Agoraphobic Nosebleed

Infobox musical artist
Name = Agoraphobic Nosebleed
Img_size = 220
Background = group_or_band
Origin = Massachusetts, United States
Genre = Grindcore
Cybergrind
Years_active = 1994–present
Label =
URL = [http://www.agoraphobicnosebleed.com agoraphobicnosebleed.com]
Current_members = Scott Hull
Jay Randall
Richard Johnson
Katherine Katz
Past_members = Carl Shultz
J.R. Hayes

Agoraphobic Nosebleed (abbreviated as ANb) is a grindcore band formed in 1994 in Massachusetts, United States. Its line-up has changed often during the years, leaving the only permanent member Scott Hull (guitars, drum programming), who also plays guitar in Pig Destroyer. The current line-up also includes vocalists Jay Randall, Kathrine Katz, and Richard Johnson, who also plays bass guitar . Agoraphobic Nosebleed are one of the most well-known drum-machine grindcore bands, and have influenced countless drum-machine grindcore and cybergrind bands.Fact|date=January 2008

Biography

Through the use of drum machines, the band has been able to play songs with over a thousand BPM. The lyrics usually revolve around subjects such as drugs and violence, though many of their songs reveal ideologies similar to those held by the punk culture.

The band is known for the conciseness of its songs: Their album "Altered States of America" features 100 songs (including one hidden) in just over 20 minutes, many songs clocking in at 5 seconds or less, and the longest song clocking in at about a minute.

Agoraphobic Nosebleed played their first live set at the 2003 New England Metal and Hardcore Festival. As their appearance was unscheduled, Pig Destroyer cut their set short so they could play two songs and an intro.

In 2006, Hydra Head Records reissued Agoraphobic Nosebleed's 6" "PCP Torpedo" as a double disc set entitled "PCP Torpedo/ANbRX". The first disc consisted of the 10-song, 6-minute original single. The second disc is over an hour's worth of remixes of songs from "PCP Torpedo" by breakcore and noise music artists such as Xanopticon, James Plotkin, Merzbow, and Justin Broadrick.

Agoraphobic Nosebleed have many releases coming out in 2008. "Altered States of America" is being re-released, with a bonus disc described as a "28 track bonus DELTA 9 remix 3” CD from ANbRX Pharmaceuticals II". They have finished a new full length album (as yet un-titled) and a split 5" with Crom. They are also working on a 5" with Insect Warfare for Relapse Records, a Split 7" with The Endless Blockade for Relapse Records, a split 7" with Agents Of Satan (label currently unknown), a 7" with Lack Of Interest and a CD/LP with Despise You (maybe for Relapse, as yet unconfirmed). Hull has just finished his compilation entitled "This Comp Kills Fascists!" (released on Relapse Records), and Randall is currently working on Drum Machine Gun 2 as well as doing a collaborative 7" with Wadge and a collaborative 12" with Black Mayonnaise.

Discography

*"30 Song Demo" cassette (1995)
*"Agoraphobic Nosebleed" (Bovine Records) 7" (1996)
*Split with Cattlepress LP (1997)
*Split with Enemy Soil 7" (1997)
*Split with Laceration 7" (1997)
*"Agoraphobic Nosebleed" 7" (Clean Plate Records)
*"Honky Reduction" MCD (1998)
*"PCP Torpedo" 6" (1998)
*Split with Gob 7" (1998)
*"The Poacher Diaries" split with Converge CD (1999)
*Split with Benümb 7" (2001)
*"Frozen Corpse Stuffed with Dope" CD/LP (2002)
*Split with Halo 7" (2002)
*"Altered States of America" 3" Mini-CD/10" (2003)
*"Bestial Machinery (Discography Volume 1)" 2xCD (2005)
*"PCP Torpedo/ANbRX" 2xCD (2006)
*Split with Kill The Client 7" (2007)
*"A Clockwork Sodom 7"" (2007)
*Split CD/LP with Apartment 213 (2007)
*split with Total Fucking Destruction 7" (2007)
*split with Crom 5" (2008)
*split with Insect Warfare 5" (2008)
*split with Agents of Satan 7" (2008)
*split with Endless Blockade 7" (2008)
*Split with Lack Of Interest 7" (2008)
*Split CD/LP with Despise You (2008)
*untitled full-length release (2008)

Current members

*Scott Hull – guitar, drum programming
*Jay Randall – vocals, electronics
*Richard Johnson - vocals, bass guitar
*Katherine Katz (also in Salome) - Vocals

External links

* [http://www.agoraphobicnosebleed.com/home.htm Official Web site]

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