Band, 1992-1999
Rock
A Minor Forest was a San Francisco-based math rock band in the 1990s. They were musically related to the Louisville scene of post rock groups like Slint and had personal connections to the San Diego scene of Three Mile Pilot and related bands. Their songs had pop music, progressive rock, and punk rock influences and featured changing time signatures, sudden dynamic changes, silent pauses, unintelligible screaming, catchy, repeating melodic passages and absurd, in-joke titles. Their slogan was "A Minor Forest Supports the Destruction of Mankind." They formed in San Francisco in 1992 and, in addition to other smaller releases, put out three albums: Flemish Altruism (1996) and Inindependence (1998) on Chicago label Thrill Jockey, and So, Were They in Some Sort of Fight? (1999), a career-spann
Dominique Davison vc, b, voc | |
Andee Connors dr | |
John Trevor Benson voc, b | |
Erik Hoversten voc, g |
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Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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Flemish Altruism (Constituent Parts 1993-1996) / Inindependence | A Minor Forest | 2014 | Album |
So, Were They In Some Sort Of Fight? | A Minor Forest | 1999 | Compil. |
Post Marked Stamps No. 8 | A Minor Forest / Sweep The Leg Johnny | 1998 | Single |
Inindependence | A Minor Forest | 1998 | Album |
The Approach / No One Likes An Old Baby | A Minor Forest / Three Mile Pilot | 1997 | Single |
A Benefit For The Midwest Books To Prisoners Project | A Minor Forest w/ Lesser / The Panoply Academy | 1997 | Single |
[Split Seven Inch] | A Minor Forest / Gainer | 1996 | Single |
Flemish Altruism (Constituent Parts 1993-1996) | A Minor Forest | 1996 | Album |
So, Were They In Some Sort Of Fight? | A Minor Forest | 1995 | Single |
Co-ed, As Hell | A Minor Forest | 1994 | Single |
Joyful Ride On The Donkey | A Minor Forest | 1994 | Album |