Come is an American alternative rock band, formed in Boston by Thalia Zedek (vocals, guitar), Chris Brokaw (guitar, vocals), Arthur Johnson (drums), and Sean O'Brien (bass).
Come came into being after a mutual acquaintance invited Brokaw, O'Brien, and Johnson to play with him. Brokaw was playing drums with Codeine, Johnson had previously drummed for Athens, Georgia, band Bar-B-Q Killers, and O'Brien had played with two other 1980s Athens bands, Kilkenny Cats and Fashion Battery. After playing one show together, Brokaw, O'Brien, and Johnson decided to split off into their own project and invited Thalia Zedek to join them. Zedek had played in the bands Uzi and Dangerous Birds and had met and befriended Brokaw in the mid-1980s.[2] Her most recent band at the time, the post-no waveNew York City band Live Skull, had disbanded in 1990 and Brokaw and Zedek had been talking about playing together.
In 1991, Come released the 12-inch single "Car", a seven-minute epic in the post-punk, blues-noir style of The Birthday Party, These Immortal Souls, and The Gun Club, on Sub Pop. Spin wrote that it "delivers all the satisfaction of... the definitive Hendrix box set."[3] The release encapsulated what was to become Come's trademark style: thematically dark, emotionally intense, and lengthy songs marked by Zedek's distressed vocals, abrupt rhythms, and the tension-filled guitar interplay between Zedek and Brokaw. Even before the release of its first album, the band received critical praise. Spin called the band "ferocious, bending a head-on adrenaline rush into a staggering blues crawl, churning noise-damage into aching melody, and letting it fall apart", adding that Come was "poised on the brink of the big time."[4]
Come's second album, Don't Ask, Don't Tell, was released in 1994. It was calmer than its predecessor but still grave. Among the highlights of the album were the two dark ballads, "Let's Get Lost" and "Arrive," each closing a side of the vinyl edition.[opinion] Johnson and O'Brien left the band after Don't Ask, Don't Tell to pursue other careers. The next album, the short Near-Life Experience, was recorded with a number of different musicians, including drummer Mac McNeilly of the Jesus Lizard and Bundy K. Brown of Tortoise. In 1998, Come released the 66-minute Gently, Down The Stream, which mirrored the energy of Near Life Experience but featured a more fluent integrated soundscape and included the stand-out track "Saints Around My Neck."[opinion] Zedek and Brokaw took a break after Gently, Down the Stream and each went on to release multiple solo albums. They performed together on a few occasions to play some Come songs live but never reconvened to create a new album.
Since the start of its unofficial break, Come has performed several reunion gigs. On November 11, 2007, Brokaw and Zedek came together for a two-song set,[11] to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Middle East Club in Cambridge, which had been the site of Come's last performance.[12] A year later, in November 2008, a full band reunion occurred when the Gently, Down the Stream line-up of the band came together for a one-off performance in Castellón, Spain, as part of that year's Tanned Tin Festival. They performed songs from their entire discography.[13] In 2010 and 2011, the original line-up of Come sporadically re-united to play a number of shows,[14][15][16] including a set at the TraniWreck festival in Cambridge, Massachusetts, featuring songs exclusively from its first two albums and the "Car" EP.[17] In early 2013, it was announced that there would be a small international tour[18][19][20] with the original band line-up to commemorate the 20th anniversary of 11:11. The tour took place in May and June 2013, in support of the re-issue of Come's debut album.[21]
"Preaching the Blues B/W Sex Beat" - (Chunklet, 2021) attributed to "Come (AKA the Come Club)," an homage to The Gun Club, who originally recorded both songs
(* indicates track unavailable on any Come album)
Contributions to compilations
"Car" on Afternoon Delight!: Love Songs From Sub Pop (Sub Pop, 1992)
"Orbit" on Altered States Of America (Lime Lizard, 1993)
"Recidivist" on The Sell Texas To Mexico Fund-Raising CD (Matador, 1997)
"String" on Twenty-one Years Of Beggars Banquet Records (PIAS/Beggars Banquet, 1998)
"Hurricane (acoustic radio session)"* (recorded Mar-1998) on Drinking From Puddles: A Radio History Compilation (Kill Rock Stars, 1999)
"Do You Love Me?"* (recorded Oct-1999) on Knitting On The Roof - Songs from 'Fiddler On The Roof (Knitting Factory, 1999) (Voice & Clarinet: Thalia Zedek, Voice & Guitar – Chris Brokaw)
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