Benumb
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| Benümb | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Bay Area, United States |
| Genre(s) | Grindcore Power violence |
| Years active | 1994–present |
| Label(s) | Relapse |
| Website | www.benumb.net |
| Members | |
| John Gotelli Dave Hogarth Paul Ponitkoff Pete Ponitkoff Tim Regan |
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Benümb is a grindcore band from Bay Area.
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[edit] Biography
The band was formed in 1994 in the San Francisco Bay Area. After a year of rehearsals split with Short Hate Temper was released on the Same Day label. For the next year and a half, the band started to play lots of gigs. In 1997 Benümb have recorded and released numerous 7" records. Also that year live set at Fiesta Grande festival was recorded and released as part of the Fiesta Comes Alive! LP on Slap A Ham. 1998 was started by release several splits and Benümb's first full length album Soul Of A Martyr. After release of Soul Of A Martyr the band went for couple of mini-tours of the U.S., and appeared at most of big U.S. heavy music festivals. In 2000 Withering Strands Of Hope CD was released. Songs at this album contains lyrics on social and political themes. Latest work, split CD with Premonitions Of War, was released in 2005 by Thorp Records.
[edit] Members
- John Gotelli - Drums
- Dave Hogarth - Guitar
- Paul Ponitkoff - Guitar
- Pete Ponitkoff - Vocals
- Tim Regan - Bass
[edit] Discoraphy
[edit] Releases
- 1995 - split w/ Short Hate Temper 7" (Same Day Records)
- 1997 - split w/ Apartment 213 7" (Stenchasaurus Records)
- 1997 - split w/ Dukes Of Hazard 7" (Rape An Ape Records)
- 1997 - Gear In The Machine 7" (Relapse Records)
- 1998 - Soul Of A Martyr CD/LP (Relapse Records)
- 1998 - split w/ Suppression 7" (Monkeybite Magazine)
- 1999 - split w/ Bad Acid Trip 7" (X Agitate 96 X Records)
- 2000 - Withering Strands Of Hope CD/LP (Relapse Records)
- 2002 - split w/ Agoraphobic Nosebleed 7" (Relapse Records)
- 2002 - split w/ Pig Destroyer CD (Robotic Empire Records)
- 2003 - By Means Of Upheaval CD (Relapse Records)
- 2005 - split w/ Premonitions Of War CD (Thorp Records)
[edit] Compilation appearances
- 1997 - Bllleeeeaaauuurrrrgghhh! - A Music War 7" ( Slap-A-Ham Records)
- 1997 - America In Decline LP/CD (Six Weeks Records)
- 1997 - El Guapo CD (Same Day Records/625 Records)
- 1997 - Fiesta Comes Alive LP/CD ( Slap-A-Ham Records)
- 1997 - No Fate CD (H:G Fact Records)
- 1998 - Solid: Strip Mining The Underground Since 1990 CD (Relapse Records)
- 1998 - Hard Sound Part 1 CD (Trainwreck Records)
- 1998 - Contamination MCMXCVIII CD (Relapse Records)
- 1999 - Accidental Double Homicide Vol. 4 2x7" (Satan's Pimps Records)
- 1999 - Reality Part 3 CD/LP (Deep Six Records)
- 1999 - Relapse Sampler CD (Relapse Records)
- 1999 - Contaminated 1999 CD (Relapse Records)
- 2000 - Barbaric Thrash Detonation CD + 7" (625 Records)
- 2000 - Contaminated 3.0 2xCD (Relapse Records)
- 2000 - Hurt Your Feelings CD (Six Weeks Records)
- 2000 - Menus With Manpower CD (KDVS Records)
- 2003 - Contaminated 5.0 2xCD (Relapse Records)
- 2001 - Transcendental Maggot CD (Meconium Records)
