Bread and Circuits
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Bread and Circuits were a band that formed in 1999 and released a self-titled LP on Ebullition Records
as well as a split with Former Members of Alfonsin on El Grito Records.
The members were Torches To Rome's Mike Kirsch
, Jose Palafox
(of Struggle and Swing Kids
), Mag (of Yaphet Kotto), and Chuck Shackelford (of Q Factor
). Ebullition describes the sound of Bread and Circuits as "where Torches To Rome ended with a sound that is similar, but even more developed. Explosive and high energy hardcore as well done as you would expect considering the people involved. Melodic, powerful and extremely sincere."
The band made extensive use of samples, for example of Fela Kuti
, a feature that was to be even more prevalent in Mike Kirsch's next band, the media-soaked Please Inform the Captain This is a Hijack. Mike Kirsch also went on to play in Colbom, a band which also included drummer Aaron Cometbus
of Crimpshrine
fame. The two musicians had played together before -most notably in Pinhead Gunpowder
.
Ebullition Records
Ebullition Records is an independent record label and distro based out of Goleta, California. It published HeartattaCk, a zine focusing on independent punk and hardcore from around the world, informed by an anti-consumerist and D.I.Y. ideology....
as well as a split with Former Members of Alfonsin on El Grito Records.
The members were Torches To Rome's Mike Kirsch
Mike Kirsch
Mike Kirsch has been active in the San Francisco Bay Area hardcore and punk community since the mid-1980s.-Band history:*The Skinflutes *Fuel *Fifteen...
, Jose Palafox
Jose Palafox
Jose Palafox is a writer, filmmaker, activist, and hardcore punk musician.-Musical history:He played drums in the 1990s political hardcore punk band Struggle, who released records on Ebullition Records, as well as in the Swing Kids on Three One G Records, to which he introduced a unique...
(of Struggle and Swing Kids
Swing Kids (band)
Swing Kids were a hardcore band from San Diego California during the mid 1990s. They were closely involved with and influenced by the forerunners of the San Diego hardcore punk scene of the 1990s....
), Mag (of Yaphet Kotto), and Chuck Shackelford (of Q Factor
Q factor
In physics and engineering the quality factor or Q factor is a dimensionless parameter that describes how under-damped an oscillator or resonator is, or equivalently, characterizes a resonator's bandwidth relative to its center frequency....
). Ebullition describes the sound of Bread and Circuits as "where Torches To Rome ended with a sound that is similar, but even more developed. Explosive and high energy hardcore as well done as you would expect considering the people involved. Melodic, powerful and extremely sincere."
The band made extensive use of samples, for example of Fela Kuti
Fela Kuti
Fela Anikulapo Kuti , or simply Fela , was a Nigerian multi-instrumentalist musician and composer, pioneer of Afrobeat music, human rights activist, and political maverick.-Biography:...
, a feature that was to be even more prevalent in Mike Kirsch's next band, the media-soaked Please Inform the Captain This is a Hijack. Mike Kirsch also went on to play in Colbom, a band which also included drummer Aaron Cometbus
Aaron Cometbus
Aaron Elliott , better known as Aaron Cometbus, is an American drummer, lyricist, self-described "punk anthropologist," novelist, and author of punk rock zine Cometbus.-Personal life:...
of Crimpshrine
Crimpshrine
Crimpshrine was an American punk rock band from Berkeley, California. The group was formed in 1982 by Aaron Cometbus, founder of the seminal punk rock zine Cometbus, and a friend, Jeff Ott. Within D.I.Y...
fame. The two musicians had played together before -most notably in Pinhead Gunpowder
Pinhead Gunpowder
Pinhead Gunpowder is an American punk rock band formed East Bay, California, in 1990. The band has consisted of Aaron Cometbus , Bill Schneider , Billie Joe Armstrong and Jason White for the majority of its existence...
.