Blood Brothers contemplate some time off from each other.Byline: Carolyn Lamberson The Register-Guard For fans of the Seattle screamo punk outfit the Blood Brothers, Monday's show at the WOW Hall might just be the last for a while. Morgan Henderson Morgan Henderson is the current bassist for the post hardcore band The Blood Brothers. Henderson has also been credited for playing a range of keyed instruments, including piano, accordion, and a Nord II synthesizer. , the Brothers' bass player, said in a recent interview that after this upcoming tour - which begins in Eugene on Monday - the brothers Blood just may take a bit of a break. Nothing permanent, but a little down time to concentrate on other projects. "I'm at a point where I'm really interested in doing other things for just my own feeling of accomplishment and also to grow as an individual musically and personally, so I can come back to the group with some fresh ideas,' Henderson said by phone from Seattle. But before the band's fans panic, nothing's been settled yet. `We've not really decided if we're going to break for a while,' he said. "There are some opportunities that are kind of out there that might extend the touring for much longer than we had assumed we go on tour for.' Whew whew interj. Used to express strong emotion, such as relief or amazement. whew interj an exclamation of relief, surprise, disbelief, or weariness . The five-piece band was born in 1997 and now features vocalist Jordan Blilie Jordan Blilie is one of the singers for the post hardcore band, Blood Brothers. He shares the lead vocals, and lyrics, with Johnny Whitney. He has been with the band since their formation in 1997. His fraternal twin sister, Hannah Blilie, plays for The Gossip. , drummer Mark Gajadhar, guitarist Cody Votolato Cody Votolato is a musician from Seattle, Washington, most well-known for being the guitarist in the post-hardcore band The Blood Brothers. He grew up in the eastside suburbs of Seattle, attending high school with his bandmates in the late 1990s when the band originally formed. , vocalist and keyboard player Johnny Whitney Johnny Whitney is a singer and multi-instrumentalist from Seattle, most well-known for being a vocalist in the post-hardcore band The Blood Brothers. He runs a clothing company called Crystal City Clothing along with his wife Amy Carlsen [1]. and Henderson. Its most recent album, "Crimes," was released last year on the V2 Records label. Call the Blood Brothers a hard-core punk band - with a little something extra. "Someone a long time ago said we were screamy jazz fusion Jazz fusion (or "jazz-rock fusion" or "fusion") is a musical genre that merges elements of jazz with other styles of music, particularly pop, rock, folk, reggae, funk, metal, country, R&B, hip hop, electronic music and world music. , and I liked that,' Henderson said. They're also a band that has no qualms about wearing its politics on its collective sleeve. On Jan. 20, it hosted and headlined an Anti-Inaugural Ball at the Showbox in Seattle, with Pretty Girls Make Graves and IQU IQU Interactive Query Utility . Proceeds from the show were directed to Life for Relief and Development, an organization that provides aid to civilian victims of war in Iraq. And just because they held an anti-inaugural, that doesn't mean the band members are ardent Democrats. It's likely they'd have "anti-ed" a John Kerry  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. inaugural, too.
`John Kerry is no answer to me,' Henderson said. `He's just kind of something else. `Just a small part of the problem is George Bush or John Kerry. The largest issues are our whole political system and overseas policies.' Frankly, Henderson said, the band was more worried about getting a good turnout than offending anyone with their politics. `We were kinda freaked out that people wouldn't come,' he said. "We never played the Showbox before. It's a big room. You don't want to play to a half-full room. `It wound up being a great time.' It seems there are a lot of great times these days for Seattle bands. There are rumblings afoot of a "scene" once again brewing in the land of Star- bucks. With the success of Seattle-bred bands such as Death Cab for Cutie cut·ie also cut·ey n. pl. cut·ies also cut·eys Informal A cute person. and Modest Mouse, music writers again are turning their attention to soggy Seattle. Henderson's having none of it. `Somebody said Seattle's kinda happening again or something like that,' he said `It's like every interview we do, it's like, `So what's going in Seattle?' The same thing that's always been going really. `There are a lot of really great bands here. It's kind of the nature of Seattle. It'll always be this kind of scene here because it's still really shut off from the rest of the country.' Is the city on the verge On the Verge (or The Geography of Yearning) is a play written by Eric Overmyer. It makes extensive use of esoteric language and pop culture references from the late nineteenth century to 1955. of that '90s grunge grunge - /gruhnj/ 1. That which is grungy, or that which makes it so. 2. [Cambridge] Code which is inaccessible due to changes in other parts of the program. The preferred term in North America is dead code. hype machine that launched Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam and a hun- dred more flannel-clad rock bands? `It seems like it is, just by the nature of people wondering what's going on What's Going On is a record by American soul singer Marvin Gaye. Released on May 21, 1971 (see 1971 in music), What's Going On reflected the beginning of a new trend in soul music. ,' Henderson said. "Death Cab and Modest Mouse both have capitalized on `The O.C.' kind of machine. And that really makes it seem even more that something's really going on in Seattle. `Good for them, you know. Both those bands have really worked really hard for a long time.' So will the Blood Brothers be showing up on `The O.C." anytime soon? Henderson laughs. `I don't think so. Not while I'm alive I don't think.' CONCERT PREVIEW Blood Brothers With: Chinese Stars and Mean Reds When: 8:30 p.m. Monday Where: WOW Hall, 291 W. Eighth Ave. Tickets: $10 at the door, $8 in advance, through the WOW Hall, CD World, CD Game & Exchange, House of Records, Taco Loco and the Erb Memorial Union ticket office CAPTION(S): The Blood Brothers aren't shy about taking political stands. On Jan. 20, the band, including bassist Morgan Hendrson (right) headlined an Anti- Inaugural Ball in Seattle. |
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