...reformed, for one of the ATPs in December. If anyone's interested.
It would be most pleasant if they were to play here...
(From the ATP site): Bitch Magnet was formed in 1986 by Jon Fine (guitar) and Sooyoung Park (bass and vocals), soon joined by drummer Orestes Morfi?n. In 1988 they recorded a mini album Star Booty and soon after the widely-acclaimed LP Umber with David Galt on guitar. Amid a wave of extraordinarily positive notices in the British & European press, the band toured Europe, with Galt and Bastro/Squirrel Bait founder David Grubbs on guitar, in fall of 1989. The trio lineup of Fine, Morfi?n, and Park reconvened in 1990 to record what would be their final album, the hugely influential Ben Hur. The album is now often cited as a key inspiration for the kind of instrumentally-focused music that would become known as “post-rock.” Bitch Magnet played its final show on 1990 - after their dissolution, Park went on to form Seam. Morfi?n drummed in Walt Mink & Godrifle. Fine formed Vineland & Coptic Light, and briefly played in Don Caballero. Much like their contemporaries in Slint, in the years following their breakup, Bitch Magnet has been recognized as a significant influence on generations of aggressive and musically complex bands, including Don Caballero, Rodan, June of 44 and Battles. Bitch Magnet?s reunion at the Nightmare Before Christmas will mark its first live performance since 1990, and the first onstage appearance of the band?s original lineup – Morfi?n, Park, and Fine – since 1989.
It would be most pleasant if they were to play here...
(From the ATP site): Bitch Magnet was formed in 1986 by Jon Fine (guitar) and Sooyoung Park (bass and vocals), soon joined by drummer Orestes Morfi?n. In 1988 they recorded a mini album Star Booty and soon after the widely-acclaimed LP Umber with David Galt on guitar. Amid a wave of extraordinarily positive notices in the British & European press, the band toured Europe, with Galt and Bastro/Squirrel Bait founder David Grubbs on guitar, in fall of 1989. The trio lineup of Fine, Morfi?n, and Park reconvened in 1990 to record what would be their final album, the hugely influential Ben Hur. The album is now often cited as a key inspiration for the kind of instrumentally-focused music that would become known as “post-rock.” Bitch Magnet played its final show on 1990 - after their dissolution, Park went on to form Seam. Morfi?n drummed in Walt Mink & Godrifle. Fine formed Vineland & Coptic Light, and briefly played in Don Caballero. Much like their contemporaries in Slint, in the years following their breakup, Bitch Magnet has been recognized as a significant influence on generations of aggressive and musically complex bands, including Don Caballero, Rodan, June of 44 and Battles. Bitch Magnet?s reunion at the Nightmare Before Christmas will mark its first live performance since 1990, and the first onstage appearance of the band?s original lineup – Morfi?n, Park, and Fine – since 1989.
