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From the same city that birthed such raucous, mold-breaking bands like TAD, Nirvana, and Soundgarden, comes Black Houses, a pounding, guitar-driven hard rock trio looking to revive the unpredictable, passionate genre that was tainted in the infamous downfall of Seattle’s best known music era.
Because, as we all know, after bands like Nirvana and Mudhoney shattered trends, they also, inadvertently, ended up creating one. “Grunge” became a Seventeen magazine fashion spread (literally), and in the city of Seattle, where it all began, the term was quickly greeted with an eye roll. Sadly, nearly everything remotely representing hard and heavy rock went down with it.
Black Houses—comprised of Christiaan Morris on guitar and vocals, Sage Gatzke on bass, and Patrick Taylor on drums—know as well as anyone what kind of assumptions can be made about a band boasting a big-riff sound. Especially one who cites such legendary and notorious Northwest acts as inspiration.
“If you’re a ‘rock band,’ you’re considered a Nascar fan,” singer Morris says with a laugh. “But we came from a more punk and indie background—listening to stuff like Cursive and Fugazi. We just want to bring back credibility with bands that sound like this. Somewhere, too many assholes bastardized it and made it mullet rock. It’s not cool.”
Despite the genre already being overrun by laughable acts such as Creed, Nickleback, and Puddle of Mudd, Black Houses aren’t afraid to leap into the heavy rock pool to do their forefathers justice. They prove you can, in fact, be a rock band with a nod to a classic sound (and come from the city of Seattle) without being the butt of the joke.
Because, as we all know, after bands like Nirvana and Mudhoney shattered trends, they also, inadvertently, ended up creating one. “Grunge” became a Seventeen magazine fashion spread (literally), and in the city of Seattle, where it all began, the term was quickly greeted with an eye roll. Sadly, nearly everything remotely representing hard and heavy rock went down with it.
Black Houses—comprised of Christiaan Morris on guitar and vocals, Sage Gatzke on bass, and Patrick Taylor on drums—know as well as anyone what kind of assumptions can be made about a band boasting a big-riff sound. Especially one who cites such legendary and notorious Northwest acts as inspiration.
“If you’re a ‘rock band,’ you’re considered a Nascar fan,” singer Morris says with a laugh. “But we came from a more punk and indie background—listening to stuff like Cursive and Fugazi. We just want to bring back credibility with bands that sound like this. Somewhere, too many assholes bastardized it and made it mullet rock. It’s not cool.”
Despite the genre already being overrun by laughable acts such as Creed, Nickleback, and Puddle of Mudd, Black Houses aren’t afraid to leap into the heavy rock pool to do their forefathers justice. They prove you can, in fact, be a rock band with a nod to a classic sound (and come from the city of Seattle) without being the butt of the joke.
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| FULL TRACK Death In A Shoebox | 3:48 |
| FULL TRACK Wolves Dressed As Sheep | 4:58 |
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xxyoursodeadxx wrote:
i want me some new black houses demos
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LucidDreams84 wrote:
Saw them live a few nights ago...they were pretty good.
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joeytiago wrote:
cool band
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lyrics?
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halinalarsson and TheDARKMuffin added Black Houses to their libraries. October 2011
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TaggingMachine tagged Black Houses with ‘under 2000 listeners’. November 2010
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giorgos54 and TimothyxCrowe added Black Houses to their libraries. October 2010
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BlackHouses added Black Houses to the lineup of Triple 6's and Black Houses at Rays Golden Lion at Ray’s Golden Lion. March 2010
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BlackHouses added Black Houses to the lineup of Hells Belles 10th Anniversary Show at Neumos. March 2010
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raheemr added Black Houses to the lineup of I Am Ghost at El Corazón. March 2010
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BlackHouses updated the wiki page for Black Houses. (diff) February 2010
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Azurae1 added Black Houses to Azurae1’s library. December 2009
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BlackHouses added Black Houses to the lineup of Black Houses at Viaduct. October 2009
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