We Be the Echo
We Be The Echo | |
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Background information | |
Origin | San Francisco, USA |
Genres | Math rock |
Years active | 2003–present |
Labels | Chuckbeat Records |
Associated acts | Bm Relocation Program, Voorhees, Break It Up, The John Francis |
Website | webetheecho.com |
Members |
Graeme Nicholls Ilk Koskelo Myke Stryker |
We Be the Echo is an American instrumental rock band from San Francisco. They play a blend of math rock, brutal prog, punk, jazz and heavy metal with dub influenced bass lines. The band's sound is based on melodic and rhythmically challenging short songs that often incorporate shred guitar. They formed in 2003 from the remnants of the Bay Area experimental band Bm Relocation Program.
The band members have also variously played (or continue to play) in other bands/projects including UK-based hardcore punk bands Voorhees and Break It Up, and San Francisco-based The John Francis, Life Fire In Peopledom, The Mao, Drift Erratics and others.
We Be the Echo is a phrase the Yorkshire Ripper, Peter Sutcliffe claimed to have heard coming from a gravestone while working as a grave digger in Bingley, West Yorkshire.
Members
- Graeme Nicholls - Guitar
- Myke Stryker - Bass
- Ilk Koskelo - Drums
Discography
- Cubist Music EP (2004) - Chuckbeat Records
- Dry Or Damp - I'm Still The Champ (2006) - Copper Press Magazine Compilation No. 27
- Stanislaw Stories LP (2006) - Chuckbeat Records
- All-Star Destroyers EP (2007/08) - Chuckbeat/Brutal Prog/Mandai
- Masks LP (2009) - Chuckbeat/Brutal Prog
- Return To Nations LP (2011) - Chuckbeat Records
See also
- List of math rock groups
- Brutal prog
- Experimental rock
Sources
- Soundshock (UK) (Review)
- Spinning Platters (SF) (Interview)
- Grand Street News (NYC) (Live review)
- San Fran Voice (SF) (Interview) - retrieved on October 27, 2008
- News Review (Chico) (Article) - retrieved on October 27, 2008
- The Owl (Review) - retrieved on October 27, 2008
- 30music.com (Canada) (Review) - retrieved October 31, 2008
- The Silent Ballet