Cody Votolato

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Cody Votolato
Votolato with Jaguar Love (2008)
Background information
Born	May 19, 1982 (age 31) Texas, United States
Origin	Seattle, Washington, United States
Genres	Post-hardcore, folk, indie rock
Instruments	Guitar, vocals
Years active	1997–present
Labels	V2 Records, Three One G
Associated acts	The Blood Brothers Waxwing Head Wound City Jaguar Love Telekinesis Cold Cave

Cody Votolato (born May 19, 1982) is a musician from Redmond, Washington, best known for being the guitarist in the post-hardcore band The Blood Brothers.^[1] He grew up in the eastside suburbs of Seattle' making burritos at Taco del Mar where he invented the legendary "Project Quesadilla" (intentionally mispronounced) with friend and collaborator Corey Alfano. Cody attended Redmond High School with his bandmates in the late 1990s when the band originally formed, graduating Spring of 2000. His accomplished thrashy and discordant style, exhibited in early Blood Brothers albums and in Head Wound City, has evolved into a more melodic and experimental sound in recent years . Votolato's older brother Rocky Votolato is a folk musician and solo artist who played in the band Waxwing^[2] with his brother, as well as with Rudy Gajadhar, the older brother of The Blood Brothers' drummer Mark Gajadhar. Votolato also contributed artwork to The Blood Brothers' album ...Burn, Piano Island, Burn. On September 4 2012, it was announced that Cody has joined Cold Cave as touring guitarist.

Bands

Cold Cave
Telekinesis
The Blood Brothers
Head Wound City^[3] - a side project involving Jordan Blilie from The Blood Brothers as well as members of The Locust and Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Jaguar Love^[4] - a collaboration with Johnny Whitney from The Blood Brothers and J. Clark of Pretty Girls Make Graves
Waxwing - a now-defunct Post-Hardcore Band with his brother, solo artist Rocky Votolato on Vocals.

References

↑ Wilson, MacKenzie. "Biography: The Blood Brothers". Allmusic. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
↑ Carroll, Tobias. "Biography: Waxwing". Allmusic. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
↑ Apar, Corey. "Biography: Head Wound City". Allmusic. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
↑ Lymangrover, Jason. "Biography: Jaguar Love". Allmusic. Retrieved 9 July 2010.

External links

- An extensive audio interview with Votolato about his musical career

v t e The Blood Brothers

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Studio albums	This Adultery Is Ripe (2000) March on Electric Children (2002) …Burn, Piano Island, Burn (2003) Crimes (2004) Young Machetes (2006)

EPs	Rumors Laid Waste (2003) Love Rhymes with Hideous Car Wreck (2005)

DVDs	Jungle Rules Live (2003) This Is Circumstantial Evidence (2003) The Fest 3 (2004)

Singles	"Ambulance vs. Ambulance" (2003) "Love Rhymes With Hideous Car Wreck" (2004) "Laser Life" (2006) "Set Fire to the Face on Fire" (2007)

Persondata
Name	Votolato, Cody
Alternative names
Short description	American guitarist
Date of birth	1982
Place of birth	Texas, United States
Date of death
Place of death

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