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Chokebore is an American indie rock band formed in the early 1990s in Honolulu, Hawaii, and subsequently based in Los
Angeles, California.Innovators of the then-emerging sadcore movement in indie rock in the 1990s, the eclectic rock group
consisted of guitarist Jonathan Kroll,drummer Christian Omar Madrigal Izzo, vocalist Troy Von Balthazar and bassist A Frank G.
They formed in Honolulu in the early 1990s and movedto Los Angeles in 1992 because guitarist Jonathan Kroll was attending
art school there. Shortly after the move, they were signed to AmphetamineReptile Records in 1993, based ...read more
Chokebore is an American indie rock band formed in the early 1990s in Honolulu, Hawaii, and subsequently based in Los
Angeles, California.Innovators of the then-emerging sadcore movement in indie rock in the 1990s, the eclectic rock group
consisted of guitarist Jonathan Kroll,drummer Christian Omar Madrigal Izzo, vocalist Troy Von Balthazar and bassist A Frank G.
They formed in Honolulu in the early 1990s and movedto Los Angeles in 1992 because guitarist Jonathan Kroll was attending
art school there. Shortly after the move, they were signed to AmphetamineReptile Records in 1993, based on a demo tape
the band had submitted.
Chokebore released their debut single "Nobody / Throats to Hit" and their first full-length Motionless later that year. Their
changing tempos andmoody outbursts were unlike many other AmRep bands at the time, but their more furious and quicker
paced moments aligned themselves justenough. They toured with Guzzard and Today Is The Day as well as with other more
well-known like-minded bands, including the Butthole Surfers,Samiam, Girls Against Boys and Nirvana on their last 10 American
shows.
They earned a strong following in Europe, in support of 1995's Anything Near Water and A Taste for Bitters, the latter of
which was recorded andengineered by Peter Deimel at Black Box studio in France. 1998's Black Black was also recorded there,
and represents a portrait of the band'sdarker side; loneliness, depression, death and sadness recurring themes. The album
was released on AmRep's European offshoot BoombaRecords, but wasn't released stateside for another year, finally finding a
home on Unwound's Punk In My Vitamins label.
The band released It's a Miracle in 2002, which saw the band slightly less concerned with strict cohesion of the aesthetics
and some songs werelooser than on past releases ("Ciao L.A." is perhaps the most straightforward rock track the band has
ever put to tape). The live album A PartFrom Life was released in 2003 and the band went on an indefinite hiatus in 2005.
During the following years, singer/guitar player Troy Von Balthazar recorded two solo albums in Europe, drummer Christian
Omar Madrigal Izzotoured with Christian Death 1334 and guitarist Jonathan Kroll started his "slow and wordless" guitar project
"A Newborn Riot Of Dreams".
On November 18, 2009, the band announced their reunion via homepage and newsletter: "We are happy to announce that
Chokebore are gettingback together again to play a handful of shows around Europe!" After a small series of European shows
and festivals in 2010, Chokebore returnedin October 2011 with the release of the five-track vinyl EP Falls Best, followed by a
European tour in October/November 2011. « hide |
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