The Black Pine are an American rock band from Los Angeles, California. They formed in 1999 and have since released three albums.

History

The Black Pine consists of Mitch Cichocki (guitar, lead vocals), Jason Bacher (bass, vocals) and Emma Kathan (drums, guitar, vocals).
The band formed in 1999 and played their first show in 2001 at a local Los Angeles club Spaceland with indie rockers Lou Barlow

Lou Barlow

Louis Knox Barlow is an American alternative rock musician and songwriter. A founding member of the groups Deep Wound, Dinosaur Jr., Sebadoh and The Folk Implosion. Barlow is credited with helping to pioneer the lo-fi style of rock music in the late 1980s and early 1990s...

 and Chokebore

Chokebore

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. In the Summer of 2002, they released their first E.P. entitled The Sexlife of Flowers. They worked with actor/director Adam Goldberg

Adam Goldberg

Adam Charles Goldberg is an American actor, director, producer, and musician.-Early life:Goldberg was born in Santa Monica, California, the son of Donna and Earl Goldberg, a former lifeguard. His father is Jewish and his mother is a "lapsed" Roman Catholic of Irish, French, and German descent...

 scoring two of his films including Running with the Bulls, which premiered on the Independent Film Channel

Independent Film Channel

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 in 2003, and I Love Your Work

I Love Your Work

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, which starred Christina Ricci

Christina Ricci

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, Giovanni Ribisi

Giovanni Ribisi

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, Jason Lee

Jason Lee (actor)

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, and Franka Potente

Franka Potente

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. The Black Pine also played as the backup band for comedienne Sarah Silverman

Sarah Silverman

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's one woman show, "Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic

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", performed at Second City in Los Angeles and The Canon Theater in Beverly Hills, California. They released their second album, With Us, on the independent label, The New Black, founded by the Los Angeles band, The Antarcticans. Still Life was released September 2008 on June le Fit records.

Members of The Black Pine played on Troy Von Balthazar

Troy Von Balthazar

Troy Von Balthazar is an American singer and songwriter who fronted the Los Angeles based indie rock band Chokebore. His work can be described as lo-fi pop music.-Biography:...

's album "How To Live On Nothing" released on Third Side Records in 2010.

Members of The Black Pine played with actor/director/musician Adam Goldberg

Adam Goldberg

Adam Charles Goldberg is an American actor, director, producer, and musician.-Early life:Goldberg was born in Santa Monica, California, the son of Donna and Earl Goldberg, a former lifeguard. His father is Jewish and his mother is a "lapsed" Roman Catholic of Irish, French, and German descent...

under the name LANDy; the title of the album is "Eros and Omissions", released in June 2010 on Apology Music Records.

The Sexlife of Flowers (2003)

1. Sinusoid


2. Disappear


3. Sexlife of Flowers


4. Lighter


5. Deep Water


6. Peru

With Us (2006)

1. Let Go


2. Laurel Canyon Sunrise


3. There's Always Been A Way


4. Focus 6


5. Early Morning


6. Some Will Come With Flowers


7. Black Jack David


8. Stray

Still Life (2008)

1. Goodbye Hollywood Forever


2. Near


3. Diamond


4. The Morning After She Left


5. It Will Out


6. All Together


7. Supernature


8. Imperfect People


9. Now


10. Paradise


11. 9 Minutes


12. Natural


13. Decca


14. Lark

External links

• The Black Pine Official Site