Curl Up and Die

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Curl Up and Die
Origin Las Vegas, Nevada
Genre(s) Metalcore
Mathcore
Years active 1998–2005
Label(s) Status Recordings
Revelation Records
Members
Mike Minnick
Matt Fuchs
Ryan Hartery
Jesse Fitts

Curl Up and Die (CUAD), formed in late 1998, was a metalcore band from Las Vegas, Nevada.

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[edit] History

Curl Up and Die started as a band struggling to find a solid line-up. Finally solidifying the roster, CUAD recorded their first demo. This roster held until April 1999, where the band then recruited Jesse Fitts as the new drummer. It was at this point that the line-up began to stabilize and hence led to touring. After a few more roster changes including the loss of bassist Geoff Bergman, the band would finally record their first release in early 2000: "1998". Shortly thereafter, CUAD would have enough funding to record its EP, "The Only Good Bug Is A Dead Bug", which was picked up by Status Recordings (Countervail, National Acrobat) in early 2001.

The group eventually signed with Revelation Records in 2001 and their debut full-length CD, "Unfortunately, We're Not Robots", would be released by Revelation Records in May 2002. The band continued on to record two EPs, each sharing a respective half of a broken sentence; the first having the title, "We May Be Through With the Past" and the second with the title, "But the Past Ain't Through With Us". The former would be released through the aforementioned label, Status Recordings, while the later by Revelation Records. Upon obtaining a large underground following, CUAD would continue on to record and release one more full length album titled, "The One Above All, The End Of All That Is", before breaking up in late 2005 stating: "After almost seven years of being a band we have decided to call it quits. We want to say to everyone who has ever supported us in any way; thank you, this has truly been an amazing experience."

[edit] Miscellaneous facts

  • The name "Curl Up and Die" spawned from a joke within the band: "At first we were trying to start just like this fake, funny band. Stupid spooky grind-core stuff, we saw a hair place called Curl Up and Dye, like D Y E. We thought that was a pretty funny name and we changed it to D I E, and left it the way it was."
  • Many comparisons of CUAD to the band Converge have been made over the years, although the similarities are sparse aside from the general style of music. One reason for said comparison is likely due to the fact that CUAD frequently worked with Converge's very own guitarist/song writer/producer/engineer, Kurt Ballou, whilst recording their albums at Godcity Studio.
  • CUAD had rough relations over the years with Revelation Records. Originally pleased with the signing in 2001 stating, "They do a lot of advertising. (They) push the record really good, which is something a lot of labels do not do. They just have the means to let everyone know that your record's out" and "Just... more people working for them. More resources", (in comparison with previous label Status Recordings). However, in 2005, the band seemed tired and unhappy with the label's work, stating, "It's really discouraging to be on that label, too. Like how hard we had to fight to get this next record put out. Just dealing with them between this next one, the two EPs and with Status, and I just think they're a really conservative and cheap label that doesn't want to spend any money. They just cut corners in weird ways to not put out a good quality record. Ways you wouldn't even have to spend tons of money on. If they don't want to put effort into these bands or work with bands to make good records, then they shouldn't be doing it. It's just really discouraging. You can talk to tons of bands and talk to them about how Rev broke them up and really discouraged the shit out of them, and they do do that to a point. There are good people there who help at times, but they can't help now. We started because we thought it would be cool, but yeah". From this, it is possible that record label troubles may have largely contributed – amongst other things – to the break up of the band later that year.
  • CUAD took part in a ridiculous game of spin the bottle, with hardcore band Taken from Orange County, which in turn led to Mike Minnick having to kiss Ray Harkins (of Taken) several times.
  • During a show at a Las Vegas comic store, early in the band's career, drummer Jesse Fitts broke and threw a drum stick into the crowd. Unfortunately for the band, the stick struck a female fan (a friend of Jesse's) in the face above the eye. Some people claimed that the girl's eye was "hanging out" and that the band had done it intentionally, but it later turned out that the injury was minor.
  • Many people called CUAD "Curl Up and Cancel" for their repeated cancellations of shows for various reasons.
  • Matt Fuchs and Geoff Bergman now play in a band called Vulcans they have since broken up. Mike Minnick joined Black Panther Arms that also had members from Las Vegas band Beacon. The band was short lived and have since broken up.
  • Jesse Fitts now plays in the band Action Cat.
  • Mike Minnick moved from Las Vegas to Chicago near then end of 2007.

[edit] Band members

[edit] Latest members

  • Jesse Fitts - drums
  • Matt Fuchs - guitar
  • Ryan Hartery - bass
  • Mike Minnick - vocals

[edit] Former members

  • Geoff Bergman - bass (went on to play in Poison the Well briefly as well as manage CUAD late in their career)
  • Jon Brown - guitar
  • Mike Pinaud - drums
  • Gustavo Mendoza - bass
  • Gavin Nelson - bass

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

[edit] EPs

  • The Only Good Bug Is A Dead Bug (Status Recordings, 2001)
  • 1998 (Status Recordings, 2001)
  • We May Be Through With The Past (Status Recordings, 2003)
  • But The Past Ain't Through With Us (Revelation Records, 2003)

[edit] Demos

  • First Demo (self released tape, 1998)
  • Second Demo (self released tape, 1999)

[edit] External links