Hot Water Music is a punk rock band from Gainesville , Florida , formed in 1993. The group includes Chuck Ragan (vocals, guitar), Chris Vollard (vocals, guitar), Jason Black (bass), George Rebelo (drums). In 1996, the group, then called HWM, split up after releasing two singles, and a year later announced their reunion under the title Hot Water Music, taken from Charles Bukowski ’s short story collection Music of Hot Water , published in 1983. In 2005, after Chuck Ragan left the group to pay more attention to the family, the group took a break, and as of May 2006 the group was considered officially disbanded. Three team members formed another project - The Draft by Jason Black, George Rebelo and Chris Vollard, whose album In a Million Pieces was released on September 12, 2006. A little later, Chuck Ragan began a solo career and released several releases at No Idea Records and Side One Dummy Records and is currently working with the latter.
| Hot water music | |
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| Genres | Punk rock Post hardcore |
| Years | 1993-1996 1997-2006 2007 |
| A country |  USA |
| Where from | Gainesville , Florida |
| Labels | Rise records Epitaph records No idea records Doghouse records |
| Composition | Chuck Ragan Chris Wallard Jason black George Rebelo |
| Other projects | The draft Senses fail |
| hotwatermusic.com | |
The sound of Hot Water Music is based on double vocals, two guitars and a hard rhythm section, which was developed by bass player Jason Black and drummer George Rebelo during their first youth jazz projects in Sarasota, Florida. In the band's early recordings, most of the songs are sung by Chuck Ragan, and Chris Wallard acts as a backing vocalist. Later, both will perform the compositions equally, and in much later recordings, Vollard’s vocals are more than Ragan, who performed backing vocals or main parts in songs of his own composition. Chuck's voice is deeper and lower, while Wollard’s is higher and more melodic, although both vocalists are vocal and can sing softer, depending on the composition.
The group reunited in 2007 [1] , gave several concerts and is currently working on a new album. A collection of Hot Water Music records on CD and vinyl was released by No Idea Records under the name Till the Wheels Fall Off [2] . According to Jason Black in an interview with the music publication Alternative Press, the release will include an unreleased track ["Home"], recorded earlier [in 2004, during the release of The New What Next ] [3] .
The band members also took part in many side projects, for example, Blacktop Cadence, Cro (w) s, Unitas and Rumbleseat, and also collaborated with many groups, for example, Alkaline Trio , The Bouncing Souls and Against Me! .
Content
Discography
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| Studio albums | 7 |
| Live albums | one |
| Collections | 2 |
| Mini Albums | nineteen |
| Splits | five |
Studio Albums
- Finding The Rhythms - Toybox Records / No Idea Records (1996)
- Forever And Counting - Doghouse Records (1997) / No Idea Records reissue (2008)
- Fuel For The Hate Game - Toybox Records / No Idea Records (1998)
- No Division - Some Records (1999) / No Idea Records reissue (2007)
- A Flight And A Crash - CD on Epitaph Records / LP on No Idea Records (2001)
- Caution - CD on Epitaph Records / LP on No Idea Records (2002)
- The New What Next - CD on Epitaph Records / LP on No Idea Records (2004)
- Exister (Rise Records, 2012)
- Light It Up - Rise Records (2017)
Compilation
- Never Ender - No Idea Records (2001)
- Till the Wheels Fall Off - No Idea Records (2008)
Live Albums
- Live at the Hardback - No Idea Records (1999)
EP
- Push For Coin (original cassette release) (1995) / CD on Happy Days Records (1995)
- Eating The Filler 7 "- Toybox Records / Kung Fu Zombie (1995)
- Split with Swivel Stick 7 "- Tuesday Morning Records (1995)
- Split with Tomorrow 11 "- No Idea Records (1995)
- You Can't Take The Boy Out of Brandenton 7 "- Schematics Records (1996)
- Alachua 7 "- Allied Recordings (1997) / No Idea Records reissue (1999)
- Split with Clairmel 8.5 "- No Idea Records (1998)
- Split with Six Going On Seven 7 "- Some Records (1998)
- Split with Rydell 7 "- Scene Police / Ignition (1998)
- 403 Chaos Comp: Florida Fucking Hardcore (Comp) (1998)
- Moments Pass 7 "- No Idea Records (1999)
- Where We Belong 7 "- No Idea Records (1999)
- Moonpies for Misfits CD - No Idea Records (1999) Compilation Moments Pass 7 "and Where We Belong 7"
- Split with Muff Potter 7 "- Green Hell Label (2003)
- Live In Chicago # 1 7 "- No Idea Records (2010)
- Live In Chicago # 2 7 "- No Idea Records (2010)
- Live In Chicago # 3 7 "- No Idea Records (2010)
- Live In Chicago # 4 7 "- No Idea Records (2010)
- Live In Chicago # 5 7 "- No Idea Records (2011)
Splits
- * F State Revisited 7 "(split from Screaming Fat Rat) - Snuffy Smile (1998)
- BYO Split Series, Vol. 1 LP / CD (split with Leatherface ) - Better Youth Organization (1999)
- Alkaline Trio / Hot Water Music CD / Picture Disc (split from Alkaline Trio ) - Jade Tree Records CD / No Idea Records Picture Disc (2002)
- Colors, Words, And Dreams 7 "(split from The Casket Lottery ) - Second Nature Recordings (2002)
- Split with The Bouncing Souls 7 "- Chunksaah Records (2011)
Notes
- ↑ “Hot Water Music together again.” Punknews.org. October 22, 2007.
- ↑ No Idea Records Releases
- ↑ “Jason Black Interview Excerpt.” Archived August 15, 2011 on Wayback Machine Altpress.com. October 22, 2007.
Links
- Official Hot Water Music page
- Interview with Jason Black (The Draft / Hot Water Music ) on Late Night Wallflowe
- Hot Water Music Lyrics
- Performance dates Hot Water Music
- Interview with Chuck Ragan on Yellowisthenewpink.com
- Bandnation: Interview with Hot Water Music (unavailable link from 11/08/2013 [2220 days] - history , copy ) (eng.)