Channels is a rock band based in
Baltimore
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,
Maryland
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, formed in 2003.
The band features
Jawbox
Jawbox is an American alternative rock band from Washington, D.C., formed in 1989 by J. Robbins (vocals/guitar), Kim Coletta (bass), and Adam Wade (drums). After the trio released the album '' Grippe'' in 1991, Bill Barbot (guitar/vocals) joi ...
and
Burning Airlines frontman
J. Robbins
James Robbins (best known as J. Robbins) is an American rock musician.
Career
Robbins began his career as a bassist for Government Issue, and has also led five of his own bands: Jawbox, Rollkicker Laydown, Burning Airlines, Channels, and Off ...
, as well as bassist Janet Morgan and drummer Darren Zentek of
Kerosene 454 and Oswego.
Channels features Morgan on co-lead and backing vocals-- giving the band a melodic approach to the vocals. Channels features Robbins' most lyrically political writing.
Robbins and Zentek also currently perform with
Vic Bondi as
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Both musicians released an EP as
Office of Future Plans (along with Brooks Harlan and Gordon Withers) and have released material on
DeSoto Records and
Dischord Records
Dischord Records is a Washington, D.C.-based independent record label specializing in punk rock. The label is co-owned by Ian MacKaye and Jeff Nelson, who founded Dischord in 1980 to release ''Minor Disturbance'' by their band The Teen Idle ...
.
Discography
* ''Open'' EP (2004)
* ''Waiting For the Next End of the World'' (2006)
* ''Backpfeifengesicht'' EP (2017)
References
External links
Official HomepageDeSoto Records Channels Page
Rock music groups from Maryland
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