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Red Animal War is a
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from
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that started in 1998 as Jeff Wilganoski, Jamie Shipman, Matt Pittman, and Justin Wilson. During the recording of their first
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, Brian Pho replaced Jamie Shipman. Jeff Davis replaced Brian Pho in 2004, and Tony Wann came on as second
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later that year. Todd Harwell replaced Jeff Wilganoski in 2006, and after a
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performance the band went on indefinite hiatus.
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Justin Wilson has revealed the band is working on
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reissues and has a "full album demoed and partly recorded". They released four records and two seven-inches, and showed up on many compilations. They toured
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three times and
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many times over. J. Robbins, Ed Rose and Darrell LaCour produced records for them and the band gets their name from this quote:
"The greater part of the untested men appeared quiet and absorbed. They were going to look at war, the red animal—war, the blood-swollen god."
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Band members

*Justin Wilson - vocals, guitar *Matt Pittman - guitar, vocals * Brian Pho -
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*Jeff Wilganoski -
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Discography


Albums

*''Breaking In An Angel'' - (April 24, 2001 ·
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) *''Black Phantom Crusades'' - (September 17, 2002 ·
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) *''Polizida'' - (2004 · Ice Planet Records) *''Seven Year War'' - (2006 · End Sounds)


Splits

*''Red Animal War/Slowride P' - (2002 ·
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Compilations

*''Emo Diaries No. 4: An Ocean of Doubt'' (1999 ·
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) *''Deep Elm Unreleased No. 1 '' (2001 ·
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) *''Deep Elm Sampler No. 3: Sound Spirit Fury Fire'' (2001 ·
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) *''Too Young To Die: Preventing Youth Suicide'' (2003 ·
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) *''Deep Elm Sampler No. 4: Hearts Bleed Blue'' (2004 ·
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) *''Deep Elm Sampler No. 5: This Is How I Kill My Tears'' (2005 ·
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)


See also

* Brian Pho
vOLUMe

The Numbers Twist

Hanoi

Sun Alive


References

* http://www.dallasobserver.com/2001-03-15/music/scene-heard/ Scene, Heard. It's a big fuckin' deal By Zac Crain Published on March 15, 2001 * http://www.dallasobserver.com/2002-08-29/music/get-the-feelin/ Get the Feelin' Red Animal War to release new album By Zac Crain Published on August 29, 2002 * http://www.dallasobserver.com/2003-03-13/calendar/life-preserver/ Life Preserver Deep Elm Records looks out for those Too Young To Die By Shannon Sutlief Published on March 13, 2003 * http://www.dallasobserver.com/2001-06-21/music/war-stories/ War Stories Or: What do confiscated videotapes, cops and stolen apples have to do with Red Animal War? By Zac Crain Published on June 21, 2001 * http://www.dallasobserver.com/2006-01-26/music/spune-180-s-back2school/ Spune's Back2School Saturday, January 28, at Hailey's By Sam Machkovech Published on January 26, 2006 * http://www.splendidmagazine.com/review.html?reviewid=32468188362152315 Splendid Magazine Review of Black Phantom Crusades 12/07/2002 By Evanston Wade * http://www.interpunk.com/bandinfo.cfm?band=4737& Interpunk - Red Animal War * https://www.amazon.co.uk/Black-Phantom-Crusades-Red-Animal/dp/B00006JKB8 Amazon Music Review of Black Phantom Crusades 01/26/2005 * https://web.archive.org/web/20120320071921/http://music.msn.com/music/album-review/red-animal-war/breaking-in-an-angel/ Breaking In An Angel Album Review By Kurt Morris, AMG * http://www.deepelm.com/sum/395_sum.html Deep Elm Records Breaking In An Angel Reviews * http://www.deepelm.com/sum/412_sum.html Deep Elm Records Red Animal War/Slowride Split EP Reviews * http://www.deepelm.com/sum/419_sum.html Deep Elm Records Black Phantom Crusades Reviews


External links


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