KEN mode
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| KEN mode | ||
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 KEN mode performing at a show.
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| Background information | ||
| Origin | Winnipeg, MB, Canada | |
| Genre(s) | Noise Rock/Mathcore | |
| Years active | 1999 to Present | |
| Label(s) | Escape Artist Records | |
| Associated acts |
Hide Your Daughters, Electro Quarterstaff, Kittens, Projektor, Velodrome | |
| Website | http://www.ken-mode.com/ | |
| Members | ||
| Jesse Matthewson (vocals/guitar) Shane Matthewson (drums) Drew Johnston (bass-local) Jahmeel Russell (bass-touring) |
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| Former members | ||
| Darryl Laxdal (bass) 1999-2005 | ||
KEN mode is a noise rock band from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada that was formed in Sept, 1999.
Formed by brothers Jesse (guitar/vocals) and Shane Matthewson (drums) and long-time friend Darryl Laxdal (bass), the group released several demos from 1999 to 2003 leading to the release their debut full length Mongrel on Escape Artist Records. [1][2]
Several tours followed with the likes of Relapse Records' The End [3], Sulaco and American Heritage [4] in addition to regional dates with Mastodon, Burnt By The Sun, Anodyne, Pelican, Harkonen, Breather Resist, The Dream is Dead, Psyopus, Daughters, and Buried Inside across the Midwestern and East Coast United States, and throughout Canada. In 2004 Laxdal left the band [5], only to rejoin in 2005 to finish the band's follow up record Reprisal which was released in 2006 also by Escape Artist Records. After recording Reprisal Laxdal and the band parted ways again. [6] Picking up bass duties after Laxdal's departure was Drew Johnston (guitarist in Electro Quarterstaff)[7][8] who also played with Jesse, Shane and Darryl in a side project Hide Your Daughters.
In October of 2006 the band took part in the Exclaim! Magazine Aggressive Tendencies Tour with Hydra Head Recording artists Pelican and Daughters across Canada [9]. Bass duties were handled by former Kittens and Projektor member Jahmeel Russell who played with Jesse, Shane and Drew in Hide Your Daughters[10].
[edit] Discography
- 1999 Bran Neck & The Oral Goat
- 2000 Awaken
- 2000 Internet EP
- 2002 Mongrel Tour EP
- 2003 Mongrel CD (Escape Artist Records)
- 2006 Reprisal CD (Escape Artist Records)
- 2006 Reprisal 2xLP (No List Records)
