Jim Posted June 6, 2004 Report Share Posted June 6, 2004 Not sure how many people here like Drowningman or know who they are but, in my opinion, they are the best band that ever walked the earth. Anyway, they reformed last month and frankly, this renders all other bands obsolete. From the mouth of Drowningman:"Apparently the cat is out of the bag. We had planned on waiting a bit longer, launching the new website, and taking care of a few outstanding obligations. But, yes, it's true Drowningman is back. Drowningman was started in late 1996 by Denny Donovan and myself (SImon Brody). When Denny left due to personal reasons several years later we made a difficult decision to soldier on. After that Drowningman changed in a lot of ways, I think that's apparent to fans of the band when comparing our Hydra Head material to later stuff. Denny and I started working together again in San Francisco in a band called The Scheme which unfortunately fell apart. Having moved out to the west coast specifically to play in The Scheme, the aftermath was a difficult time for Denny and I, anyone that's lived in the bay area knows it's not cheap, so yeah things got a bit disastrous for us at points, but the good news is that Denny and I playing together again felt right and we knew that in some way we had to find a situation where it could work. Well we finally have. The turbulent times of the Drowningman and Scheme breakups are behind us. The insanity of the past several years is gone and we're eager to approach this with clearer heads and something to prove. This is not something we would even consider doing if we thought the results would be less than spectacular. A website will be launched in the coming weeks, at which point you'll be introduced to the new guys in the band. A record of demos spanning our career will be released this summer through our good friends at Law of Inertia Records entitled "Learn to Let It Go" live performances will be announced shortly as well. Yes, we will still play old songs but in terms of newer material, were working on some next level type shit. If you want to hear us rehash our "metal emo" past it won't happen, there's plenty of bands out there doing that, if that's what you're still into... If you've never heard em, check out the album Rock N Roll Killing Machine for some quality metal/hardcore grooves in the vein of DEP, Botch and Converge... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
framheim Posted June 6, 2004 Report Share Posted June 6, 2004 that's sweet, drowningman are very good indead. wonder if they'll tour the uk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ForbiddenFruitcake Posted June 6, 2004 Report Share Posted June 6, 2004 that's sweet' date=' drowningman are very good indead. wonder if they'll tour the uk.[/quote'] wow, what he said ^ !i wonder how different they are going to be though, this could go horribly wrong but still Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medichi Posted June 7, 2004 Report Share Posted June 7, 2004 Oooh, baby. However, does this mean the social cache of my Drowningman tee is diminished? I do hope not...I've got RnR Killing Machine and Drowningman Still Loves You... - neither of which sound very "metal emo" to me! Is the earlier stuff greatly different? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Posted June 7, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2004 The first album - 'Busy Signal At The Suicide Hotline' - is a bit more straightforward and, consequently, not as good. There's an ace song on it called 'Condoning The Use Of Inhalants' that you should probably download. However, 'How They Light Cigarettes In Prison' is absolutely ESSENTIAL. Buy buy buy... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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