Stroke 9 is an American

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band formed in

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, in 1989.

History

Stroke 9 had their first live performance at Caffe Nuvo in San Anselmo. They split up for the summer and didn't get back together until the summer of 1991. Haddad and Stromberg had no desire to revive Stroke 9, so Esterkyn and Gueldner recruited old schoolmates John McDermott and Stephen Heath. They moved from the basement to the garage and played publicly anywhere that they could. The band put out two independent releases in 1993 and 1995. Eric Stock began filling in on drums in April 1997; Stock was a New York transplant who had previously toured with

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. After signing to

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, the band released '' Nasty Little Thoughts'' in 1999, which charted in the US, yielded two rock radio hits, " Little Black Backpack" (originally released in Bumper to Bumper) and "Letters", and was certified Gold by the RIAA on April 21, 2000. The band appeared in the film ''

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'' as part of the promotion of ''Nasty Little Thoughts''. A second album on Universal followed, entitled '' Rip It Off''. The album's art cover was made to resemble a bootleg

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, similar to that of System of a Down's ''

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'', which was released about a year later. The album was not promoted heavily, and its lead single, " Kick Some Ass", was less successful at radio. "Kick Some Ass" appeared in

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's ''

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'' during a montage of Jay and Silent Bob flying around the country to attack message board users who bashed them. Late in 2003, the band split with Universal and announced plans to release its next album, ''All In'', independently. The band released ''

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'' on June 5, 2007, on Rock Ridge Records. Stroke 9 also recorded "Tap Tap Domination" for the iPhone OS game ''

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''. It features "The Yeah Song" as a free downloadable track. On November 14, 2019, the band announced via their social media a new single ''Calafrio'' as well as a new album of the same name. The album was released January 17, 2020. Between 2021 and 2023, Stroke 9 released several singles, one of which was written for the film ''Losers of Eden''. In October 2023, the band released a compilation album called ''Calafuego'', composed of 11 previously released singles.

Members

Discography

Studio albums

Demo albums

*''Bad Language Makes for Bad Feelings'' (1990) *''Music About Friends, Acquaintances, and People We Don't Even Know'' (1991)

Compilation albums

*'' Hidden Treasures'' ( Rock Ridge Records, 2005) nreleased tracks & other demos*'' Cafe Cuts'' ( Rock Ridge Records, 2006) coustic versions of popular songs from their discography*''Songs We Didn't Love'' (Released independently, 2020) nreleased and unfinished demos*''Calafuego'' (Released independently, 2023) 1 singles from 2021-2023

Extended plays

*''Jessica Album Part 1 (EP)'' (2010)

Singles

References

External links

Stroke 9 official website
{{Authority control Musical groups from San Francisco Musical groups established in 1989 Alternative rock groups from California Rock Ridge Music artists