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Confederats History--------I started The Confederats back in San Diego in '96'. The oringinal line up included Matt -singing, Toddamit- drums, Dave- bass and me (Darin) on guitar. We picked up a 2nd guitarist (Gina)...(yes a girl) along the way.Our first recording was in '98' at 9th Ring Studio's, called "destroy all humans" ,which we only put out on tapes. You kids remember cassette tapes don't you? Matt and Gina had to leave awhile after that, and we picked up Grant - singer ,and Cameron- drummer. Toddamit was now on 2nd guitar .We then recorded The Rats " It's War " cd. JD ,from Industrial Strength Records picked us up and we were the 1st band to be signed on his label. Dave dropped out of the band , and our friend Lenny from Inciting Riots started playing bass. We started touring the states ,and Toddamit and Grant moved to San Francisco to help JD run the label. I moved to oregon and needless to say , were stetched a little thin. We could tour, but we weren't make any progress. things were falling apart for us so i reformed the band up in oregon. with BT now on drums and the Grizzler on bass, we started playing as a 3 piece. Toddamit and Grant joined us for one more tour. As a 3 piece, we recorded the "I'd Kill For A Beer " cd. We soon met our current drummer Sodak, and BT came up to sing. the last 3 tracks of "I'd Kill For A Beer" were recorded as a 4 piece. this cd was ok , but it wasn't worth making a whole shit load of copies so we hooked up with Piggyback Records and recorded "Runnin' From The Cops" . After a few tours , we met our current bassist Scott ,aka(monkey boy) and The Grizzler moved to 2nd guitar. Recently, the Grizzler had to leave the band and we've now added Chris to the long line of fine young men (and women) that have played for the Rats. We'll be coming out with a dvd pretty soon and we'll be going back in the studio in the winter to record another cd. We just got back from our annual California/Nevada tour (down to of San Diego and back). Look for us to be playing in the Pacific N/W alot this winter (when ever we can make it through the snow) and touring cross country in the spring . Oh yeah, we'll also be working on some new sticker and shirt designs .Russian Winter Live Last Show

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Member Since: 26/12/2005
Band Members:Darin-guitar and vocals Scott-Bass and vocals Murrah-guitar and vocals Sodak-RIP drummer BT-RIP singer
Influences: BEER, BOOZE, AND GUNS!!........LOTS AND LOTS OF GUNS!..........AND BEER!..............AND BOOZE !!
Sounds Like: CD REVIEW FROM OREGON MUSIC GUIDE, Volume III, Number 6---- cd; "Runnin' From The Cops"----Who knew that the Bend scene could produce such hardcore music? This is an album of pure punkrock ferocity in the vein of Exploited , GBH, and early Total Chaos. Short blistering songs that are minimally produced and full of old school fury. Out of 18 tracks, only 3 clock more than 3 minutes. This is an ass kicking record and any punk rock purist will be right at home with it. Anti-government and anti-cops but pro-drink, drugs and everything else thats bad. The band writes songs of being abducted by aliens, monsters attacking, war, hate and paranoia, among other things. All recorded with mosh-friendly urgency. It is also apparent this band has done it's time in the club scene, as the music is played quite well, albeit quite nasty and very fast. The guitars are almost all down picked, with some chugging from time to time, the bassist keeps up and holds his own immpressively. The vocals are raw and dirty, just like real punk rock is supposed to be. And, the drummer's tornadic and frantic bashing makes the album a real blood-pumper. He even throws is some double bass kicking for good measure. As with most hardcore punk that is played fast, it's hard to understand the lyrics. Luckily, they are printed in the booklet and are definately worth the read, as many are very tongue-and cheeck and quite varied in content. Also, when bands play this fast, the record become a blur of punk rock rage. But this is exactly the point. The disc will be over before the listener even knows it, demanding repeat listens and another beer. The Confederats are a refreshing band for this reviewer to hear. Especially in this day and age where many bands look the punk rock part but, in effect , are generic, homogenized, pre-packaged boy bands.
Record Label: Unknown Indie
Type of Label: Indie

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You can listen to and purchase 3 different cd's of us at cdbaby.comTo check out the "It's War" cd, you can go to http://cdbaby/cd/confederatsFor the "Runnin' From The Cops " cd, you can go to htt...
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