Automatic Midnight by Hot Snakes (Vinyl, Aug-2002, Swami Recordings)
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Automatic Midnight is the first album by the San Diego, California rock band Hot Snakes, released in 2000 by Swami Records. Both the band and the album began as a “side project” for John Reis in June 1999, during time off from his main band Rocket From the Crypt. Reis wrote and recorded a batch of songs in San Diego with Delta 72 drummer Jason Kourkounis. To provide vocals for the tracks Reis called in Rick Froberg, whom he had played with in Pitchfork and Drive Like Jehu from 1986 to 1995. Most of the material from these sessions was used to create Automatic Midnight, which became the first release for Reis’ newly formed Swami Records label.
As a visual artist and illustrator Froberg provided all of the artwork for the album.
Touring in support of Automatic Midnight was sporadic due to logistical concerns: Reis lived in San Diego, Kourkounis in Philadelphia and Froberg in New York. When a full touring band was needed Gar Wood was called in to play the bass guitar. The band was not conceived as a permanent project, and after some touring Reis returned to working full-time with Rocket From the Crypt. However, Hot Snakes would reconvene intermittently over the next several years to record two more studio albums and tour, with Wood on board as a permanent member.
Hot Snakes were an American post-hardcore band led by Rick Froberg and John Reis, formed in 1999 in San Diego, California and disbanded in 2005. Reis and Froberg had previously performed together in Pitchfork and Drive Like Jehu, after which Reis had found international success with Rocket from the Crypt.
Although they share sonic similarities with bands its members had previously been involved with, Hot Snakes’ sound is much more primal than that of Pitchfork, Drive Like Jehu or even Rocket from the Crypt. Reis and Froberg were also heavily influenced by bands such as The Wipers, Suicide, and Michael Yonkers Band, and these influences gave Hot Snakes a distinctive sound that has been described by one critic as “hardcore garage punk”. The band’s recordings and merchandise were conducted in a ‘Do it Yourself’ manner, with Froberg providing all of the artwork and Reis releasing the material via his record label Swami Records, through which they are still available.
Performers:
Rick Froberg (credited as Nasdaq/Reek Fart) ~ guitar, lead vocals
John Reis (credited as Spic Odor/John Re) ~ guitar, bass, backing vocals
Jason Kourkounis (credited as Judas Deceased/Jsinclair) ~ drums
Kim Thompson ~ backing vocals on “Salton City”
Album information:
Record label: Swami Records
Recorded June 1999 at Big Fish Recorders in San Diego by John Reis and Ben Moore.
All songs published by Mr. Buttermaker Painting
Artwork by Rick Froberg
Track List:
1. If Credit’s What Matters I’ll Take Credit
2. Automatic Midnight
3. No Hands
4. Salton City
5. 10th Planet
6. Light Up the Stars
7. Our Work Fills the Pews
8. Past Lives
9. Mystery Boy (aka Jason K.)
10. Apartment 0
11. Let it Come
The Automatic Midnight LP by Hot Snakes is factory-sealed new. It has never been played and has always been kept in its original packaging. The LP is not a promo or cutout. There are no marks or punches of any kind. All our CDs and vinyl are new! If you have any questions or want to see additional photos, just email us.
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