Four Hundred Years
| Four Hundred Years | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Emocore |
| founding | 1997 |
| resolution | 2000 |
| Last occupation | |
| Daron Hollowell | |
Guitar, vocals |
Dave Jackson |
| Erin Housholder | |
| Ash Bruce | |
Four Hundred Years was a short-term emocore band from Richmond , Virginia / USA in the late 1990s .
history
The band influenced - despite their short existence - the sound and style of the emo very strongly. The group belongs to the typical later emo bands and is often attributed to Washington DC hardcore punk because of its proximity to the capital of the USA , musically and geographically .
The band was originally formed in Arizona . But the band members moved to Virginia to continue to school there. The band had a left-wing political claim that they tried to combine with their emotional lyrics.
The band was constantly on the move and did some tours in the USA, but also in Europe and Japan .
After the band broke up, the former members continued to play in other bands.
style
Her style is characterized by emotional chants and screamed parts of the text, quieter and quieter and explosive, brute parts. The style is based on straighter mid-tempo DC hardcore punk. Her style is considered typical of emotional hardcore .
On the side of the label Lovitt Records it says about the band:
"Four Hundred Years amassed a large, frenzied, and rabid audience. Intelligent and intricate with a perfect blend of melody and dissonance in all the right places [...] ”
Discography
EPs / splits
- Signal, 7 ″ (1997, Yuletide / Rosepetal )
- Split with Sleepytime Trio , 7 ″ (1997, Smoothlips Records )
- Split with Seein 'Red, 7 ″ (2000, The Smith and Nephew Company )
Albums / miscellaneous
- Suture, LP (1997, The Great American Steak Religion )
- Transmit Failure (1998, Lovitt Records )
- Suture and other songs (Lovitt Records)
- The New Imperialism, LP (2000, Lovitt Records)
Sampler contributions
- Sequence on The ABC's of Punk (1997, Whirled Records)
- Untitled on The 51 Comp (1998, Join The Team Players Records)
Web links
- The band on the Lovitt Records label accessed on December 18, 2011
- Information and audio samples about the band at epitonic.com ; Retrieved December 18, 2011
Individual evidence
- ↑ lovitt.com ( Memento of the original dated February 12, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed December 18, 2011; Quote: "Combined with the weight of their political views, the tension of Four Hundred Years' music is simultaneously a catharsis and a call to arms"
- ↑ epitonic.com accessed on 18 December 2011; Quote: "These guys are tireless workers who have toured Europe, Japan, and the US numerous times."
- ↑ lovitt.com ( Memento of the original dated February 12, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 18, 2011
