Comets on Fire

Comets on Fire

Comets on Fire in New York in 2006
Background information
Origin Santa Cruz, California
Genres New Weird America, blues punk, psychedelic rock
Years active 1999–2008 (hiatus)
Labels Alternative Tentacles, Sub Pop
Members Ethan Miller
Ben Flashman
Ben Chasny
Utrillo Kushner
Noel von Harmonson

Comets on Fire is an American noise rock band from Santa Cruz, California. The band was formed in 1999 by guitarist and vocalist Ethan Miller and longtime friend bassist Ben Flashman, who were seeking to create rhythmically and sonically intense music that paid no attention to categorizations.

History

The band started in 1999 and released their debut record on Alternative Tentacles (Jello Biafra's label). This album shows the influence of the Butthole Surfers, Hawkwind and the MC5. The next album Field Recordings from the Sun for Ba Da Bing label showed more growth on the record with new drummer Utrillo Kushner, as well as saxophones being added to their noise rock jams. Before the next record the band officially added Ben Chasny of Six Organs of Admittance to their lineup in 2003. He had previously performed and recorded with them.[1] With this line-up they got a deal on Sub Pop Records and released their critically acclaimed Blue Cathedral. The record exposed them to a whole new fan base and the record found favor with enough people for Comets on Fire to tour as the opening act for Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr and Mudhoney. In 2006, they released their fourth album Avatar which showed the band turning away from their psychedelic noise jams for a more subdued sound that ventures close to classic rock at times.

They are notable for their heavy use of the Echoplex, used primarily on vocals but on other instruments as well. This often renders the lyrics unintelligible; Miller claims to not remember the lyrics after putting an album together.

After completing tours for Avatar through 2008, the band went on an extended hiatus. In the intervening period Ethan Miller began focusing attention on his Howlin' Rain project, and Noel von Harmonson joined Sic Alps. In 2012, the band members regrouped to record as Six Organs of Admittance for a new album entitled Ascent. In an interview with Uncut, Chasny emphasized that the group had not broken up, but that future plans were still uncertain.[2] In June 2013, the band announced via their website that they would play the final All Tomorrow's Parties festival, in Camber Sands.[3]

Band members

Discography

Albums

Other

Related Projects

External links

References

  1. "Silver Currant: The Lost Electric Six Organs Of Admittance Album". Retrieved 2015-02-01.
  2. "Interview: Six Organs Of Admittance". Uncut (magazine). Retrieved 2012-08-15.
  3. "Comets to play ATP 2013". Retrieved 2015-02-01.
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