The Rx Bandits performing on March 11, 2007 in. Background information Also known as The Pharmaceutical Bandits Origin, Genres, Years active 1995-present Labels Antedote, Associated acts, ME & LP, Apotheke, Technology, Coke Vs. Bills, Biceratops, Peace'd Out, Machines, Pebaluna, Website Members. Steve Choi. Past members.
Steve Borth. Chris Sheets.
Johnny Tsagakis. James Salomone.
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Rich Zahniser. Franz J. Worth. Noah Gaffney.
Neil Burdick. Rx Bandits is an American four-piece based in, United States. The band formed in 1995 in,. They have appeared on the, at the, and. Contents. History Early years (1995-1999) Originally known as The Pharmaceutical Bandits, the band began their career by participating in the revival of the 1990s. In 1997, they released, which featured guest appearances by of the and Chris Colonnier of and.
Noting the Bandits' potential, a Los Angeles Times review of the album said 'Now comes a young, talented ska band, the Pharmaceutical Bandits. It would be OK with me if the Grinch spared them but swiped their ska records and left a shelf of Who, Clash, Bob Marley, Elvis Costello and Neil Young.' Matt Embree attended, which was an incubator for other third wave ska bands such as, and. Drive-Thru years (1999-2006) In 1998, the band released.
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On this album, the band began to branch out beyond the sound. The album's success allowed them to tour with well-known acts such as, and, and later to headline shows with up-and-comers such as and Freakdaddy frequently opening for them. In 1999, the album was re-released with a new track list, 2 remastered songs, and new artwork. The '99 release was released under the band's new name—Rx Bandits. In the time between Halfway Between Here and There and their next release, bassist Franz Worth and saxophonist Noah Gaffney left the band. Worth was replaced by James Salomone, formerly of.
Gaffney's position was left open. With 2001's Progress, the band continued to expand their sound. The album contained the song 'Analog Boy,' which was made into one of their three music videos. At this point, the band consisted of Embree, Tsagakis, Balling, and Salomone. The album included a number of guest performers, including former member Noah Gaffney.
Shortly after the release of the album, Chris Sheets joined the band on trombone as well as Steve Choi on guitar and keyboards. Choi had played keyboards on the demos for Progress, but when it came time to record, they decided instead to have Rich Zahniser of, who was touring with the band, play on the album. Chris Colonnier also played with the band at times, filling the same role as Zahniser. Soon after they gained the new members, James Salomone and left the band. They had many temporary replacements for Salomone, most notably Johnny Tsagakis, Chris' younger brother, but eventually Joe Troy, a longtime friend of Embree, who helped to write the song 'What If?' On Halfway Between Here and There, joined the band as their bass player. Balling was replaced by saxophonist Steve Borth, who had played formerly in the popular ska punk band.
Their line-up of Embree, Tsagakis, Sheets, Choi, Troy and Borth would go on to create the next two albums, and. 2003 saw the release of The Resignation, a CD/DVD combination. Guitars, bass, drums, and some keyboards were all recorded live in studio, and vocals, horns, percussion and additional keyboard parts were then overdubbed. The band allowed themselves a limited number of takes for each part, and once a take was recorded it was left as it was - no punch-ins were allowed.
Embree shared songwriting duties with Steve Choi, whereas Embree had previously been responsible for all of the band's material. Xp mode how to use. The Resignation became the first album to debut the Billboard 200. It was charted No. 5 on the Top Heatseekers chart.
Musically, the album continued to branch out beyond Progress into new musical territory, including experimentation with unconventional. The Resignation featured overtly political lyrics as the band evolved even further from their ska-punk days as the Pharmaceutical Bandits, a subject that drummer Chris Tsagakis commented on in an interview conducted by former member for Skratch Magazine: “ A closed-minded person will definitely see a band with horns and think ska or ska-punk. I don't really stress on it, because I know what we are doing transcends genres. We make music, and we are a band that has horns. I would never classify this band under any label. We make music, and we have horns and keys and everything else.
” The album cover of The Resignation is an original composition called 'Predictable' by, a artist and member of both and. In 2004, the band released a DVD of live performances that were filmed during their many live shows. It was one of the first released on Embree's Mash Down Babylon Record label (aka MDB Records).
