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Biography

Boston, United States (1993 – 2005)

In 2005 Karate announced their demise, quietly closing the door on a 12-year run that included 6 studio albums and almost 700 performances in 20 countries. They exited the indie rock world without much fanfare, except from the small enclaves of devout fans who have followed their music since Geoff Farina’s early 90’s work with The Secret Stars. The band’s beginnings in the early-90’s Boston indie scene, their love for improvised music and classic rock, and their adherence to the DIY punk ethos of their youth made them freaks in any scene, defying classification with their strange fusion of punk, blues, jazz and rock.

Top Tracks

1	The Roots and the Ruins	86
2	Sever	80
3	Small Fires	68
4	Airport	66
5	Number Six	60
6	Original Spies	58
7	This Day Next Year	52
8	Water	51
8	The Halo of the Strange	51
10	There Are Ghosts	50
11	The Angels Just Have to Show	48
12	One Less Blues	47
13	The Lived-But-Yet-Named	45
13	With Age	45
15	In Hundreds	42