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| Lower Forty-Eight was formed in May 2000 with the intent of playing music that has the heaviness of metal, elements of progressive rock and the political intensity of punk and hardcore. In January 2001, Lower Forty-Eight began playing shows in the San Francisco Bay Area and released their first EP, "Gentle Tyranny". Less than a year later, LFE's first full-length LP "Halfback" was released. The newest album "Skin Failure" is finished and set for release in UK and Europe on Monotreme Records in October 2003. LFE will also be touring UK, Belgium, Holland, Luxembourg and Germany in early 2004 with The Mass. With most of their influences disbanded, Oakland post-hardcore outfit Greenlight the Bombers (aka SixtyFootTime ) formed in 1998, moving forward with the aggressive and angular sound bands like Drive Like Jehu and Steel Pole Bathtub had helped develop. Initially, they didn t fit into the bay area music scene and played random shows withpunk, metal, and even ska bands. Luckily however, other bands arose with similar musical styles such as From Monument to Masses, Moggs, Replicator, the Mass, Caesura, and Lower Forty-Eight. A noiserockcommunity was born and Greenlight the Bombers had a happy home. Later in 2003, the band went in hiatus when guitarist Todd Grant went on the road as drum technician for a touring band. While M.I.A., drummer Shannon Corr and vocalist Paul Warner formed a side project with bassist Craig Eastman. Upon Todd's return, they all decided tomove forward with Craig since former bassist John Hansen's schedule was pretty hectic. They have written an album's worth of new material since their last release and hope to get back in the studio early 2004. |
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