Tag Archives: 1997 in Brooklyn

Calla was formed in NEW YORK in 1997 by Aurelio Valle (acoustic guitar, vocals), Sean Donovan (bass, keyboards, development), and Wayne B. Magruder (percussion, development). Nevertheless, the band’s roots can be tracked to Tx in 1993, where Valle and Magruder started performing collectively in the Denton music group the Manufacturing …

Comprising ex-Jawbreaker frontman Blake Schwarzenbach, ex-Texas ‘s the reason drummer Chris Daly, and ex-Handsome vocalist/guitarist Jeremy Chatelain, Jets to Brazil could possibly be considered an amalgam of their forefathers using a slightly darker and older musical perspective. Using the 1998 discharge of their initial LP, Orange Rhyming Dictionary, Jets to …

Neo-psychedelic pop outfit the Essex Green were shaped in middle-1997 after 4 members from the Burlington, VT-based Guppyboy — singer/guitarist Chris Ziter, singer/keyboardist Sasha Bell, guitarist Jeff Baron, and bassist Mike Barrett — relocated to Brooklyn, NY. Completing the lineup with drummer Tim Barnes, the group made an appearance at …

The emotional alternative rock of Brooklyn’s North Sea Story first came together in 1997. Image designer by time Chris Standish (or Dish as he prefers) produced the initial lineup with Paul Fitzgerald, Rance Piatt, and Dave Dark brown, and documented a demonstration with Charles Bissell from the Wrens. After documenting …

Brooklyn’s genre-defying Oneida take their main cues from ’60s garage and punk bands (specifically MC5), but throw in a lot of large, bluesy ’70s stoner rock (think Blue Cheer, Foghat, etc.) as well as dashes of jerky synth pop, avant-garde jazz, and Krautrock. Originally offering guitarist/vocalist Papa Crazy (aka PCRZ), …

The hardcore rap duo Da Cocoa Brovaz paired Tek and Steele, who together first emerged from Brooklyn in 1993 beneath the name Smif-N-Wessun. Debuting 2 yrs later on with Dah Shinin’, they instantly ran into disturbance from Smith & Wesson firearms, producing a three-year legal fight which ended using the …

Named honoring their high-school football group, the self-described “hip-hop-no-wave” unit Lynnfield Pioneers had been made up of singer/Moog manipulator Dan Make, guitarist Mike Janson, and drummer John Paul Jones. Produced in 1995, the Pioneers shortly debuted using the Newport EP released with the Lampshop label; some singles followed, gaining them …

Getting the strange, mumbly design of the Atlanta classes in the East Coast, Brooklyn-based MC Desiigner arrived a recording deal with Kanye West’s GOOD Music imprint in 2016. Sounding such as a murky mixture of Upcoming and Youthful Thug, the rapper produced his debut in 2014 beneath the name Dezolo, …