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MYOTONIA

We like to suck cock!

About Me


We are heavy band! Loud sounds are fun to execute! For you to listen, yes /no?!
CD now available at cdbaby.com and for download from iTunes
"Short but deceptively sweet, the debut from this Oakland five piece seems intent on bludgeoning you to death with their intricately intense vision of metal, whether you like it or not. These are songs that have succumbed to a gainfully wretched purpose and ambition, a real surge of harbored melancholy that is reflected flawlessly in both the distraught lyricism and the stamina-challenging musicianship. While characteristically raw, the vocals here are notably brilliant at leading the charge, seemingly taunting the rest of the group to play harder and faster. They oblige, displaying only enough restraint to make sure their parts connect and then explode again, bridging the gap just long enough to demolish it at the next turn. I'm hesitant to say it, but parts of this (some of the best parts) flirt with math-rock tendencies, embracing complex jabs and hits that allow each member enough leeway to tinker and really add their fingerprint to the proceedings. It's this attention to detail that not only makes this such an effective record, but also makes it stand out as smart, fierce, and wonderfully hard to classify."
-Brad at cdbaby.com
Live @ Stork Club, Oakland.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/21/2004
Band Website: myotonia.net
Band Members:Zack Ohren - no pants, no sleeves

Jonathan Heuer - Meed-e-lees

Trevor Morris - Grrrrrzz

Nick Mastroianni - Moustache

Josh Rodstein - Background vocoder
Influences: Meshuggah, Mahavishnu Orchestra, King Crimson, Dillinger Escape Plan, Botch, Deadguy, Slayer, Isis, Converge, Jesus Lizard, Don Caballero, Grind, 60's bop, broken computers.
Sounds Like: "this music is a joke." "this type of music is totally gay and not fun to listen to." "“Everyone In This Band Has Six Arms Metal” “I’m gonna scream my lungs out while my band plays whatever” "Manly Thrash bits" "boring as all get out." "technical and dry" - Sam @ Metal Observer
"A perfect blend of breakdowns, explosions and just plain balls."
Record Label: the non-existent kind
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Trevor has a moment

After an hour of waiting for trevor at practice(ON MONDAY), hilarity insued.Myotonia(rest of band): wha happen?Trevor: wha?Myotonia(rest of band): pick up a phoneMyotonia(rest of band): trevor. we are...
Posted by MYOTONIA on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 09:10:00 PST

review in Metal Maniacs mag

so we got a little review in the "Firing Squad" section of the latest issue of Metal Maniacs. Here's what they had to say about us:"Unleashing a torrent of riff-mangling and high-pitched screams like...
Posted by MYOTONIA on Wed, 21 Nov 2007 06:46:00 PST

thanks

many thanks to Robbie from Molotov Solution for hooking us up with some great shows. Thanks also to the rest of molotov, Elysia, and everyone else that we played with. We had a blast.
Posted by MYOTONIA on Sun, 19 Aug 2007 11:10:00 PST

iTunes, Gilman, etc

So last night at Gilman fucking rocked. Thanks to all the kids that came out to support. Thanks to all the bands (Times of Desperation, Spires, Hacksaw to the Throat, Embrace the End), and thanks to...
Posted by MYOTONIA on Sun, 15 Jul 2007 05:55:00 PST

Myotonia featured on CD BABY

The kind folks at cd baby liked our record so much they decided to make it a featured record that is now on the front page!  You can check it out on cd baby's home page www.cdbaby.com. Also... So...
Posted by MYOTONIA on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 04:25:00 PST

best show ever?

we'd like to thank everyone for coming out to blakes last night and helping us rock the house. you know who you are.
Posted by MYOTONIA on Sat, 23 Jun 2007 11:04:00 PST

Album available on cdbaby.com

You can now buy our album directly from cdbaby.com by going to www.cdbaby.com/cd/myotonia. it's only $10 for a fancy full-color, 6 panel insert booklet and rad-tastic cd....
Posted by MYOTONIA on Wed, 13 Jun 2007 10:11:00 PST

myspace player

so after having our own flash player up for a long time, which has way superior sound to the gay ass myspace player, we have decided to put the myspace player back. Why would you do this stupid thing...
Posted by MYOTONIA on Sat, 09 Jun 2007 10:34:00 PST

NEW SONGS UP

there are close to finished mixes from our forthcoming album. enjoy?
Posted by MYOTONIA on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 01:01:00 PST

new album nearly done being written

Myotonia's full length record is near complete. We will resume playing lots of shows as soon as that happens, and it'll hopefully be recorded around august. yayyers
Posted by MYOTONIA on Sun, 23 Apr 2006 12:48:00 PST