A Minor Forest

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A Minor Forest was a San Francisco-based math rock band in the 1990s. They were musically related to the Chicago scene of "post-rock" groups like Slint, and had personal connections to the San Diego scene of Three Mile Pilot and related bands. Their songs had pop, prog, and punk influences, and featured changing time signatures, sudden dynamic changes, silent pauses, unintelligible screaming, catchy, repeating melodic passages and absurd, in-joke titles. Their slogan was "A Minor Forest Supports the Destruction of Mankind." They formed in San Francisco in 1992 and, in addition to other smaller releases, put out three albums: Flemish Altruism (1996) and Inindependence (1998) on Chicago label Thrill Jockey, and So, Were They in Some Kind of a Fight? (1999), a career-spanning compilation on My Pal God records. They played their last show on November 1, 1998 at Great American Music Hall in San Francisco.

[edit] Members

Erik Hoversten guitar, singing, yelling (also of Threnody Ensemble, Pinback)
Andee Connors drums, yelling (also of Pee, Lumen, Tic War)
John Trevor Benson bass and some vocals (also of Creepy Crawly Claw, Tic War)
Dominique Davison plays cello on some tracks (also of Spitboy)