Ink & Dagger | |
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| Origin | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Genres | Emo, hardcore punk, post-hardcore, punk rock [1] |
| Years active | 1995–1999, [2] 2010–2011 |
| Labels | Initial |
| Members | Don Devore Sean Patrick McCabe |
Ink & Dagger were a hardcore punk band from Philadelphia that was active in the 1990s. The two permanent members throughout the band's career were guitarist Don Devore and vocalist Sean Patrick McCabe. Other members included Ashli State, Terry Yerves, Ryan McLaughlin, Joshua Brown, Jennifer Layne Park, Dave Wagenschutz, Derek Zglenski, and Eric Wareheim. Band members frequently incorporated references to vampires in their music, painted their faces, and played with fake blood. Some members were previously in Crud is a Cult, The Mandela Strike Force and Frail.
On one occasion, the band vomited on Christmas trees on stage. [3] McCabe was also infamous for egging Hare Krishna devotees and throwing yogurt at Earth Crisis.
The band's first Halloween show in New Brunswick, NJ was one their most notorious shows. In the words of Robby Redcheeks, "Trope built a coffin to carry Jenny Jamz [Jennifer Layne Park] out to into the show. The show was PACKED. So we put Jenny in the coffin outside of the show, me and 3 other dudes carried her in pushing through the crowd. People were like 'WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT?!' We were all in Dagger makeup also. We set the coffin down in front of the crowd. Jenny got out wearing a black leather body suit and started reciting the oath she wrote in the Drive This 7”. Reciting, im sorry, more like inciting a riot. She was pushing people and yelling in their faces. I had previously prepared a batch of Dagger blood, (this was actually the first time it was used), a mix of 1 bottle of club soda & 1 red color food dye. We made 4 bottles of it and perched on each side of the band for when Jenny was done. When she reached the end, Dagger had already been building up feedback and noise. She finished, and they started off with the beginning to 'Changeling' (if I remember correctly) . Then BLAM we covered the crowd with blood. And chaos erupted throughout. Needless to say, anyone that was at that show will remember that show forever. Including me." [4]
An example of their influence can be seen on the record The Fine Art of Original Sin which featured several tracks breaking completely from established norms of post-hardcore, incorporating aspects of techno, or drum and bass music.
Additionally, the influences of past emotional hardcore band Frail can still be heard in the yelps and falsettos on Ink & Dagger's 7"s.
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In 1999, Ink & Dagger formally announced that they were disbanding. Shortly after recording what was to be the band's final album, singer Sean Patrick McCabe was found dead in a motel room in Indiana in 2000, at age 27. The final and self-titled album was released on Buddyhead Records with a picture of a young Sean in a vampire costume featured in the CD booklet.
Don Devore currently plays in the band Sick Feeling, Lilys, and Collapsing Scenery. He has also played in Amazing Baby, The Icarus Line, and others.
Joshua Brown went on to play in Lenola and Like A Fox. He currently plays bass in The Midnight Sounds.
Terry Yerves never went on to do anything interesting afterwards.
Microsoft Xbox videogame Amped uses three songs from The Fine Art of Original Sin. In 2005, former drummer Ryan McLaughlin tried to solely sue Microsoft, claiming his band's songs were used without the band's knowledge. The suit was settled out of court in 2006, after a judge required the involvement of the rest of the band. [6] [7] [8]
In August 2010, Ink & Dagger headlined the 2010 This Is Hardcore festival. [9] Geoff Rickly of Thursday fame sang for this show. [10] All of Ink & Dagger's profits earned from tickets and merchandise at This Is Hardcore benefited Maks Zielanski, a child diagnosed with cancer. Maks is the son of Ed Zielanski who was a member of Crud Is a Cult and Flagman. [11] Ink & Dagger also played a small number of additional shows in Brooklyn, [12] LA and Philadelphia. [13] Rickly's vocals were generally warmly received as a replacement for McCabe. Jon Reiss of New York Press commented, "The band seemed pretty tight and the choice of Rickly for a singer worked about eighty percent of the time. It's impossible to replace a front man so dynamic as McCabe." [12] Ink & Dagger also toured the UK with Rickly in January 2011. [14]
The brief reunion lead to the creation of a new band called Cut Throat Tactics featuring Joshua Brown and Don Devore of Ink & Dagger, Geoff Rickly , and Ben Weinman of The Dillinger Escape Plan. [2] Apart from a now deleted song preview that was released on Soundcloud in 2011, Cut Throat Tactics never released any music.
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Compilation appearances
| Year | Song | Album | Label | Format |
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| 1997 | "Full Circle" | CT Mailorder #1 | Core Tex Records | CD |
| 1997 | "Six Feet Under" | Second Hand Citizen Records Volume One | Second Hand Citizen | 7" |
| 1998 | "Vampirefastcode Ver. 1.5" | Nothing Left #8 CD Sampler | Nothing Left Zine | CD |
| 1998 | "13th Dream" | Philly Shreds | Schuylkill Records | 7"/12" |
| 1998 | "The Fine Art Of Original Sin" | Double Exposure | Go-Kart Records, Black Rat Recordings | 12" |
| 1998 | "The Fine Art Of Original Sin" | Catalog Sampler Disc Number One | Initial Records | CD |
| 1998 | "Vampire Fast Code" | Cooler Than Your Mom | Various [15] | CD |
| 1998 | "Vampire Fast Code" / "Full Circle" (Demo) | Magic Weekend | Initial Records | CD |
| 1998 | "The Fine Art Of Original Sin" | Initial Extreme Music Sampler CD | Initial Records | CD |
| 2000 | "Actress" | Metroschifter - Encapsulated | Doghouse Records, I Can't Believe It's A Record Company | CD/7" |
| 2000 | "The Solo Mission" | Liberation Sucks | Liberation Records | CD |
| 2000 | "Fine Art Of Original Sin" | Sweet Deal! The Initial & Eulogy Sampler | Initial Records, Eulogy Recordings | CD |
| 2003 | "Shadowtalker" / "The History in Ecstasy" / "Creatures Like Us" | Buddyhead Suicide [16] | Buddyhead | CD |
| 2004 | "Catch the Flashback" | Initial Records: Worst Label Ever! [17] | Initial Records | CD |
| 2006 | "Omit (Excerpt)" | Punk Is Dead | Buddyhead | DVD |
| ? | "Vampire Fast Code Ver. 1.5" | Sleigh Bells - Mixtape | Self-released | CD |
| ? | "Mayor Withdrawal" | 18:18 | Carbon Music, Now Or Never Records | 10" |
| ? | "Crawler" | Silver Five Inch Collection Vol. 1 | Extent FanZine | CD |
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