Chokebore
Innovators of the then-emerging 'sadcore' movement in indie rock in the 199… Read Full Bio ↴Innovators of the then-emerging 'sadcore' movement in indie rock in the 1990s, Chokebore are responsible for at least two indie rock masterpieces. The eclectic rock group consisted of guitarist Jonathan Kroll, drummer Christian Omar Madrigal Izzo, vocalist Troy von Balthazar and bassist James Kroll. They formed in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA in the early '90s, where they were known as Dana Lynn. In 1992 the band moved to L.A. in hopes of getting better gigs, and took on the Chokebore name. Shortly after the move, they were signed to Amphetamine Reptile Records in 1993, based on a demo tape the band had submitted.

Chokebore released their debut single Nobody/Throats and their first full-length Motionless later that year. Their changing tempos and moody outbursts were unlike many other Amrep bands at the time, but their more furious and quicker paced moments aligned themselves just enough. They toured with Guzzard and Today Is The Day as well as with other more well-known likeminded bands, including the Butthole Surfers, Samiam, Girls Against Boys and Nirvana.

They earned a strong following in Europe, in support of 1995's Anything Near Water and A Taste For Bitters, which were recorded and engineered in France. 1998s Black Black, was a portrait of the band's darker side; lonliness, depression, death and sadness recurring themes. This LP is widely accepted in the rock underground to be a true masterpiece. The album was released on AmRep's European Boomba Records, but wasn't released stateside for another year, finally finding a home on Unwound's Punk In My Vitamins label.

The band released It's a Miracle in 2002, which saw the band slightly less concerned with strict-cohesion of the aethetics and some songs were looser than on past releases (i.e. Ciao L.A. is perhaps the most straightforward 'rock' track the band has ever put to tape). The live album A Part From Life was released in 2003 and the band went on an indefinite hiatus in 2005. The singer/guitar player Troy recorded a solo album and it was released in early 2006.

Chokebore came together late 2009 after several years a part for a European tour early in 2010.

Prior members
Johnee Kop (1993 - 1995)
Mike Featherson (1997 - 1999)

Official Website: http://www.chokebore.net
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Chokebore Lyrics


A Taste for Bitters This style of living the more I think, the more…
Alaska You smell like burning luggage, lighting fires on the hillsi…
Bad Things Motionless, slow and melted, tilted downward like a dying bi…
Be Forceful Darling you know the way we move can seem fitful,…
Ciao L.A. I'm not here I'm looking out into the distance, I'm…
City Rings Why is it you don't talk to me when I'm…
Cleaner She died during a thunderstorm, on the darkest morning in…
Comeback Thursday Comeback Thursday...Thursday. Want to see a storm? And it mu…
Cursor South east Tyger river is swollen and all the divers…
Days of Nothing It's getting harder to resist, I'm pulling powder from The w…
Distress Signals We've had to expect much less. I don't know the…
Every Move a Picture She spoke to me in rhythms, every move a picture.…
Foreign Devils On The Silk Road Fool, you left the camels bleeding...bleeding, waiting for m…



Geneva Geneva was just like you'd expect it, full of radiance,…
Ghosts and the Swing of Things I've been staying up nights talking to the floors like…
I Love Waiting I'm not ashamed of what we were, I love the…
I'll Save You No one saw the way you changed. Lately you've been…
It Could Ruin Your Day This room is full of blank stares, eels on the…
JJ Slow I am dust. I live like bees. I bite like…
Lemonade Chandra fucked my loneliness away, at least for a minute…
Little Dream You come off like a little dream....see. The way you…
Lives Like Satellites What controls the plague? The low hum, the low hum.…
Motionless In 1923 they took my daughter away from me. Her name…
Narrow Narrow and nothingness, I'm too goddamn young to look like…
Never Feel Sorry Again The voltage sailed, with pure hindsight, was the best thing…
One Easy Pieces Not what I expected, it's quick and unforgiving, but it's…
Pacific Sleep Patterns It's the end of the raining, the end of the…
Plus More Left alone, all I need is to be left alone,…
Police You used to think you were smarter than me....you were…
Popular Modern Themes I'm resting by the window, dressed in little drops of…
Sad Getting Sadder You wont see me, I'm gone. No wonder, no wonder…
She Flew Alone She thought she flew alone , but there I was.…
Sleep With Me No one wants to think that their friends have gone…
Smaller Steps Steps are getting smaller now they are only shadows They…
Snow We can redefine what its like to lose, it's unbelievable…
Speed of Sound Do you think I'm gone? Most of this would pleasure…
Strangely Folded I don't want. I don't need. You are strange; you…
The Perfect Date It's like I saw through the deep red of your…
The Rest of Your Evening No more I'll say "Hi". No more "you'…
The Sweetness I am dark blue, I'm my own death and locusts…
Thin as Clouds We've all been up for days, and I've been splitting…
Ultra-Lite You always fall asleep, every single night as beautiful as…
Valentine Wait, stop, wait just hold on a minute. Six years…
Weightless Since I stood you on your head and told you…
Well Fed I am so full of anger I don't even need…
Where Is the Assassin No Camilia... Your no fool you need me. Poison is…
You are the Sunshine of my Life You'll leave me, what do you mean? Where the hell…
Your Let Down Isn't that right, you're let down ?.......…


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