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San Diego, United States (1999 – 2005, 2011 – present)

Hot Snakes was an American post-hardcore band led by Rick Froberg and John Reis, formed in 1999. Reis and Froberg had previously performed together in Pitchfork and Drive Like Jehu while living in San Diego, CA during their youth.

Although they share sonic similarities with bands its members had previously been involved with, Hot Snakes’ sound was much more punk-influenced than Drive Like Jehu and Pitchfork. Reis and Froberg were also heavily influenced by bands such as Wipers, Suicide, and Michael Yonkers Band, and these influences gave Hot Snakes a distinctive sound. Their songs are much shorter and succinct than Drive Like Jehu, but retain the discordant guitars and singing that define DLJ’s best work. Hot Snakes recorded three excellent studio albums, 2000’s Automatic Midnight, 2002’s Suicide Invoice, and 2004’s Audit in Progress. The Peel Session EP (2005) and Thunder Down Under (2006) live albums both featured muscular live versions of their songs.

On 7 July 2005, Reis announced that the band would be calling it quits in a hand-written letter posted on their label’s (Swami Records) Web site. Shortly after the split-up of the Hot Snakes, a cover of Government Issue’s “Time to Escape” appeared on the soundtrack to Tony Hawk’s American Wasteland videogame. This song was the last ever recording by the Hot Snakes. While the Hot Snakes have called it a day, John Reis continues to play in The Night Marchers, and with Mario Rubalcaba in the power pop trio The Sultans and run the Swami Records label.
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  • nonoy412

    http://newalbumreleases.net/42390/hot-snakes-do-not-resuscitate-2011/ For all you that were waiting forever to hear, "Do Not Resuscitate", their last song recorded as a band. Backed with the awesome Government Issue cover, "Time to Escape," originally released on the Tony Hawk video game.

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  • UntilYouReform

    July 23rd at Mortville in Chicago. $15.

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  • nick_InZoMNiAC

    Reunion is great news, let's hope we see them in a Europe tour as well.

    March 2012

  • ThereIsBearCum

    you're 18, grow some fucking balls and go anyway

    February 2012

  • kageru-hinoryu

    I hope they keep on playing shows, 'cause they're playing my hometown and I can't even go because I'm not old enough what the fuck :(

    February 2012

  • spineboy

    WHAAAAAAAAT!!! - back together?!?!?!? awesome show last time I saw them. Gonna go see them in Lost Angeles.

    February 2012

  • CoolStool

    Are they actually back together or are they just doin a few shows?

    February 2012

  • shootmeadeer

    Here's the order, in my opinion: Suicide Invoice, Automatic Midnight, Audit In Progress. Each album is great, though.

    January 2012
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