It contains two Easter Eggs: a performance of the song 'Up to No Good,' the only song recorded during the sessions for The Resignation that was not included on the album as well as studio footage of the band working on the album. During the DVD's slide show, the background music is performed by Apotheke, a side project run by several members of the band.
MDB/Sargent House was initially released online on June 24, 2006 and was made available for purchase during the band's 2006 US Tour. The album's title refers to the poetry of, in which the phrase appears repeatedly. The album was originally slated to be released in 2005 through (with one album left on their contract), but for unspecified reasons, the band and label chose to part ways, causing lengthy delays in the release date.
Finally free of any legal setbacks, the CD was made available via online order from and on specified tour dates. Officially it debuted in retail stores in October 2006, after which the band performed a Northeastern CD release tour to promote the album. On June 28, 2006, the band announced via their page that saxophone player and backup vocalist Steve Borth had left the Rx Bandits to pursue his own band, Satori. This announcement came in the midst of their 2006 US Summer Tour to the surprise of many fans. Borth played his final show with the Rx Bandits on Tuesday, June 27, 2006 at the in. In conjunction with Refused TV, the Bandits recorded a music video for the title track off. It is only their second music video since the making of a video for 'Analog Boy' in 2001, and their first independently produced video for the song 'I Will Live' on the Those Damn Bandits album.
The 'I Will Live' video was never officially released, although some bootleg copies still exist. They released their live set from the 2007 exclusively on the. Live from Bonnaroo 2007 is currently only available for download from the U.S. ITunes Store.
During the summer of 2008 the band did a headlining tour with support from, and. Cathy Pellow of announced via the Rx Bandits fan site plans for a live DVD featuring their live performance at the Glasshouse in Pomona, CA on August 22, 2008 as well as interviews and footage from the writing and recording for the next album. That writing and rehearsing process saw the departure of Chris Sheets, leaving the band a four-piece and without horns for the first time in its history. Mandala (2009-2011) was released as a digital download on July 14, 2009 and the CD was released on July 21, 2009 on. They then headed out on a co-headlining tour with with revolving support from, Zechs Marquise and. This album peaked No. 117 on the Billboard 200. On January 4, 2010 the band announced some U.S.
Tour dates starting in March with support from and The Builders And The Butchers. This tour featured a 3-night stand at The Gramercy Theatre in New York City, where they performed (in their entirety) The Resignation.And The Battle Begun, and Mandala on each respective night (an album per show). They recruited some close friends to play horns for these shows. In September 2010, they had a similar run of shows at The Troubador in Los Angeles. The full album shows from The Troubador were recorded live and the audio was released by the band via flashdrive. Last Summer Tour (2011) On April 12, 2011, the band announced that their forthcoming summer U.S.
Tour would be their last. A brief statement was given by the band: “ We would like to express our love and appreciation for all that you've done for us and how much a part of our growth you have been. We have all mutually decided that this summer will be our last tour. We love each other and love you all and hope to see you at the shows. ” The tour was composed of 36 shows spanning from May 4, 2011 to August 7, 2011. Fans first believed the announcement to mean that the band were breaking up when, in fact, they are simply stopping their summer tours.
Steve Choi has confirmed this in a Playmaker interview: “ To clarify, we’re not breaking up. We’re just doing our last tour. What we’re gonna do in the future, we’re not quite sure. That’s a big question because it involves what we’re going to do collectively and what we’re going to do individually.
Despite popular belief, we don’t live together, sleep together or eat together. Those days have passed.
We all have our own lives to tend to. When we’re not full time touring or playing shows, we gotta handle business ” Brazilian Tour (2012) On May 30, 2012, Rx Bandits announced that they would be performing a series of dates in during the summer, effectively ending their year-long hiatus. The Resignation Tenth Anniversary Tour and New EP (2013) Rx Bandits toured the United States during the summer of 2013 to mark the tenth anniversary of the release of The Resignation. The band released an EP featuring covers of, and.
Gemini, Her Majesty (2014) During their special acoustic performance in their hometown of Long Beach, California on December 14, 2013, Embree stated that a new album is halfway written and Rx Bandits will be together again. The new album is being released through The band released a demo recording on January 26, 2014 through PledgeMusic. The track is tentatively titled, 'Ready Eddie'. The official cut of the track has since been released, and is called 'Stargazer', the first track recorded for the new album. On June 6, 2014, the band announced via Twitter that their new album will be called Gemini, Her Majesty, and it was released on July 22, 2014.
