Biography
The Earaches stand out as the Pacific Northwest's foremost practitioners of unadulterated, high-velocity garage rock in the Nuggets vein following Mudhoney's initial releases, infusing the sound with an extra layer of political rage reminiscent of the MC5. Originally assembled in 1998 as the Reckless Bastards, the lineup featuring singer-guitarist August Henrich, guitarist Zak Schneider, bassist Joe Kilbourne, and drummer Alan Wright performed throughout Seattle while contributing sporadic cuts to regional anthologies. After adopting the Earaches moniker, they issued their first full-length album, 2003's Fist Fights, Hot Love. Disaster struck in June 2004 when Wright—who served as the band's manager and had long been embedded in the Seattle scene through his work as a journalist and fanzine publisher—took his own life. Seattle-based producer Steve Jones assumed drumming duties, enabling the Earaches to recover with the late-2004 single "Freedom Fries," a pointed indictment of the Bush administration. This activist stance gained further intensity on 2005's Get the Revolution Out of Your Head. After Kilbourne departed in 2006, Oni Timm stepped in on bass for the band's third album, Time on Fire.
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