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Agoraphobic Nosebleed (abbreviated as ANb) is an American
grindcore Grindcore is an extreme metal, extreme fusion genre of heavy metal music, heavy metal and hardcore punk that originated in the mid-1980s, drawing inspiration from abrasive-sounding musical styles, such as thrashcore, crust punk, hardcore punk, e ...
band. Its line-up has changed often over the years, with guitarist and drum programmer Scott Hull being the only continuous member. The current line-up includes vocalist Jay Randall, Richard Johnson of Enemy Soil and Drugs of Faith, and John Jarvis of Fulgora on bass guitar.


History

Agoraphobic Nosebleed formed in 1994 in
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, United States. They are known for rarely playing live, having played at the 2003
New England Metal and Hardcore Festival The New England Metal and Hardcore Festival is an annual festival held in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. The weekend-long concert of heavy metal and hardcore punk bands along with a merchandising and promotional area for record labels ...
as an unscheduled appearance. The band
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cut its set short so Agoraphobic Nosebleed could play two songs and an intro. Twelve years later, the band finally played their first full live set at the 2015 edition of the
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. Their second full live set was played on November 15, 2015, at the Housecore Horror Festival Part III in San Antonio, TX. In keeping with the band's aesthetic, no live drummer has been used at the performances. In 2006,
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reissued Agoraphobic Nosebleed's 6" '' PCP Torpedo'' as a double disc set entitled '' PCP Torpedo/ANbRx''. The first disc consists of the 10-song, 6-minute original EP. The second disc is over an hour's worth of remixes of songs from ''PCP Torpedo'' by
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and
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artists such as Xanopticon,
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,
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, and
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. In 2009, the band released the album '' Agorapocalypse'' on Relapse, available as a CD, LP, and
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CD. The split 7-inch with Crom was released a month later. In 2010, the band released a split 7-inch with The Endless Blockade for Relapse Records and a split 5" with A.N.S. for Tankcrimes Records. A split CD/LP with Despise You was released on Relapse in 2011. The December 2011 issue of ''
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'' included a
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titled ''Make a Joyful Noise'', and the December 2012 issue included a flexi disc containing the song "Merry Chrystmeth". Agoraphobic Nosebleed is recording four EPs, each written in the preferred style of a specific member. Kat Katz's EP, '' Arc'', was released in 2016. Randall is currently working on ''Drum Machine Gun 2'', as well as doing a collaborative 7-inch with Wadge and a collaborative 12-inch with Black Mayonnaise. On October 24, 2018, Kat Katz announced their departure from Agoraphobic Nosebleed due to "being bullied by dudes". The remaining band members denied this, but supported Katz leaving due to irreconcilable differences.


Musical style

Agoraphobic Nosebleed is one of the most well-known drum-machine grindcore bands, and has influenced many drum-machine grindcore bands. They are known for the brevity of their songs. The album ''
Altered States of America ''Altered States of America'' is a 100-song 3" mini CD and the third studio album released by grindcore band Agoraphobic Nosebleed. The album's songs cover a variety of topics, with many referring to violence and drug use. Several songs consist ...
'' features 100 songs (including one hidden) in just under 22 minutes, with many songs of 5 seconds or less, and the longest song being only 1:45.


Personnel


Current members

* Scott Hull (
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, ex-
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, ex-Japanese Torture Comedy Hour) –
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,
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*Jay Randall (ex-
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, Japanese Torture Comedy Hour, Seal Team 666) –
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, electronics *Richard Johnson (Enemy Soil, Drugs of Faith, Jesus of Nazareth) – vocals, formerly
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*John Jarvis (ex-Pig Destroyer,
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, Fulgora) –
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Former members

*Joe – vocals (1995–1996) *Dom – vocals (1995–1996) *Aaron Ulcer – vocals (1997) *Sean Wipfli – vocals (1997) *J.R. Hayes – vocals (1999) *Carl Schultz – vocals (2002–2007) *Katherine Katz – vocals (2007–2018)


Discography


Studio albums

*''
Honky Reduction ''Honky Reduction'' is the first studio album by grindcore band Agoraphobic Nosebleed Agoraphobic Nosebleed (abbreviated as ANb) is an American grindcore band. Its line-up has changed often over the years, with guitarist and drum programmer ...
'' (1998) *''
Frozen Corpse Stuffed with Dope ''Frozen Corpse Stuffed with Dope'' is the second full-length album released by grindcore band Agoraphobic Nosebleed. Track listing Personnel * Scott Hull – guitar, programming, backing vocals *Richard Johnson – bass guitar, backing vocal ...
'' (2002) *''
Altered States of America ''Altered States of America'' is a 100-song 3" mini CD and the third studio album released by grindcore band Agoraphobic Nosebleed. The album's songs cover a variety of topics, with many referring to violence and drug use. Several songs consist ...
'' (2003) *'' Agorapocalypse'' (2009)


Other releases

*''30 Song Demo'' cassette (1995) *''Agoraphobic Nosebleed'' 7-inch (1996) (Bovine Records) *Split with Cattlepress LP (1997) *Split with Enemy Soil 7-inch (1997) *Split with Laceration 7-inch (1997) *''Agoraphobic Nosebleed'' 7-inch (1997) (Clean Plate Records) *'' PCP Torpedo'' 6" (1998) *Split with Gob 7-inch (1998) *''The Glue That Binds Us'' 7-inch (2006) *''
The Poacher Diaries ''The Poacher Diaries'' is a split album released by the bands Agoraphobic Nosebleed and Converge in 1999. It was remastered by Scott Hull in 2006 and re-released by Relapse Records. In 2022, the Converge songs were reissued as a standalone E ...
'' split with
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CD/LP (1999) *Split with Benümb 7-inch (2001) *Split with
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7-inch (2002) *''
Bestial Machinery (Discography Volume 1) ''Bestial Machinery (Discography Volume 1)'' is a double-CD anthology by the American grindcore band Agoraphobic Nosebleed. The album contains all of the material the group recorded prior to their Relapse Records full-length album ''Honky Reducti ...
'' 2xCD (2005) *'' PCP Torpedo/ANbRx'' 2xCD (2006) *Split with Kill the Client 7-inch (2007) *'' A Clockwork Sodom'' 7-inch (2007) *''Domestic Powerviolence'' split with Apartment 213 CD/LP (2007) *Split with Total Fucking Destruction 7-inch (2007) *''
Altered States of America ''Altered States of America'' is a 100-song 3" mini CD and the third studio album released by grindcore band Agoraphobic Nosebleed. The album's songs cover a variety of topics, with many referring to violence and drug use. Several songs consist ...
/ANbRx II'' 2xCD (2008) *Split with Insect Warfare 5"/mini-CD (2008) *Split with Crom 7-inch (2009) *Split with Endless Blockade 7-inch (2009) *Split with A.N.S. 5" (2010) *'' And on and On...'' split with Despise You CD/LP (2011) *''Make a Joyful Noise'' flexi disc (2011) *"Merry Chrystmeth" flexi disc (2012) *''The Honkey Reduxtion EP'' flexi disc (2015) *'' Arc'' (2016)


References


External links


Official Artist Page on Relapse
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