Weird War (band)
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| Weird War | ||
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 Current Weird War lineup
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| Background information | ||
| Origin | Washington, D.C. | |
| Genre(s) | Indie Rock | |
| Years active | 2001–present | |
| Label(s) | Drag City Records | |
| Associated acts |
Scene Creamers | |
| Website | Official website | |
| Members | ||
| Ian Svenonius Michelle Mae Alex Minoff Sebastian Thomson |
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| Former members | ||
| Neil Hagerty Jessica Espeleta Steve McCarty |
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Weird War is an eclectic independent rock'n'roll band based out of Washington, D.C.. The current lineup consists of Ian Svenonius (vocals), Michelle Mae (bass), Alex Minoff (guitar), and Sebastian Thomson (drums).
Weird War was initially formed as an umbrella organization in 2001 to encompass disparate anti-authoritarian groups and to "challenge the idiocy of the new epoch." While the current lineup appears on the group's first release I'll Never Forget What's His Name, the group's first full length, self-titled release featured Neil Hagerty (of Royal Trux) and Jessica Espeleta (of Love as Laughter) on guitars, and Steve McCarty (of Dead Meadow) on drums.
These collaborators soon left to pursue other programs, and the band became known as The Scene Creamers, with Ian Svenonius on vocals, Michelle Mae on bass, Alex Minoff (of Golden) on guitar, and Blake Brunner on drums. In this incarnation, the band released I Suck on that Emotion, through Drag City Records.
After losing a legal dispute for the name Scene Creamers to a French graffiti artist collective of the same name, the band reverted to the name Weird War. Since then, as it's membership has become static, with the addition of Argentinian Sebastian Thomson (of the group Trans Am) on drums, it's intent has become more cosmic.
Their album If You Can't Beat 'Em, Bite 'Em features guests such as singer Jennifer Herrema of Royal Trux and Chicago composer Azita on piano.
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[edit] Ideology
Weird War claims that they are "the sole answer to the hype-based careerism, empty formalism and vacuity which has infected what was once a genuinely creative underground rock 'n' roll scene."[1]
They are also quoted as saying:
"Weird War see the clone nature of the revisionist groups as a direct analogue to the fascism and conformity which defines 21st century America, and their general idiocy an infiltration conspiracy by counter-intelligence forces."[1]
Songs like AK-47 address "the technology gap which faces modern Anti-colonial guerilla (sp) fighters" and that similar songs "could be called a celebration of nationalist resistance movements worldwide which fight Anglo-American imperialism."[1]
[edit] Discography
[edit] As Weird War
[edit] Albums
- Weird War (Drag City) (2002)
- If You Can't Beat 'Em, Bite 'em (Drag City) (2004)
- Illuminated by the Light (Drag City) (2005)
[edit] 7 inch singles
- AK-47 (Drag City) (2004)
[edit] Appearances on compilations
- Colonel Jefferey Pumpernickel (Off Records) (2002)
[edit] As Scene Creamers
- I Suck on that Emotion (Drag City) (2003)
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Holl(i)y. "An interview." http://www.repeatfanzine.co.uk/interviews/weird%20war.htm.
