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Rodan | |
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| Origin | Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1992–1995 |
| Labels | Quarterstick Records |
| Past members | Jeff Mueller Jason Noble Tara Jane O'Neil Kevin Coultas Jon Cook John Weiss |
Rodan was an American post-hardcore band from Louisville, Kentucky. The best known lineup of the band consisted of Jeff Mueller (guitar/vocals), Jason Noble (guitar/vocals), Tara Jane O'Neil (bass/vocals), and Kevin Coultas (drums).
Rodan formed in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1992. After quickly passing through drummers Jon Cook and John Weiss, the band's roster was solidified by the addition of Kevin Coultas in 1993. [1] In 1993, they recorded their Aviary demo, which saw limited release. Later that year, two songs from Aviary, "Milk and Melancholy" and "Exoskeleton", were rerecorded and released as How the Winter Was Passed.
Six of the songs on the Aviary demo were re-recorded by Bob "Rusty" Weston (of Shellac fame), and released in 1994 as the album Rusty . The band starred in the 1994 cult road movie Half-cocked ; they also contributed music to the film's soundtrack. Although they were never signed to the label, Rodan was close to Simple Machines, contributing to several compilations and playing at the label's Working Holiday festival. The band also had a Peel session in 1995.
Rodan broke up in 1995, with the members pursuing other musical interests. [2]
Mueller co-founded the band June of 44 in 1994. O'Neil played in the bands The King Cobra, The Naysayer, and Retsin. Noble played in the chamber music group Rachel's which also featured contributions from Coultras and Mueller.
Mueller and Noble also co-founded the band Shipping News in 1996 which was active until Noble's death in 2012. Noble was also part of the band Per Mission.
In 1996, O'Neil recruited Coultras to work with her on The Sonora Pine which disbanded the next year after releasing two albums.
Weiss was part of the band Sunspring and Cook was active in the bands Crain and Cerebellum.
In Fearless, Jeanette Leech's book on the history of the post-rock genre, Rodan is discussed in the chapter on the Louisville scene.
On August 4, 2012, Noble passed away from synovial sarcoma. Original drummer Jon Cook died in February 2013.
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Jeff Mueller is an American vocalist and guitarist best known as a member of the math rock bands Rodan, Shipping News and June of 44. His bands have been critically recognized for being key forerunners in the development of post-rock, math rock and post-hardcore. Additionally, Mueller released a single solo album, entitled Fold and Perish, in 1999 on Monitor Records. He lives in New Haven, Connecticut.
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