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Portland, United States (2005 – present)

The Builders and the Butchers consist of:
Ryan Sollee: vocals/guitar
Ray Rude: percussion
Brandon Hafer: percussion
Paul Seely: percussion/trumpet
Harvey Tumbleson: mandolin/banjo
Alex Ellis: acoustic bass


Info taken from CDbaby.com: Ryan Sollee: “I moved toPortland in the fall of 2003 from Alaska with my band at the time The Born Losers, which played rockandroll/punk. After playing a ton of shows and a bit of touring with a lot of expectation it was time to try something new. During my time playing in the Losers I started a project on the side called the McGovern Goldwater Ticket playing with my good friend from Alaska Brendon Price. At this time I was writing a lot of country and blues songs, Brendon introduced me to older blues and gospel artists, as well as giving me a lot of feedback on my own songs. This is where the first Builders and Butchers songs came from, the very first being Bringin’ Home the Rain. At this time I also became friends with Adrienne Hatkin who’s band Autopilot I was a huge fan of. Adrienne and I started playing together and we had an idea for starting a funeral band that played death themed songs. I wrote quite a few songs during this time, Spanish Death Song, Slowed Down Trip to Hell and Find Me In the Air. One day in September of 2005 I was at the home of Alex Ellis and Ray Rude and I played them the songs Adrienne and I were working on, Alex had an acoustic bass and Ray joined in on organ, I think Harvey was over and he had borrowed a Mandolin from Adrienne, Paul joined us the very next time we practiced, and that was the band.
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  • Varkung

    great band <3

    22 Feb 9:56am Reply

  • beefmoloko

    Why all the hate on Dead? It may not be a flashy as Salvation but the beauty is in its subtlety in any case Dead Reckoning = Where All the Roots Grow > Salvation > Self buts that's just like my opinion man

    22 Oct 2012 Reply

  • Graju

    Like no one else!

    12 Jun 2012 Reply

  • ASHAKA_ROCK

    Spanish Death. It's the tits!

    7 May 2012 Reply

  • zootex

    fantastic music!

    3 May 2012 Reply

  • PolskaBabaJaga

    Although this is not something I would normally listen to...I have to say that this is a great band with fantastic and very catchy music.

    19 Feb 2012 Reply

  • ZielonyGrzyb

    Awesome band.

    7 Oct 2011 Reply

  • lagginswag

    fucking awesome

    4 Oct 2011 Reply

  • UntidyDubs

    Their cover of Murder By Death is superb!

    22 Sep 2011 Reply

  • danieljparsons

    Find Me In The Air = brilliance.

    4 Aug 2011 Reply

  • NoSUMMR4U

    dead reckoning simply has another vibe than salvation. i think both are great, this band is simply awesome.

    2 Aug 2011 Reply

  • cogsturning

    self-titled > salvation >>>> dead reckoning. its not horrible but its weak and dull, ive come to expect more from these guys.

    28 Jul 2011 Reply

  • InterceptorZero

    So I've listened to Salvation Is A Deep Dark Well. Had great tracks, probably more than Dead Reckoning, but there are a small handful I didn't dig. That's where Dead Reckoning shined, I thought it was consistently good. Don't know. Will listen to it again before the week ends.

    7 Jul 2011 Reply

  • kmurra76

    Salvation > Dead Reckoning > Self-Titled.

    5 Jul 2011 Reply

  • rindenwurm

    Dead Reckoning is completely amazing. If you're so jaded that you cannot enjoy such incredible music anymore, please stop listening to music altogether.

    30 Jun 2011 Reply

  • InterceptorZero

    I myself actually really really like Dead Reckoning . But then again I have yet to get their other work.

    25 Jun 2011 Reply

  • TheSilentDead

    brian molko fronting a drunk mumford & sons

    22 Jun 2011 Reply

  • aggroroofer

    This isn't mozart, guys - it's just great folk rock with cool lyrics. Shame they're not coming to Berlin.

    19 Jun 2011 Reply

  • indy02

    Methinks they need to spend some serious time on the next album. Dead Reckoning is kind of bland and rehashed.

    18 Jun 2011 Reply

  • qaz23

    Dead Reckoning isn't that bad - it's not as good as Salvation but there are some very good tracks like Lullaby, Moon is on the March, and Black Elevator.

    7 Jun 2011 Reply
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