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The Pulses

About Me

Originally formed as a four piece in 1995 while original members were all going to college in New York. Went through various lineup changes before moving to Seattle, with Shannon joining in 1999. The Pulses have recording sessions with Jack Endino and Johnny Sangster in 2000-2001, and release their debut album on Dirtnap Records in 2002. The "Little Brothers" EP appeared in 2003, and a New full length, "Gather Round and Destroy All Our Records", was released in September 2005, again on Dirtnap.

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Music:

Member Since: 03/11/2005
Band Website: www.thepulses.com
Band Members: Jesse/Shannon/Dave
Sounds Like: We have been compared to the following [which we may or may not entirely agree with]: Messthetic-Pop, Art-punk, Wire, Swell Maps, Guided by Voices, Verlaines, Mission of Burma, Kinks, The Jam/Clash, XTC, Soft Boys, The Who, Garage/Punk & Psychedelia, Power-Pop, etc...
Record Label: Dirtnap
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

The Pulses Gather Round and Destroy Their Credit Cards 2004

In the beginning of 2004, the Pulses decided to embark on their greatest voyage yet - a second full length album that would be even more expensive than anything they had ever done before.  This w...
Posted by on Tue, 09 Jan 2007 14:18:00 GMT

The Pulses 2003 Pt 2: The Secret Session

I neglected to mention one other event of 2003 in the illustrious Pulses History: Near the end of the year, the Pulses were offered by EGG studio the chance to be a "guinea pig" of sorts - they had re...
Posted by on Tue, 09 Jan 2007 14:10:00 GMT

The Pulses Part 39: 2003 and the EP

The Pulses 2003: Little Brothers, or Bigger Than Jesus Is anyone still reading these? Our heroes, through a certain drunken suggestion by an unmentionable, decided that this would be a good year to r...
Posted by on Fri, 12 May 2006 17:45:00 GMT

The Pulses Timeline Part 5: 2001-2002

The Pulses Timeline : 2001-2002 the Dirtnap Debut As said the previous year, the Pulses had decided to return to EGG studio with Johnny Sangster in order to round out a more "sonically whole" record....
Posted by on Thu, 16 Mar 2006 14:23:00 GMT

The Pulses Timeline Part 4: 2000

2000: The New Pulses This year started off with the first real recording session for the Pulses, set up by Zak Static of the Statics is his basement. An old reel to reel TEAC was used, three tracks o...
Posted by on Sat, 25 Feb 2006 15:23:00 GMT

The Pulses Timeline Part 3: The Hiatus Years 1998-1999

The Pulses Timeline Part Three: The Hiatus Years 1998-1999 1998. The Pulses were more or less on hiatus at the beginning of 1998, as members were uncertain of where and if they were living. However, ...
Posted by on Tue, 06 Dec 2005 17:22:00 GMT

The Pulses Timeline Part 2: 1997

1997: The Year the Pulses Broke Up At the beginning of the year, Lawrence departs New Paltz for greener pastures, namely because he already graduated half a year ago and was tired of washing dishes a...
Posted by on Wed, 23 Nov 2005 14:09:00 GMT

The Pulses Timeline Part One: 1995-1996

The Pulses Timeline Part One: 1995-1996 1995. Prior to summer break at the sleepy Upstate New York University at New Paltz, The Pulses form in Jesse and Hassan's dorm room. Dave Ramm and Lawrence Gal...
Posted by on Mon, 21 Nov 2005 14:23:00 GMT