| Starkweather | |
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| Origin |  Philadelphia, United States |
| Genre(s) | Post-hardcore Metalcore |
| Years active | 1989–present |
| Label(s) | Candlelight |
| Associated acts |
Dillinger Escape Plan |
| Website | Official website |
| Members | |
| Rennie Resmini - vocals Todd Forkin - guitar Harry Rosa - drums Vincent Rosa - bass guitar Bill Molchanow - guitar |
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| Former members | |
| Michelle Eddison - bass guitar Jim Winters - guitar Liam Wilson - bass guitar |
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Starkweather is a hardcore punk/metalcore band from Philadelphia, United States that formed in 1989. Starkweather pioneered the hardcore/heavy metal crossover sound that would later be known as "metalcore". They have influenced many of today's top selling hardcore/metal bands.[1][2] The name Starkweather is taken from Charles Starkweather, a late 1950s serial killer.[3]
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Biography
Starkweather made an impression with a succession of 7" single releases. These would include their first EP Starkweather for Inner Rage Records (1993), studio album Crossbearer for Too Damn Hype (1994), their second full length effort Into the Wire on Edison Recordings (1995) and the 1996 Bitter Frost / Bee Stings and Posion Eggs split with Season to Risk through Supermodel Records. Starkweather released their third album Croatoan in late 2005. It was produced by Cryptopsy's Pierre Remillard, and was released only on vinyl through Hypertension Records. In that year, the band went n their first international European tour, visiting the Netherlands, Germany, England and France. 2006 saw the CD release of Croatoan on Candlelight Records.[4] Croatoan features guest performances from bass player Liam Wilson (The Dillinger Escape Plan) and Jim Winters (Earth Crisis).[2] and the cover art was done by artist Paul Romano, who also worked with Mastodon, The Red Chord, Trivium, Earth and Godflesh.
Style and influences
Starkweather songs don't follow traditional verse-chorus-verse structure. Songs tend to have "narrative or cinematic flow", the compositions tend to emphasize an ongoing development of themes and motifs. Alex Henderson of Allmusic has described their music as "dissonant, jagged, angular, and discordant as well as abrasive, noisy, violent, claustrophobic, and dense" and an "extreme sensory assault".[1] Singer Rennie Resmini is influenced by the vocalists of Swans, The Birthday Party (Nick Cave) , Amebix, Killing Joke, and others. Other influences on the band are Voivod, Celtic Frost, Articles of Faith, Watchtower, Atheist, Dream Theater, Fate's Warning and Iron Maiden[3]
Members
Current members
- Rennie Resmini - vocals
- Todd Forkin - guitar
- Harry Rosa - drums
- Vincent Rosa - bass guitar
- Bill Molchanow - guitar
Former Members
- Michelle Eddison - bass guitar (1990–1999)
- Jim Winters - guitar
- Liam Wilson - bass guitar
Discography
- Starkweather (EP, 1993)
- Crossbearer (studio album, 1994)
- Into The Wire (studio album, 1995)
- Bitter Frost/Bee Stings and Posion Eggs (split with Season to Risk, 1996)
- Croatoan (studio, 2005) re-released by Candlelight Records in 2006)
References
- ^ a b Croatan review @ Allmusic "Mastodon, The Red Chord, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Killswitch Engage, Losa, The Black Dahlia Murder, Coalesce, Strapping Young Lad ... but it is important to know that Starkweather have been around longer than any of the abovementioned bands and have influenced some of them (either directly or indirectly)"
- ^ a b Biography @ The Gauntlet "they have been cited as influence to many of today's top selling metal/hardcore bands"
- ^ a b Rennie Resmini interview
- ^ Biography @ Rockdetector
