Frodus
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Frodus was a 1990s Washington, D.C.-based post-hardcore band, described by critics as a mixture of math rock. Their songs were frequently dark and dissonant.
Frodus' first releases were self-distibuted cassettes and 7 inches, such as "Babe", "Tzo-Boy", and "Molotov Cocktail Party". Two other releases ("Fireflies" and "F-Letter"), on now defunct indies, followed. Frodus later signed with Tooth and Nail Records, an independent label out of Seattle, with which they released Conglomerate International in 1998. Most of Frodus' recognition was due to their epic swan song, the 1999 recorded and 2001 released LP on Fueled By Ramen entitled And We Washed Our Weapons In The Sea, considered by band members their best recorded work.
The name Frodus came from the last episode of TV series The Monkees called Mijacogeo (aka The Frodis Caper).
Members
- Shelby Cinca - Guitar, Vocals
- Jason Hamacher - Drums
- Nathan Burke - Bass Guitar, Vocals
- Jim Cooper - Bass Guitar (1993-1995)
- Kyle Bacon - Relief Bassist (1993-1994)
- Andy Duncan - Bass Guitar (1995)
- Dana Wachs - Bass Guitar (1995)
- Howard Pyle - Bass Guitar (1995-1997)
- R Mason - Bass Guitar (1997)
Aftermath
After Frodus broke up in 1999 it took two years to find a label to release their final album. The first label, MIA Records, shut down due to the owner having to settle a long-standing lawsuit. Afterwards, long-time Frodus friend, Tony Weinbender, then of Fueled By Ramen Records offered to release Frodus' final opus thus saving the album from obscurity.The members of Frodus went separate ways and partially converged again for a short time. In 2000 Nathan went on to form The Out Circuit and Jason went on to drum for Combat Wounded Veteran. In 2003 the founding members Shelby Cinca and Jason Hamacher along with bassist Joe Lally of Fugazi joined to form The Black Sea. They later changed their name to Decahedron. Lally left shortly after the completion of their debut album and was replaced by Jonathan Ford (Unwed Sailor, Roadside Monument). Continually plagued by bassist fluctuation anomolies Jonathan quit in 2004 and was later replaced by Jake Brown (Moments In Grace). In 2005 they suspended operations after the release of their EP entitled "2005." Shelby Cinca then focused on his Swedish project Frantic Mantis with Håkan Johansson and Per Stålberg of Division Of Laura Lee and Jason Hamacher started a project with Mike Schliebaum of Darkest Hour. Shelby Cinca also continues to play with The Cassettes and releases IDM Music made on a gameboy (Game Boy music) with the Nanoloop software under his own name.
Discography
Full Lengths
- Live At Black Cat 1999 iTunes Only (2005 Lovitt Records)
- Radio-Activity (2002 Magic Bullet Records)
- And We Washed Our Weapons In The Sea (2001 Fueled By Ramen)
- Conglomerate International (1998 Tooth and Nail)
- 22-d10 (1997 No Looking Back)
- f-letter (1996 Double Deuce / 2003 Magic Bullet Records)
- Fireflies (1995 Level)
- Molotov Cocktail Party (1994 Gnome)
7\"/EPs
- Frodus/Atomic Fireball split (1999 Lovitt / Japan: Flatree Records)
- Muddle Magazine Promo Flexi (1997 Tooth and Nail / Muddle)
- Frodus/Roadside Monument split (1997 Tooth and Nail)
- Explosions (1997 Day After Records)
- Frodus/Trans-Megetti split (1996 Art Monk Construction)
- Formula (1996 Lovitt / Shute)
- Treasure Chest (1994 Gnome / Level)
- Tzo Boy (1993 Gnome)
- Babe (1993 Gnome)
Compilations
- Torch Benefit (2001 Under Radar) - Track: Suspicion Breeds Confidence
- It Goes Without Saying (1999 Sign Language) - Track: Dec. 21, 2012
- Absolut... (1999 B-Core) - Track: There Will Be No More Scum (demo)
- Can't Stop This Train (1999 Team Player) - Track: Extinguished
- Songs From the Penalty Box 3 (1999 Tooth and Nail) - Track: There WIll Be No More Scum (demo)
- Songs From the Penalty Box 2 (1998 Tooth and Nail) - Track: Conditioned
- Tooth and Nail Box Set (1997 Tooth and Nail) - Track: Lights On For Safety'
- The Tie That Binds (1996 Nevermore) - Track: Factory 6
- The Lovitt Empire (1996 Lovitt) - Track: Cha-Chi (English version)
- Give Me The Cure (1995 Radiopaque) - Track: Killing An Arab
- The Art of Rocketry (1995 Supernova) - Track: Malcontent (alt. mix)
- Squirrel (1995 Level) - Track: 22-d10
External links
- [Frodus.com] Official website
- [Rock and Roll is War] Frodus Documentation
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