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Funeral Diner
Funeral Diner (1998-2007) were a screamo band from Half Moon Bay, California, located approximately forty miles south of San Francisco, playing self-described "screamy, chaotic, melodic hardcore." During the last few years, the band has established a strong cult fanbase through a near constant string of releases and a touring schedule which has seen them visit the United States, Europe, and Japan. Biography, 32brinkster.com. Accessed July 15, 2007. Biography, SXSW. Accessed July 15, 2007. The band has a large catalog of splits and compilation tracks floating around on various records, rarely pressing CDs, and keeping many of their releases in limited quantities and one-time pressings, jumping from label to label, though their last few major recordings have been released by Alone Records. As such, many of their recordings have become fairly difficult to track down, with many being sold for three to four times the original price on sites such as eBay and at record swaps.

Members in the band have served time previously (and sometimes concurrently) with Nexus Six, Portraits of Past, and Takaru. Though rooted in first wave emo, hardcore emo, and early screamo stylings, the band has bridged out into territories such as hardcore punk, grind, post-rock, and even fairly straight-forward indie rock.

Funeral Diner's albums have attracted significant coverage from rock press outlets.Joe Davenport, Review of The Underdark. Delusions of Adequacy, April 15, 2005. Accessed July 15, 2007.Joe Davenport, Review of The Wicked. Delusions of Adequacy, September 24, 2004. Accessed July 15, 2007. Review of The Wicked. Decapolis. Accessed July 15, 2007. Review of The Underdark. Decapolis. Accessed July 15, 2007.Mat Hocking, Review of The Underdark. Drowned in Sound. Accessed July 15, 2007.

Members

  • Seth Babb: vocals
  • Dan Bajda: guitar/vocals
  • Matt Bajda: drums
  • Dave Mello: guitar
  • Ben Steidel: bass

Former

  • Sean O' Shea: Bass
  • Rob Beckstrom: Bass
  • Andy Radin: bass


Discography

  • title (format, number pressed, release date, label)


LPs

  • Difference of Potential (LP, 1000, 09/03; CD, 2000, 08/02; Ape Must Not Kill Ape)
  • Three Sides Dead (compilation of splits w/ Nexus Six, Staircase, The Shivering) (CD, 540, 09/03, Lilac Sky)
  • ...is Dead (CD-R, 200, 09/03, Sorry)
  • The Underdark (LP, 1200, 04/05; CD, 3000, 04/05; Alone)


EPs

  • The Wicked (CD, 1000, 08/02, Sorry; CD, 2000, 05/04, Alone; 10", 1000, 05/04, Alone)
  • Swept Under (10", 500, ??/05, Lilac Sky; CD, ???, ??/05, Cosmic Note)
  • Doors Open (CD, 1000, 03/07, self-released, 12" 600 Adagio830)


Splits

  • w/ Nexus Six (LP, 1000, 01/99, Old Glory)
  • w/ Staircase (LP, 1000, 08/01, Ape Must Not Kill Ape)
  • w/ The Shivering (LP, 600, 11/01, Into the Hurricane/Unfun/City Boot)
  • w/ Zann (7", 1485 pressings, 10/02, Vendetta)
  • A Sequel of a Story w/ End on End, Under a Dying Sun, Endzweck (CD, 1000, 08/03; LP, 1000, 02/04; Cosmic Note)
  • w/ The Saddest Landscape (Rites of Spring cover) (7", 780, 09/03, Firewalk With Me)
  • w/ Dead City (tour LP, 130, 09/03; regular LP, 1000, 09/03; So Much to Give)
  • w/ Evylock (CD, 500, 06/04, Falling Leaves; 10", 335 green / 340 black, 03/05, Somberlain)
  • w/ Raein (7", 460 champagne / 570 black, 06/04, Red Cars Go Faster)
  • w/ Welcome the Plague Year (7", 07/04 100 white / 200 clear / 700 black / 1000 blue, Electric Human Project)
  • w/ Ampere (9", 07/07, 800 black / 200 green, Clean Plate/Electric Human Project)


Compilations

  • Inspiration From Forest (CD, ???, 11/03, Falling Leaves)
  • The Emo Apocalypse (LP Compilation React With Protest Records - Germany May 2006 - 1070 copies)


References



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California musical groupsEmo musical groupsScreamo musical groupsMusical groups established in 1998Musical groups disestablished in 2007

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