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Plot Against Rachel

About Me

No, Rachel did not come up with the name. Brad came up with Plot Against Rachel as a joke and a tendon-snapping Applause-O-Meter test at a show sealed the deal; the band was officially named. Brad and Ryan first met in 2002 through Craigslist when Brad's band was looking for a drummer...oh wait, I mean a guitarist. He was a quick study and a nice enough guy so Brad allowed him into the hallowed santcum that is our recording studio practice space. (If you question the "hallowed" Brad is very serious about his eqiuipment and you should apologize.) Their goal for the musical project was the "anti-jam" band in which all band members would sing, and they started composing math-y melodic indie rock songs. The band has gone through several lineup changes, including Rachel joining the band first on the keyboard playing a few little melodies....and then covering the bottom end with the Rhodes electric piano. Then everyone started singing and lo, a real live band! Ben Patel joined in early 2005 on the drums, helping PAR write new songs and laying down drum tracks iyou can hear on the tracks on this site (from our EP on Abandoned Love Records). Ben's other career took him out of state, strangely precluding him from playing shows with us.Jeff Brown joined the band in late 2006 and brought his percussion skills and training to the table and has helped move the band's music to another level. PAR is booking shows and radio appearances and the first CD was released on Abandoned Love Records (http://www.abandonedloverecords.com/) March 13, 2007.We have finished and recorded 9 songs for our first full-length album, which is currently being mastered. We will unveil the album at a CD Release Party in Spring 2009.Please feel free to get in touch with us anytime, here on myspace or at plotagainstrachel.com ([email protected])xoxo PAR

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Music:

Member Since: 25/10/2004
Band Website: www.plotagainstrachel.com
Band Members: Rachel Boller, Ryan Berman, Jeff Brown, Brad McGowan
Influences: Mogwai, Mineral, Strictly Ballroom, Mates of State, Built to Spill, Godspeed You Black Emporer, Cursive, Sunny Day Real Estate, Tori Amos, Velocity Girl, Eric's Trip, Stars, Broken Social Scene, Death Cab for Cutie, Rilo Kiley, Postal Service, Imogen Heap
Sounds Like: The Swords Project, Gloria Record, Blonde Redhead, something new and delightful that your ears will never forget
Record Label: Unsigned
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Congratulations to Cast of Thousands and Company Car - Live 105 NSSN Finalists!

..Here's me at the Live 105 Local Band Workshop this Wednesday night. There was a great panel of people, including Jordan Kurland who manages Death Cab for Cutie and Feist & runs the legendar...
Posted by on Sun, 18 Nov 2007 22:54:00 GMT

Listen to a freshly recorded song & help us into NoisePop 2008

So we have been holed up in the studio and working on projects. We have a version of one of the songs that will be on the upcoming album up on OurStage entered in the NoisePop 2008 channel. Noise...
Posted by on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 22:28:00 GMT

Little Red Studio Blog (or

Hi! This is Rachel. We just started recording our first full-length album at Little Red Wagon Studios this weekend. We have some songs that we have played for a couple years that have never been laid...
Posted by on Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:58:00 GMT

What a night!

We just rocked a very packed Hotel Utah.  What an amazing night.  Old Ghosts were great and Pants Pants Pants blew us away (I'm getting really excited to work on their record)...
Posted by on Sun, 25 Mar 2007 02:22:00 GMT

Plot Against Rachel CD RELEASED TODAY on abandoned love records!!!!!!!

Our CD has officially been released on Abandoned Love Records and the reviews are coming in. Caroline of Evolution Media writes "Gorgeous arrangements and melodies (in a band where everyone sings...
Posted by on Tue, 13 Mar 2007 10:25:00 GMT

Check out a sample picture of us by Andrew Weeks!

With our upcoming shows and album release, we needed some decent pictures of the band together. We needed a picture of me (Rachel) looked as little as the late actor Peter Boyle as possible. Not ...
Posted by on Mon, 05 Feb 2007 00:52:00 GMT

Drummer Found! EP on the way!

Hi everybody-It's been a long time and we have a lot of news! New drummer. New shows. New record. We would like to welcome our new (and also awesome) drummer to the band. His name is Jeff Brown and h...
Posted by on Fri, 10 Nov 2006 16:52:00 GMT

OMG! WTF! we need a drummer!

Um, what is Anyhoo, we have been writing a lot of new schtuff and our EP is almost through with mastering......but we need a drummer to play out live. (Check out the bio for the story of what ha...
Posted by on Thu, 24 Aug 2006 21:12:00 GMT

Extra! Extra! Website and Bookings Made by Cute Band!

I am fired up and ready to rock...that's my rockin' face. Ben Patel has joined our band on the drums and is rocking steady. Xander is still around pounding the skins for our friend Audie's cover band ...
Posted by on Thu, 21 Apr 2005 13:42:00 GMT

Marisma Rocked

We got to check out Marisma with Sarai's Spine on Friday in San Jose...that place is hoppin'! All kinds of people going out down there, lining the street to thump to techno & house, roaming around to...
Posted by on Mon, 14 Mar 2005 10:10:00 GMT