Karate (group)

Karate was founded by Geoff Farina, Eamon Witt and Gavin McCarthy, in 1995 Jeff Goddard joined them as a bass player, and Eamon Witt began to play the second guitar. In 1997, Witt left the team to pursue a medical career. ^[1] In July 2005, Karate broke up due to the fact that Farina was no longer able to tolerate the noise on stage due to hearing problems. For 12 years, they managed to release six studio albums and conduct nearly 700 concerts ^[2] , having received wide popularity in narrow circles. The last performance was played on July 10, 2005 in Rome . In 2007, former members of the group decided to release a concert album , which was called "595", due to the fact that they recorded five hundred and ninety-fifth concerts. The performance was recorded during a tour in support of the album “Some Boots” on May 5, 2003 in Leuven , Belgium .

• Geoff Farina - vocals , guitar (1993-2005)
• Eamon Witt - The Guitar (1993-1997)
• Gavin McCarthy - drums (1993-2005)
• Jeff Goddard - bass guitar (1995-2005)

Albums

• Karate LP / CD ( 1996 , Southern Records 18534)
• In Place of Real Insight LP / CD ( 1997 , Southern Records 18543)
• The Bed is in the Ocean LP / CD ( 1998 , Southern Records 18554)
• Unsolved CD / 2xLP (October 2000 / March 2011 , Southern Records 18584)
• Some Boots LP / CD (October 2002 , Southern Records 18599)
• Pockets CD / LP (August 2004 , Southern Records 28114)
• 595 CD / 2xLP (October 2007 , Southern Records)

EP

• Death Kit / Nerve 7 " single ( 1994 , The Self Starter Foundation PSP1)
• Karate / The Lune 7 " split with The Lune ( 1995 , Lonesone Pine Records LPR1)
• The Crownhate Ruin / Karate 7 "split with The Crownhate Ruin ( 1995 , Art Monk Construction ART11)
• Operation: Sand / Empty There ( 1998 , Southern Records 18553)
• Cancel / Sing EP CD ( 2002 , Southern Records 18594)
• Concerto al Barchessone Vecchio EP ( 2003 , Fooltribe FT02)
• In the Fishtank 12 EP (February 2005 , Konkurrent Records - Netherlands )

• Apology - Jeff Goddard
• Jones Very - Jeff Goddard
• The Lune - Jeff Goddard
• The Secret Stars - Geoff Farina
• Ardecore - Geoff Farina
• Glorytellers - Geoff Farina
• Geoff Farina & Chris Brokaw

• Karate (unavailable link from 12/08/2013 [2183 days] - history , copy ) on the website Southern Records
• Official Karate Myspace Page
• geofffarina.com the official website of Geoff Farin
• gavinmccarthy.com Gavin McCarthy official website
• Lazy-i Karate Interview October 2002
• Interview with Geoff Farina at Talk of the Nation November 2, 2004.