Christie Front Drive

Christie Front Drive Was A Midwest Emo Outfit Formed In Denver Colorado In October 1993 Part Of A Colorado Post-Hardcore Scene. They Cite Influences Such As Superchunk Sunny Day Real Estate Buffalo Tom And Drive Like Jehu. The Lineup Consisted Of Ron Marschall Drums Jason Begin Guitar Kerry McDonald Bass And Eric Richter Guitar And Vocals . The Band First Released Their Highly Sought After Self-Titled 6-Song 12" On Freewill Records In 1994 Followed By A S/t 7" On Freewill And 2 Split 7" Records With Various Bands Sineater Jimmy Eat World Richter Would Sing Back-Ups On JEW's Major Label Debut Static Prevails Plus A 7-Inch Compilation On Germany's X-Mist Label Called For Want Of Named For The Rites Of Spring Song . The Band Later Released A Split 10"/CD With Kansas City's Boys Life On LA's Crank! Records And Then Their Self-Titled Swan Song The "Stereo" Album Which Was Released On The Lincoln Nebraska Label Caulfield Records. The Band Called It Quits In May 1996 But Played Two Separate Unannounced/word Of Mouth House Shows Later In The Year One At Thanksgiving And The Final Show On New Year's Eve . Later Caulfield Released An Anthology CD Of Christie Front Drive's Earliest Recordings. Most Recently Christie Front Drive Re-United For A One-Off Show In September Of 2007 As A Part Of The Third Annual Denver Music Fest. Members Of The Band Have Resurfaced In Antarctica The 101 And Golden City Richter The Mighty Rime McDonald The Blue Ontario Marschall And Begin The Prole Art 3 Marschall The Reports McDonald The November Trio McDonald And Guppies Eat Their Young Marschall And The 101 Richter . Marschall Was Also Credited As An Engineer On The Apples In Stereo's Album The Discovery Of The World Inside The Moone. Richter's Pre-CFD Bands Lilawatt And Turnkey Each Released A 7" Single In The Early '90s Wherein Richter Only Played Guitar Lilawatt's/Turnkey's Singer Steve Revitte Is Now A Renowned Recording Engineer In NYC Yeah Yeah Yeahs Liars Beastie Boys . Today Christie Front Drive's Earliest Material Especially Their Debut 12" And 7" Have Been Known To Go For $150 On EBay. read less