Why?
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| Country | Berkeley, California, USA |
| Years active | 1997 – present |
| Genres | Indie Rock, hip hop, Abstract hip hop |
| Labels | anticon. |
| Members | Jonathan "Yoni" Wolf Josiah Wolf Doug McDiarmid |
- For the question Why? see the Why disambiguation page.
Why? is a hip hop indie rock band based out of Berkeley, California, originally only featuring Jonathan "Yoni" Wolf. It has since gone on to include Doug McDiarmid, Matt Meldon, and Yoni's brother Josiah Wolf. They are one of the founding groups of the anticon. collective of Oakland, California. Current members are the Wolf brothers and Doug McDiarmid.
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[edit] Biography
Yoni Wolf was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. In the summer before his first year at High School, Wolf discovered an old 4-track in his father's synagogue and began to experiment musically. Forays into rapping, drumming, and poetry followed.
In 1997, while attending art school at the University of Cincinnati, Wolf met fellow student Adam Drucker — better known as Doseone — at the semifinals of the 1997 Scribble Jam. Doseone and Wolf formed the live improvisational group Apogee along with Yoni's older brother Josiah and DJ Mr. Dibbs. The partnership of Wolf and Doseone continued for many years, under many guises including cLOUDDEAD and Greenthink.
In 2005 Why? released Elephant Eyelash, which deviated considerably from their previous full length Oaklandazulasylum, primarily as less of an independent solo-project to the sound of a full indie rock band. To accomplish this sound, Yoni enlisted the help of his brother, Josiah Wolf, on drums, Matt Meldon on guitar and Doug McDiarmid as a random-task member. The group toured much of 2005 in support of the album as a four piece; however, by the time of their May 2006 tour with Islands, the group had become a three piece because Matt Meldon moved to an island off the coast of Seattle to live with his girlfriend.[1]
Why?'s discography consists of two full lengths, four EPs, a number of singles and a handful of limited edition CD-Rs. Further collaborative work has been done with a number of groups: Hymie's Basement, Miss Ohio's Nameless, Object Beings and Reaching Quiet.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Solo
- Part Time People Cage…Or Part Time Key? CD-R (self-released, 1999)
- "Miss Ohio's "nameless" ([limited tour cd]) ([2001]) ([rerelease ANTICON])2003
- Reaching Quiet – In the Shadow of the Living Room LP (Mush Records, 2002)
- Oaklandazulasylum LP (anticon., 2003)
- Early Whitney EP (anticon., 2004)
[edit] With Band (Josiah Wolf and Doug McDiarmid)
- Live From Anna’s Cabin CD-R (limited tour release 2003)
- Sanddollars EP (anticon., 2005)
- Elephant Eyelash LP (anticon., 2005)
- Rubber Traits EP (anticon., 2006)
[edit] With cLOUDDEAD
[edit] With Greenthink
- "It's Not Easy Being Green" (Self-Released, 1998)
- Blindfold (A Purple 100, 1999)
[edit] With Hymie's Basement
- Hymie's Basement (Lex 2003)
[edit] With Odd Nosdam
- Why?/Odd Nosdam Split EP EP (anticon., 2001)
[edit] External links
- Bio of Why? at Anticon
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