These Arms Are Snakes: Biography

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Formed:

Jan 1, 2003 in Seattle, WA

Genres:

Rock Music, Punk and Hardcore Rock Music

Decades Active:

2000's

Artsy Seattle posthardcore act These Arms Are Snakes mix the urgency and aggressive vocal style of punk with the exploded song structures and technical complexity of the original wave of math rock bands. This fusion is a logical progression from the band members' former projects: singer Steve Snere was formerly of the Minneapolis to Seattle emo transplants Kill Sadie, while bassist, singer and keyboardist Brian Cook was formerly in longrunning math rockers Botch. (Scene incest note: other former members of Botch and Kill Sadie, guitarist Dave Knudsen and bassist Cory Muchy respectively, formed another Seattle posthardcore act, Minus the Bear, whose drummer Erin Tate was in both Kill Sadie and one lineup of These Arms Are Snakes. A Pete Framestyle family tree among all these bands would probably induce a nagging headache.) Snere, Cook, guitarist Ryan Frederiksen, keyboardist Jesse Robertson and drummer Joe Preston released their first EP, This Is Meant To Hurt You, on Jade Tree Records in August 2003. With Tate replacing Preston and Robertson out of the band, These Arms Are Snakes released their debut fulllength, Oxeneers, or The Lion Sleeps When Its Antelope Go Home, in September 2004. Their second fulllength album, Easter, followed in the fall of 2006, with new producer Chris Common also taking over the drum throne.

- Stewart Mason, All Music Guide