{"artistName":"Blood Brothers (London Revival Cast Recording)","artistId":110263,"artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/d3c/d3cc5fb1c0ce47e6361f7a9abb9794e3_xl.jpg","srcset":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/d3c/d3cc5fb1c0ce47e6361f7a9abb9794e3_sm.jpg 50w,https://artist99.cdn107.com/d3c/d3cc5fb1c0ce47e6361f7a9abb9794e3_md.jpg 80w,https://artist99.cdn107.com/d3c/d3cc5fb1c0ce47e6361f7a9abb9794e3_lg.jpg 200w,https://artist99.cdn107.com/d3c/d3cc5fb1c0ce47e6361f7a9abb9794e3_xl.jpg 340w","artistBio":"\u003cp\u003eThe Blood Brothers was an American post-hardcore band formed in the Eastside suburbs of Seattle in 1997. The quintet released five albums during their 10 year existence and spawned numerous side-projects along the way. All of the band members have gone on to professional careers with other bands. They officially broke up in November 2007. \n Origins\nVocalists Jordan Blilie and Johnny Whitney and drummer Mark Gajadhar formed the band from a previous musical endeavor, a band called Vade that they were involved with when they were 15 years old. Joining with bassist Morgan Henderson and guitarist Devin Welch the following year, the Blood Brothers were born in August 1997. The band recorded their first 7\" record for $200 in a basement the following year. After replacing Welch with guitarist Cody Votolato (who is a year younger than the rest of the band), the current lineup was complete. The band left on their first tour immediately after Votolato graduated from high school. \n Hiatus and breakup\nMusic website Punknews.org reported that the band was going on hiatus, though they had initially reported the situation as a breakup. The news story linked to a forum post by Three One G owner Justin Pearson, who was replying to a post about the breakup of Some Girls. He only stated \"the blood bros broke up.\" \nThe band officially broke up in June 2007, but kept the information from the public until November 2007. Rumors of the disbandment can be traced as far back as July. \nThe Blood Brothers were expected to make an announcement about their future in early 2008, but instead officially announced the breakup on November 8, 2007: \n\" \nDear Friends,\nAfter 10 years of making music as The Blood Brothers, we have made the collective decision that our time together has come to an end. We feel extremely fortunate to have spent such a deeply memorable and amazing part of our lives with each other. At this point, however, we feel it's best that our futures move forward on separate paths. We'd like to express our sincerest thanks and gratitude to all the bands we've played with, individuals who have helped us make our records, and fans who have come to our shows and picked up our music throughout the years. Your friendship, support and love hold such a profoundly special place in each of our hearts. We hope that the memories you attach to our music are as fond as those you have given us. Thank you and take care, we'll miss all of you. \nLove, \nThe Blood Brothers \n\n\" \n , \nIn a December 2008 interview with Seattle newspaper The Stranger, Blilie gave the following reason for the band's breakup: \n\" \nI can't point to one defining event.... It was harder and harder for us to find that middle ground where all of us were happy. People weren't getting what they desired from music and being in a band. I couldn't imagine trying to work on another record with that band. We drifted apart, as people do, as people grow into different individuals and have different ideas of where they want to be in their lives and what they want to be doing with music. As different as we were, we all shared a similar vision as far as where we wanted to be; as the years progressed, it became more and more polarized. If something is no longer bringing you joy, it's time to make a change. \n\" \n , \nIt was announced on October 19, 2009 that Epitaph Records would be re-issuing the band's last four full length albums with added b-sides, live tracks and remixes. \n Musical style\n\nThe band, which has been described as post-hardcore, is particularly notable for having the unique dueling vocals of Johnny Whitney and Jordan Billie. They make wide use of post-hardcore vocal styles (such as rapid shifts from singing to high-pitched screaming) and instrumentation (such as abrupt changes in meter and nonstandard chords). The style of guitar playing showcased by Votolato has greatly changed over time, most notably between the heavy, discordant sound of ...Burn, Piano Island, Burn and the minimalist lead lines