Panthers is an American
post hardcore
Post-hardcore is a punk rock music genre that maintains the aggression and intensity of hardcore punk but emphasizes a greater degree of creative expression. Like the term "post-punk", the term "post-hardcore" has been applied to a broad constell ...
band from
Brooklyn
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, New York City. The ''
Village Voice
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'' described them as "groundbreaking dissonant HC (
hardcore) with
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swagger." Three members were previously in the screamo band
Orchid
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. Panthers have released four records. The most recent two, ''The Trick'' and ''Things Are Strange'' were released on
Vice Records
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. Prior to that they released via Dim Mak Records and Troubleman Unlimited.
They began as a side project by members of the bands Orchid,
Turing Machine
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, and The Red Scare.
Kip Uhlhorn went on to form the band
Cloudland Canyon with Simon Wojan of King Khan & the Shrines.
Members
* Justin Chearno – guitar
* Jayson Green – vocals
* Geoff Garlock – bass
* Jeff Salane – drums
* Kip Uhlhorn – guitar
Releases
* ''Are You Down??'' (
Troubleman Unlimited
Troubleman Unlimited Records was a record label specializing in indie rock and similar genres. Founded in 1993, the label was based in Bayonne, New Jersey and owned by Mike Simonetti.
History
The label started as an offshoot of a fanzine called ...
, 2002)
* ''Let's Get Serious'' EP (Dim Mak, 2003)
* ''Things Are Strange'' (
Vice
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, 2004)
* ''The Trick'' (Vice, 2007)
PANTHERS: The Trick Album Review , Pitchfork
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References
External links
InterviewVice Records
*
77 Boadrum Site Profile
Viva Radio, September 2007 (Flash
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Punk rock groups from New York (state)
Hardcore punk groups from New York (state)
Atlantic Records artists
Musical groups from Brooklyn
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