Colossamite
Colossamite was an American math rock band based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They were one of the most prominent exponents of the genre.
Colossamite's members included Nick Sakes, Ed Rodriguez, John Dieterich, and Chad Popple ; the group had no bass player. All except Sakes were transplanted Wisconsinites.
Like similar groups such as Zeni Geva, Craw, U.S. Maple, or Dazzling Killmen Colossamite's music was almost hyperbolically brutal, chaotic, and rhythmically and formally complex. Rather than relying, as most heavy metal bands, on guitar distortion to produce an intense sound, Colossamite instead often relied on very loud "clean" guitars, played dissonantly, in conjunction with vocals that were screamed rather than sung. Songs featured jarring shifts in tempo and mood, with the overall sound being extremely raw, heavy and often slow.
Colossamite released three recordings on the Chicago-based Skin Graft Records and one split CD on Italy's Freeland Records. The group, however, did not last long, perhaps because the extreme and uncompromising nature of its music was appreciated mainly by a niche audience, thus proving fairly uncommercial.
The group disbanded in 1998. Dieterich, Rodriguez, and Popple subsequently formed the experimental rock band Gorge Trio. Dieterich and Rodriguez also both went on to join Deerhoof, in 1999 and 2008 respectively.
Discography
- 1997 - All Lingo's Clamor EP
- 1998 - Gust's of Lead split 7-inch with White Tornado
- 1998 - Economy of Motion
- 1998 - Frisbee EP - came with a Colossamite frisbee
Listening
Category:Musical groups disestablished in 1998
Category:Math rock groups
Category:Rock music groups from Minnesota