Mineral (band)

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Mineral
Origin Austin, Texas, U.S.
Genres
Years active
  • 1994–1998
  • 2014
  • 2018-present
Labels
Spinoffs
MembersChris Simpson
Scott McCarver
Jeremy Gomez
Gabriel Wiley
Website http://www.officialmineral.com/

Mineral is an American emo band originally from Houston, Texas. Soon after their formation, they relocated to Austin. All four members of Mineral were signed to Interscope Records, but disbanded before a release was made. The band worked on other musical projects after disbanding, including The Gloria Record, Pop Unknown, Zookeeper, and Mountaintime.

Contents

In 2010, a compilation CD of all the band's songs (except for "Sadder Star") was released in Japan, entitled TheCompleteCollection.

Mineral announced a reunion tour on April 24, 2014. [1] [2] In 2019, the band celebrated their 25th anniversary with two new songs titled "Aurora" and "Your Body Is The World", a retrospective book, and by going on tour. [3] On September 25, 2021, the band performed at Furnace Fest 2021 in Birmingham, Alabama.

Musical style

Mineral have mainly been described as being an emo band [4] [5] [6] [7] but incorporate elements of indie rock, [8] post-rock, [9] and alternative rock. [10] In a Reddit AMA, Chris Simpson and Jeremy Gomez cited Mineral's main influences as Catherine Wheel, Sugar, Swervedriver, Buffalo Tom, Dinosaur Jr., Superchunk and Rocket from the Crypt. [11]

Members

Discography

Albums

Singles and EPs

Compilations

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References

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