Provoker | |
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Origin | San Francisco Bay Area, California |
Genres | Post-punk |
Years active | 2015–present |
Labels | YEAR0001 |
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Provoker are an American post-punk [1] band from The San Francisco Bay Area. [2]
Formed by Jonathon Lopez in 2015, Provoker began as a solo project, focused on creating scores for fictional horror films. [3] After coming in contact with singer, songwriter, musician Christian Crow Petty at a screening of the American black comedy The Greasy Strangler, Lopez sent him some of his soundtrack pieces to record vocals over. This melding lead to the band adopting more post-punk influence, finding a middle ground between Lopez's synth driven experimentation and Petty's R&B influenced singing.
The band was complete in its current form after the release of 2018's Dark Angel EP, now a three piece consisting of guitarist Lopez, bassist Wil Palacios and vocalist Petty. [4]
Their debut album Body Jumper was released via YEAR0001 [5] on August 13, 2021. [6] [7] [8] [9]