In December 2014 the band played two nights at The Glasshouse in Pomona, CA. The first night was dedicated to playing through Gemini, Her Majesty in its entirety, followed by a six-song encore set with horn players. The second night was a fan-made setlist featuring the horn section again, including many older fan favorites from The Resignation. Side projects Over the years, several members found time for side projects. Embree and Chris Tsagakis can also be found in as “Walrus” and “Lynx,” respectively.
The group was founded by former Rx Bandits trombonist. Joe Troy, Chris Sheets, and Steve Choi have performed live with the band, which also includes (, ) and Craig Owens ( vocalist) as well as members of Finch and Days Away. Steve Borth played with the Northern California skacore band, signed to. He later started the / band which has also featured Embree on bass, members of, and. Steve Choi collaborated with founder in both and.
The Rx Bandits were featured as Park's Bruce Lee Band during the recording of the Beautiful World EP. Choi is also a member of the band, in which he plays the drums. September 9, 2008 saw the release of Matt Embree's acoustic sideproject, entitled Love You Moon. The album consists solely of Matt on the acoustic guitar with the exception of 3 tracks where Chris Tsagakis assists on drums.
This album was presold at the Rx Bandits' concurrent tour. He also released an EP of covers entitled 'Maracay' during the last Rx tour. The album was recorded during a trip to Venezuela and all proceeds went to. Embree and Tsagakis have also played guitar and drums, respectively, with Lauren Coleman in her project,.
The three met when she was recording in the Elizabethan in late 2005. Matt Embree can also be heard on other projects such as those of the hip-hop group Seekret Socyetee, 2 Drunk'n Poets, and V.I.T.A.L. Emcee's solo album, 'The Secret of the Invisible Man,' all of which have been released on Embree's. Tsagakis is recording and performing solo material under the name C-Gak. He also released an album under the moniker of Technology. Embree also started a new group with Lisa Papineau named ME & LP. They released their first EP Chez Raymond on August 9, 2011 and toured the West Coast.
Choi is currently producing bands, recently working with, Gardening Not Architecture and. Embree and Tsagakis released an album as Biceratops in November 2012. Band members Current Members. – //Percussion/Keyboard (1995–Present).
Steve Choi – //Vocals/Percussion (2001–Present). Joseph Troy – /Vocals (2001–Present) also in Chiodos. – (1995–Present) Former members. Christopher Sheets (// on The Resignation and.And The Battle Begun) (2001-2008). Steven Borth II (/// on The Resignation and.And The Battle Begun) (2001-2006). John Tsagakis (2001). James Salomone ( on Progress) (2000-2001).
Franz J. Worth ( on Those Damn Bandits and Halfway Between Here and There) (1995-2000). Noah Gaffney (/ on Those Damn Bandits and Halfway Between Here and There) (1995-2000). Neil Burdick (/ on Demo and Those Damn Bandits) (1997).
(/ on Those Damn Bandits, Halfway Between Here and There and Progress) (1995-2001) Touring members;. Rich Zahniser (//) (2001). Chris Colonnier (//) (1997, 2001-2002). (///) (2006-Present). Dennis Passley (2013-Present). Nat Love (2010-2011). Javier Torres (2015-Present).
Matthew Fazzi (/) (2016-Present) Timeline. Discography Albums Title Release date Label Demo(nstration) 1996 Self-produced 1997 Antedote Records; October 26, 1999 Drive-Thru Records July 17, 2001 Drive-Thru Records July 15, 2003 Drive-Thru Records October 10, 2006 / ( Release) December 5, 2007 / July 21, 2009 / Live at Park Ave April 12, 2010 Covers EP June 24, 2013 Uppercut/Primary Wave July 22, 2014 Uppercut/Primary Wave Compilations Title Release date Label Songs contributed Hooked on Ska-nics 1998 Johnny Bravo Records 'S.A.M.' Double Exposure 1998 Go Kart Records 'Wrong with Me' Punk Vs. Boehm, Mike (December 17, 1997). The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2009-05-22.
November 9, 2005, at the. Retrieved 2011-10-29.
Retrieved 2014-07-23. Retrieved 2011-10-29. April 29, 2013, at the. Retrieved 2014-07-23. Retrieved 2014-07-23.
Mark Deming. Retrieved 2014-07-23. November 18, 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-18. November 18, 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-18.
