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Multiple issues|restructure = September 2010|refimprove = September 2010|update = August 2009Infobox musical artist | name = The Sound of Animals Fighting| image =| caption =| image_size =| background = group_or_band| alias =| origin = Los Angeles , California , USA | genre = Experimental rock , art rock , progressive rock , psychedelic rock , alternative rock | years_active = 2004-2009| label = Stars & Satellites , Equal Vision Records|Equal Vision , Epitaph Records|Epitaph | associated_acts = Rx Bandits , Circa Survive , Finch (U.S. band)|Finch , Days Away , Good Old War , The Autumns , Sunn O))) | website =| past_members = Rich Balling Anthony Green (musician)|Anthony Green Matt Embree Chris Tsagakis Derek Dougherty Terron Bizzell Randy Strohmeyer Matthew Kelly (The Autumns)|Matthew Kelly Keith Goodwin The Sound of Animals Fighting was an American Rock music|rock supergroup (music)|supergroup founded by Rich Balling of Rx Bandits . They released a trilogy of records between 2004 and 2008, and performed only four live shows, following their second release in 2006. The band's live lineup consisted of 12 different musicians. The band would often employ the use of animal masks to conceal their identity.
Credits
Tiger and the Duke
Position
Name
Producer , vocals
Rich Balling (formerly of RX Bandits )
Lead guitar
Matthew Embree ( RX Bandits )
Drums
Chris Tsagakis ( RX Bandits )
Guitar
Randy "R2K" Strohmeyer (formerly of Finch (U.S. band)
Bass
Finch )
Vocals
Anthony Green (musician)>Anthony Green ( Circa Survive , formerly of Saosin )
The group performed only one small run of shows in Southern California and Las Vegas Valley|Las Vegas from August 24 to August 27, 2006. Matt Embree ( Rx Bandits ), Anthony Green (musician)|Anthony Green ( Circa Survive ), Craig Owens (musician)|Craig Owens ( Chiodos ), and Technology (Rx Bandits' Chris Tsagakis' side project) were the opening acts. Prior to the shows, it was difficult to envision which members would be performing at the live shows; Rx Bandits members Matt Embree, Steve Choi, Chris Tsagakis, and bassist Joe Troy were a few of the confirmed musicians. The band released a DVD documenting the shows entitled "We Must Become The Change We Want To See."
Aaron Nagel and Norton Wisdom (see Banyan (band)|Banyan ) did live paintings on stage during the band's set. Nagel's painting was placed on eBay on September 15, 2006, and was up for bidding until September 25, when bidding closed at $930; proceeds from the sale went to charity.
On December 29, 2009, at an Anthony Green show at the Roxy, Matt Embree joined Green on stage and performed combined versions of "Skullflower" and "Stockhausen, Es Ist Ihr Gehirn, Das Ich Suche".cite web|title=Anthony Green/Matt Embree Skullflower Acoustic @The Roxy 12/29/09|url= http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=IApimdSpG2w|publisher=eDearChild
Guitarist Matt Embree and drummer Chris Tsagakis played abridged versions of several songs by the group under the name "Biceratops" at Alex's Bar in Long Beach, CA on January 15, 2010.
Live lineup
The band's live lineup consisted of 12 musicians, most of whom contributed to at least one studio album. At the time, every member of Rich Balling's former band, the RX Bandits , were members of the live lineup.
Matthew Kelly (The Autumns)|Matthew Kelly - vocals, guitar
Matt Embree - guitar, vocals
Steve Choi - guitar, keyboard
Joe Troy - bass
Chris Tsagakis - drums
Chris Sheets - percussion
Ryan Baker - percussion, sampling
Bradley Bell (musician)|Bradley Bell - keyboard
The samples that Ryan Baker supplied via laptop were female vocals and additional instruments such as turntables and horns that Rich Balling provided on record but chose not to physically play live.
The Ocean and the Sun
On October 15, 2007, Balling stated in a bulletin and blog post on the group's Myspace pagecite web|title=The Sound of Animals Fighting|url= http://www.myspace.com/thesoundofanimalsfighting that there would be a new album released on Epitaph Records in the future.
Vocal credits include Embree making his first vocal appearance on "Blessings..." and Green returning for the title track,"I, the Swan," "Another Leather Lung," and "The Heraldic Beak of the Manufacturer's Medallion," and Balling returning on "I, the Swan," "Cellophane," and "On the Occasion.." Matthew Kelly (The Autumns)|Matthew Kelly appears on "On the Occasion." Other vocalists include Jessica Mcwhirter (The Lings) on "On the Occasion," and Lauren Coleman on "Uzbekistan" and spoken word on the title track. Charlene Rogers appears performing spoken word on "Ahab" and Mark Bush appears playing trumpet during "Cellophane."
The band issued a series of 400 masks, 100 of each of four designs, paired with a 7" for a limited preorder of the album. This was the first and only vinyl release and novelty item sold by the band.
On July 8, 2009, the band posted a MySpace blog entrycite web|title=videos|url= http://www.myspace.com/thesoundofanimalsfighting/blog/498879005|work=The Sound of Animals Fighting|publisher=The Sound of Animals Fighting with links to official music videos for "I, the Swan"cite web|title=The Sound of Animals Fighting - I, The Swan|url= http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=qwMaL_k2CQw|work=The Ocean and the Sun|publisher=ABSOLUTExclusive and "Another Leather Lung."cite web|title=The Sound of Animals Fighting - Another Leather Lung|url= http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=6EMzoAqyXg0|work=The Ocean and the Sun|publisher=ERIC STODOLNIK
Discography
Studio albums
Tiger and the Duke (2005)
Lover, the Lord Has Left Us... (2006)
The Ocean and the Sun (2008)
DVD
We Must Become the Change We Want to See (2007)
References
Reflist
External links
myspace|thesoundofanimalsfighting
http://www.purevolume.com/thesoundofanimalsfighting The Sound of Animals Fighting on purevolume.com
http://www.epitaph.com/artists/artist/250/The_Sound_Of_Animals_Fighting The Sound of Animals Fighting on epitaph.com
http://www.equalvision.com Equal Vision Records
http://www.punk76.com/The_Sound_Of_Animals_Fighting_The_ocean_and_the_sun.php Review of The Ocean and the sun on Punk76.com
http://www.rockmidgets.com/features.php? page=3& id=1589 The Sound Of Animals Fighting interview on rockmidgets.com
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