Come (U.S. band)
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| Come | |
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| Origin | Boston, USA |
| Genre(s) | Indie rock |
| Years active | 1990–1998 |
| Label(s) | Matador Records Sub Pop |
| Associated acts | Live Skull Codeine |
| Former members | |
| Thalia Zedek Chris Brokaw Arthur Johnson Sean O'Brien |
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Come was an American indie rock band from 1990-1998. Come was formed in Boston by Thalia Zedek (vocal, guitar), Chris Brokaw (guitar, vocal), Arthur Johnson (drums), and Sean O'Brien (bass).
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[edit] Band History
Come came into being after a mutual acquaintance invited Brokaw, O'Brien, and Johnson to play with him. Brokaw was playing drums with Codeine, Johnson had previously drummed for Athens, Georgia band Bar-B-Q Killers, and O'Brien had played with two other 1980s Athens bands, Kilkenny Cats and Fashion Battery. After playing one show together, Brokaw, O'Brien, and Johnson decided to split off into their own project and invited Thalia Zedek to join them. Zedek had played in the bands Uzi and Dangerous Birds. Her most recent band at the time, the post-no wave New York band Live Skull, had disbanded in 1990 and Brokaw and Zedek had been talking about playing together.
After a year of jamming together, Come released the 12-inch single "Car" on Sub Pop in 1991. The song, a seven-minute epic in the blues-noir style of The Birthday Party and These Immortal Souls, encapsulated what was to become Come's trademark style: dark, intense and lengthy songs marked by Zedek's emotional and distressed vocals, abrupt rhythms, and the tension-filled guitar interplay between Zedek and Brokaw, both extraordinarily accomplished guitarists.
In 1992, Come released their debut album, 11:11, on Matador Records. 11:11 received acclaim from both the independent and established media. After the release of 11:11, Brokaw left Codeine, devoting himself full-time to Come.
Come's second album, Don't Ask Don't Tell, was released in 1994. Though somewhat calmer than its predecessor, it was equally as grave. Among the highlights of the album, and of the whole of the band's impressive song catalogue, are the two dark ballads, "Let's Get Lost" and "Arrive," each closing a side of the vinyl edition.
Johnson and O'Brien left the band after Don't Ask Don't Tell to pursue other careers. The following album, the short Near-Life Experience, was recorded with a number of different musicians, including drummer Mac McNeilly of the Jesus Lizard and John McEntire of Tortoise.
In 1998, Come released the 66-minute tour de force Gently, Down the Stream, which took its cue from Near Life Experience, but featured a more fluent integrated soundscape.
Zedek and Brokaw took a break after Gently, Down the Stream, and the band has regrouped only once since. Its founders have since each released multiple solo albums, and have performed together on many occasions. On November 11, 2007, Brokaw and Zedek reformed Come for a brief, two-song set to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Middle East Club in Cambridge, which had been the site of Come's final performance. [1]
[edit] Other Projects
Come's original lineup formed the backing band on Steve Wynn's 1996 album Melting in the Dark.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Singles & EPs
Car 7" Sub Pop (1991) August Installment of Sub Pop's Singles Club with Last Mistake
Car 12" Sub Pop (1991) with Last Mistake and Submerge
Fast Piss Blues 7" Placebo (1992) with I Got The Blues and Brand New Vein
Wrong Side EP Beggars Banquet Records (1994) with Loin of the Surf and SVK
String EP Beggars Banquet Records (1995) with Who Jumped Over My Grave, German Song and Angelhead
Secret Number EP Domino Records (1996) with Prize and Hurricane II (a piano version of Near-Life Experience's opening track)
[edit] Albums
11:11 (1992)
Don't Ask, Don't Tell (1994)
Near-Life Experience (1996)
Gently, Down The Stream (1998)
[edit] Contributions to Compilations
Car on Afternoon Delight: Love Songs From Sub Pop [Sub Pop, 1992]
City Of Fun on Volume Eight Compilation [Volume, England, 1993]
Off To One Side on This Is Fort Apache [1995]
Cimarron on Ain't Nuthin' But A She Thing [London Records, 1995]
Weak As The Moon on Audio Compilation [Audio Magazine, Greece, 1996]
Brand New Vein on Pipeline! Live Boston Rock on WMBR [1996]
Strike and In/Out on What's Up Matador [Matador, 1997]
Madroad Driving w / Johnny Depp on Kerouac: Kicks Joy Darkness [Rykodisc, 1997]
Hurricane on Drinking From Puddles: A Radio History Compilation [Kill Rock Stars, 1999]
Do You Love Me? on Knitting On The Roof - Songs from 'Fiddler On The Roof' [Knitting Factory, 1999]