of Crimes, where the energy of the drums and vocals tends to make up for the lack of thick distortion. Whitney's voice is generally accepted to have evolved from the slurred, venomous drawl on This Adultery Is Ripe to the high-pitched squeals (\"like a child being tortured \") heard on Crimes, while Billie's voice has grown more distinctive while maintaining the same low, robust ferocity. The band has cited Drive Like Jehu, Gang of Four, Botch, and Antioch Arrow, among others, as influences. \nThe Blood Brothers' last album, Young Machetes, was released on October 10, 2006, with Fugazi member Guy Picciotto co-producing it. \n Other projects\nSeveral members of the band have been or are currently involved in other projects, including (but not exclusive to) the following: \nJohnny Whitney and Mark Gajadhar released an album \"Chandeliers in the Savannah\" in 2005 under the name Neon Blonde after the release of \"Crimes\", 2004. An EP was also released earlier in 2005., \nAlong with members of The Locust and Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Jordan Blilie and Cody Votolato formed Head Wound City shortly after the release of Crimes and released a self-titled EP., \nIn 2007, Johnny Whitney and Cody Votolato joined with Jay Clark (formerly of Pretty Girls Make Graves) to start Jaguar Love. The band's first release was a limited edition self-titled EP, which was released June 3 that year. On December 29, 2007 they announced they were to begin recording their first full length record. The record, Take Me To The Sea, was released August 19, 2008. Their second album, Hologram Jams, was released March 2, 2010., \nJohnny Whitney, along with Devin Welch and Hannah Blilie, played in The Vogue (1999-2000), which evolved into Soiled Doves (2000-2001) after the departure of their keyboardist. The Vogue released an album in 2000, As Brass As Satin. Soiled Doves released in album in 2003, Soiled Life., \nJohnny Whitney, along with his wife Amy Carlsen, started a clothing company called Crystal City Clothing. To date, they have produced shirts for Panic! at the Disco, Thursday, and Rocky Votolato. They have also done the majority of merch designs for The Blood Brothers in the past several years., \nJordan Blilie, Mark Gajadhar and Morgan Henderson formed the band Past Lives in late 2007, with original Blood Brothers guitarist Devin Welch. Their debut EP, Strange Symmetry, was made available for digital download in August 2008. They have also recorded a 5-song suite for Issue 7 of The Journal Of Popular Noise, due June 2008. On February 23, 2010, the band released their debut full-length for Suicide Squeeze Records, Tapestry of Webs., \nMorgan Henderson has a solo electronic project by the name of O, Hunter. He has done remixes of some songs for some bands, such as Minus The Bear. He spent much of 2010 writing and recording the forthcoming full-length from Fleet Foxes, and has plans to tour with the band in 2011., \nMark Gajadhar performs as DJ Gajamagic. Under this name he has formed the group Champagne Champagne with rapper Pearl Dragon and Thomas Gray. DJ Gajamagic is also one half of WEEKEND with the other half being Ryann Donnelly from Schoolyard Heroes., \nCody Votolato is currently the guitarist in Merge Records band Telekinesis, \n Final lineup\n\nJordan Blilie - lead vocals, guitars, piano, \nMark Gajadhar - drums, percussion, \nMorgan Henderson - bass guitar, guitars, keyboards, vocals, \nCody Votolato - guitars, percussion, vocals, \nJohnny Whitney - lead vocals, keyboards, piano, programming, \n Former members: \nDevin Welch - guitars\u003c/p\u003e","musicPath":"/music/Blood+Brothers+London+Revival+Cast+Recording+","playStationPath":"/stations/283944937/play","stationId":283944937,"bioPath":"/music/Blood+Brothers+London+Revival+Cast+Recording+/_full_bio","similars":[{"musicPath":"/music/Robert+Shaw+Chorale","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/972/9727b3df3bde42ff65d8d634b3b08df2_md.jpg","artistName":"Robert Shaw Chorale","artistId":65803,"station_id":264009810},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Addams+Family+Original+Broadway+Cast+","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/83d/83d2a65be9d4b7efa93f1a548b3ff69d_md.jpg","artistName":"The Addams Family (Original Broadway Cast)","artistId":109727,"station_id":282140782},{"musicPath":"/music/Mamma+Mia+Original+Cast+","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/cc6/cc65c5b774d1dd0f99335667613196ba_md.jpg","artistName":"Mamma Mia! 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