November 18, 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-18. November 18, 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-18. May 24, 2005. Retrieved 2007-12-16. November 18, 2007.
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Rx Bandits-Halfway Between Here and There-CD-FLAC-1999-FORSAKEN Description: Artist: Rx Bandits Album: Halfway Between Here and There Label: Drive Thru Records Genre: Ska Source: CD Street Date: 1999-10-19 Quality: 979 kbps / 44.1kHz / 2 channels Encoder: FLAC 1.2.1 Size: 270.18 MB Time: 44:38 min Url: 1. What If 2:38 2.
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Ten Seconds Never Seemed So Long 2:42 3. Gun In Your Hand 3:53 4. Wrong With Me 2:17 5. Cornered 3:27 6. Now Or Never 2:11 7.
This Time 2:08 8. Andrea 3:08 10. Walk Away 2:49 11. Metal Man 15:11 The RX Bandits’ national debut album, Halfway Between Here & There, tends toward the more pop-oriented end of the third wave ska spectrum, compatible with former tourmates like Less Than Jake and Save Ferris. While the album is a bit uneven, that’s to be expected on a debut, and the bandmembers’ young ages make the high points seem even more impressive.
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Rx Bandits Lyrics and Songs Popular or famous Rx Bandits songs: Hearts That Hanker For Mistake, My Lonesome Only Friend, Bled To Be Free The Operation, 1980, Breakfast Cat. More music songs It's Only Another Parsec, March Of The Caterpillar, Mientras La Veo Sonar, White Lies.
More music songs Bring Our Children Home Or Everything Is Nothing, Only For The Night, Bury It Down Low, Hope Is A Butterfly, No Net Its Captor. Virus Of Silence.
More music lyrics and songs Crushing Destroyer, Epoxi-Lips, Future, Buddy, Apparition, One Million Miles an Hour, Fast Asleep, Will You Be Tomorrow.
When they still went by the name 'Pharmaceutical Bandits,' they released a self-titled cassette tape. In fact, they eventually released a CD version (entitled 'Those Damn Bandits'), but the recording was different, all profanity was removed, and the songs sounded a bit tamer (especially 'High-Skool,' which was originally quite fast and gritty, but lost its bite in the CD version). Anyway, the tape is from 1996-I'm looking at it right now-so that (along with the CD-version of the album, 'Those Damn Bandits') should be listed as their first album, not 'Halfway Between.' And yes, I know there's a separate page for the band under the moniker 'Pharmaceutical Bandits,' but why do that when THEY ARE THE SAME BAND as Rx Bandits here?
I don't know a great deal about merging artist pages or anything like that, but someone should take care of it. At any rate, I haven't really followed these guys for years, but when I saw them play a few shows back in 1996 and 1997, they were awesome. Fast, quirky ska with a hint of punk. Even 'Progress' was alright, though admittedly a much different sound (perhaps more mature, but again, without some of the bite that initially drew me to their music).
11Nov/14 Rx Bandits-Progress-CD-FLAC-2001-FORSAKEN Description: Artist: Rx Bandits Album: Progress Label: Drive-Thru Records Genre: Rock Source: CD Street Date: 2001-07-17 Quality: 965 kbps / 44.1kHz / 2 channels Encoder: FLAC 1.2.1 Size: 387.14 MB Time: 52:37 min Url: 1. Consequential Apathy 2:36 4. Analog Boy 4:13 5.
All The Time 3:55 7. In All Rwanda's Glory 3:35 8. Babylon 3:20 9. Who Would've Thought 3:15 10.
Status 3:28 11. Anyone But You 3:03 12. Nugget 4:59 13. Progress 3:28 14. Nothing Sacred 2:58 15.
Infection 6:53 With material ranging from ska-core circa 1997 to reggae to pop-punk, the Rx Bandits do their version of poppy, radio-friendly positive music quite well. Lyrically, the band tackles a variety of topics from racism to the power of the human will and does so with a musical focus on many styles. Progress is produced quite capably and shows that perhaps advancement can indeed be made for bands with horns, although not without sounds of the past. Fans of the upbeat, Orange County, CA, sound will dig this as it is both catchy and worth repeated listens.
Other music fans may be weary of the trendy style the band plays, but what they do, the Rx Bandits undoubtedly do well. Download Links:.