Spit for Athena
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Spit For Athena are an American rock band from Coldwater, Michigan
Michigan
Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....

. Levi Bailey (vocals, guitar) and Matt Budd (drums) started the band with Melanie Cumming (bass) in September 2001.

Biography

Spit For Athena released their self-titled debut album on Grand Rapids indie label Friction Records in 2003. The album was recorded with Mike Hasty (Walls Of Jericho
Walls of Jericho
Walls of Jericho is an American metalcore band from Detroit, Michigan, formed in 1998.-Early career :Walls of Jericho were formed following the demise of two Detroit based bands. The first being the influential Earthmover, featuring members Mike Hasty and Wes Keely . The second was a band called...

) and Ryan "Bart" Williams (Black Dahlia Murder) at Cloud City Studios in Detroit, MI. The band's next release, Extermina, was released on Eyeball Records
Eyeball Records
Eyeball Records is an independent record label based in Northern New Jersey, formed in 1995 by Alex Saavedra. They have released albums by artists such as Thursday, My Chemical Romance and Murder by Death....

 in 2004. Mark Larmee replaced Melanie Cumming as bassist in 2008, appearing on the band's latest album, Tammy.

Spit For Athena has shared the stage with bands like Local H
Local H
Local H is an American rock duo, formed by Joe Daniels and Scott Lucas in Zion, Illinois in 1987. Local H's 1996 album, As Good as Dead, includes the top 10 hit "Bound for the Floor" Author, rock critic and Rolling Stone contributor Greg Kot and the Chicago Tribune named the band its 2008 Chicago...

, Russian Circles
Russian Circles
Russian Circles is a three piece instrumental rock/metal band from Chicago. Russian Circles play instrumental, sprawling music which runs the gamut of heavy discordant metal, to soft delicate passages...

, The Forms, Walls Of Jericho
Walls of Jericho
Walls of Jericho is an American metalcore band from Detroit, Michigan, formed in 1998.-Early career :Walls of Jericho were formed following the demise of two Detroit based bands. The first being the influential Earthmover, featuring members Mike Hasty and Wes Keely . The second was a band called...

, Lickgoldensky, Hot Cross, Mad Caddies
Mad Caddies
The Mad Caddies are a third wave ska band from Solvang, California. The band formed in 1995 and has released five full-length albums, one live album, and two EPs...

 and Smoking Popes
Smoking Popes
The Smoking Popes are an American pop punk from the northwest suburbs of Chicago, Illinois, formed in 1991. They play punk-influenced pop music with crooning vocals...

.

Albums

Album Release Year Label
Spit For Athena (2003) Friction Records
Extermina (2004) Eyeball Records
Eyeball Records
Eyeball Records is an independent record label based in Northern New Jersey, formed in 1995 by Alex Saavedra. They have released albums by artists such as Thursday, My Chemical Romance and Murder by Death....

Piss Is Perfect (2005) Friction Records
Tammy (2008) Self-Satisfied

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