Glassjaw
Glassjaw is an American post-hardcore band. The group is from New York and was founded in 1994 by vocalist Daryl Palumbo, Justin Beck drummer, guitarist Todd Weinstock and Kris Baldwin and Ariel Telford bassist. As a significant influence called the band groups like the Gorilla Biscuits and Godzilla movies.
Band History
The original cast of Glassjaw was a teenage band that rehearsed in the basement of their parents. After many line-up changes that were later almost to the day, 1997 was released a first EP on a small independent label (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang ). In 1999, the band played with the legendary hardcore producer Don Fury a demo tape a ( The Don Fury Sessions ). With become known for his nu-metal productions producer Ross Robinson, who works at the turn of the millennium musical reoriented and increasingly produced bands with hardcore background, they took the 2000 released on Roadrunner Records debut album Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Silence on. At this time also belonged to the previous Gorilla Biscuits drummer Sammy Siegler of the group. After the release of the album Roadrunner wanted to leave in order to continue to work with Robinson can, who had ended his business relationship with Roadrunner. This led to a dispute with the label, was contractually bound to the Glassjaw. Finally, you could but a few, and in 2002 appeared at the major label Warner second album Worship and Tribute, the number 82 on the Billboard Charts. For the single Cosmopolitan Blood Loss appeared frequently played music video in which was seen with the band befriended Vincent Gallo, as he set out on a search for the source of it disturbing noise and finally discovered the band on a street corner, and he the group severed the power supply.
2004 left with Todd Weinstock, Dave Allen and Larry Gorman three members at a time, the band, they were replaced by former band members. There followed a long break.
Others
Glassjaw were several times on tour in Europe, at the beginning even as support for Soulfly, and later as the main act. However, many events had to be canceled because singer Daryl Palumbo for years suffering from Crohn's disease; 2001 therefore accounted for both planned in Germany origin dates as well as months later, the pent-up concerts.
In particular, Palumbo is also active in other projects, especially his work with the pop band Head Automatica, with whom he released two albums between 2004 and 2006, a lot of attention. He was also involved in spite of the little peaceful holding of the separation of Roadrunner on the label Roadrunner United project, for which he recorded together with Joey Jordison, drummer of Slipknot, the song No Way Out.
Discography
Albums
- 2000: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Silence ( Roadrunner Records)
- 2002: Worship and Tribute ( Warner Music Group )