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Rocky Votolato is an American musician. He was born in rural Texas in 1978, though was raised in the Pacific Northwest. When his former band Lying on Loot disbanded in 1996, Rocky Votolato, along with friends Rudy Gajadhar (drums) and Andrew Hartley (bass), started playing under the name Waxwing. Rocky’s younger brother Cody (The Blood Brothers) soon joined the band on second guitar, and the band recorded their debut 7” for Henry’s Finest Recordings. In 1999, Second Nature Recordings released their first full-length, entitled ‘For Madmen Only’. Blending straight-up rock with elements of post-hardcore, and Cody’s metal reminiscent guitaring, Waxwing soon established a strong local following. It was a feat built upon with their two succeeding albums ‘One For the Ride’ (2000) and ‘Nobody Can Take What Everybody Owns’ (2002).

In 1999, Rocky Votolato branched out from his work with Waxwing, having written a handful of songs which did not really fit in with their more aggressive, fast tempo syle. Along the way he has toured with the likes of Damien Jurado, Small Brown Bike, The Get Up Kids, The New Amsterdams, Owen and The Casket Lottery, members of the latter having provided assistance as backing musicians on occasion. His studio albums have also been littered with appearances from some of Seattle’s finest musicians (including players in the bands Red Stars Theory, Sharks Keep Moving, The Blood Brothers, Death Cab For Cutie, Pedro the Lion and Sub Pop solo artist Rosie Thomas). On the production side, Votolato has worked with Matt Bayles (Pearl Jam, Botch, Murder City Devils, Hayden), along with Chris Walla (of Death Cab For Cutie).
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  • GymLeaderBrock

    How is Prison Is Private Property not on his top list!?

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  • ximena__

    :) love it

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  • konstan_tine

    i adore him.

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  • kralmajales

    @JakeDownMusic nice to see Suicide Medicine on top, I can't see him ever topping that. Never heard True Devotion so I'll have to give that a listen

    last month

  • JakeDownMusic

    And honestly, i'd prefer if the EP songs were on the album, those 2 were some of my favorites, along with "Sparks"

    last month

  • JakeDownMusic

    I like the new album, but i think it's far from his best. 1. Suicide Medicine 2. True Devotion 3. Makers

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  • SuitcaseLife

    an interview about a positive maybe to a reunion with the waxwing and more: http://wp.me/p1fN32-1rT

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  • kralmajales

    new album is cool, if a little samey (I guess that's to be expected though). Above the Water is remarkably similar to Portland is Leaving though

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