearts, Partyline).

On the side he was a co-founder of Modern Reveries (2004) and Kit (2003) of which he spends his time as a drummer and songwriter.

Cooler has also worked on many smaller projects over the years, including Double Rainbow (with Chris Cohen (Deerhoof), Ed Rodrigez (Gorge Trio), and Steve Touchton (also of Xbxrx)), Hott Ass Sex Bomb (with Janelle Hessig and Brontez Pernell), Baby Truth Lied (also with Allison Wolfe), New Robot Theory and countless others.

[edit] Literature And Visual Art

In the summer of 2005 Cooler released his first Cookbook The Hungry Truth: Recipes From The Cooler (NFJMPress). The book quickly sold out in a few weeks and was critically acclaimed in such magazines as Arthur. The Hungry Truth... was an expanse on his high school zine, Day The, which he has released six issues of since it's start in 1998. In Summer of 2006 the past two issues were put on display at San Francisco's Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.

He is also a contributing photographer and writer to such magazines as Wire, The San Francisco Bay Guardian, The Kim Gordon Chronicles, Punk Planet, The Ecstatic Peace Poetry Journals, Rolling Stone, Vice and Venus. A set of his photo's and collages have been shown in galleries across the world, Most recently at Austin's 2005's Rawk Show.

[edit] NFJM

In 1998 the record label NFJM was started with him and Steve Touchstone. They released records by Peaches, Deerhoof, Tracy and the Plastics, Erase Errata and his own band Xbxrx. Touchstone split in 2000 to start his own label No Format.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Vice Cooler guest and songwriting appearances

[edit] Albums with XBXRX

[edit] Albums with Hawnay Troof

  • "Get Up! Resolution: Love!" (Retard Disco, 1998)
  • "Dollar And Deed" (Retard Disco, 1999)

[edit] Singles and EPs with XBXRX

  • "Ep Cdr" (NFJM, 1998)
  • "Song Known As" (NFJM, 1998)
  • "We Are All Dying" (1998)
  • "Science In The Shape Of Birds (split with Quintron, Bobby Conn, Zeek Sheck" (TOYO, 2000)
  • "Hold Onto Your Skulls" (ARKAM, 2001)
  • "Mardi Gras" (GSL, 2001)
  • "Split with Sick Lipstick" (DELETED ART, 2002)
  • "Clear EP" (NOVA/ TAPES, 2002)
  • "10 Bands (split with Erase Errata, Tracy And The Plastics and Peaches" (NFJM, 2002)
  • "We Hate The President" (NARNACK, 2003)
  • "Last" (NFJM, 2004)
  • "Split with Total Shutdown (double 5 inch)" (ROCK IS HELL, 2005)
  • "Split with An Albatross" (GSL, 2005)

[edit] Singles and EPs with Hawnay Troof

  • "Demo EP" (Self Released, 2001)
  • "Who Likes Ta?" (Retard Disco, 2003)
  • "RMX: 2003" (NFJM, 2003)
  • "White Men In Suits" (Deleted Art, 2004)
  • "Community" (Retard Disco, 2005)
  • "Hollar And See: The Mixtape" (NFJM, 2006)

[edit] Singles and EPs with Kit

  • "Split with Wives" (PPM/ Zum, 2003)
  • "Split with Deerhoof" (Narnack, 2004)
  • "Split with Bodahab" (Bodahab is Rose for Bohdan and Captain Ahab) (Hug Life, 2006)
  • "Forest" (Self Released, 2006)

[edit] Singles and EPs with Modern Reveries

  • "Demo" (NFJM, 2005)
  • "Empty Museums" (Local Kid, 2006)

[edit] Videos with XBXRX

  • "NFJM 1V" (NFJM, 1998)
  • "NFJM 2V" (NFJM, 1999)
  • "NFJM 3V" (NFJM, 2000)
  • "NFJM 4V" (NFJM, 2000)
  • "NFJM 5V (split with Deerhoof)" (NFJM, 2001)
  • "NFJM 6V" (NFJM, 2004)
  • "KRS VIDEO FANZINE" (KILL ROCK STARS, 2005)

[edit] Compilations

  • "P.O.W! records presents... Knockout!!!" (POW!, 2000)
  • "Troubleman Unlimited Mixtape" (TMU, 2002)
  • "This Was Supposed to be a Celebration" (mauled by tigers, 2006)

[edit] Books

  • "Kim Gordon Chonicles Vol 1" (Nieves, 2005)
  • "Hungry Truth: Recipes From The Cooler" (NFJM, 2005)
  • "Penne Ante Book 1" (Penne Ante, 2006)

[edit] External links

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