Breakwater

More Than One Artist/band Carry The Name Breakwater Including A 70's Philly Funk Act Later Sampled By Daft Punk And A Mid 90's Era Canadian Hardcore Band. 1. Funk And Soul American Band From Philadelphia Formed In 1971. The Band Consisted Of Gene Robinson James Gee Jones Linc 'Love' Gilmore Steve Green Vince Garnell Greg Scott John 'Dutch' Braddock And Kae Williams Jr. The Band Released Two Albums Breakwater In 1978 And Splashdown In 1980. The Latter Features The Song Release The Beast Which Was Sampled In 2004 By Daft Punk For Their Song "Robot Rock". 2. Breakwater Was An Emo/hardcore Band From Victoria Canada. They Combined That Post-Rock Sound With Soft-Loud Dynamics The Sound That Bands Like Envy Are Getting Famous For Nowadays. The Original Line-Up Featured Dave Truscott Who Also Played In Letters To The Lord Himself And Honeysuckle Serontina Jode Shortreed Republic Of Freedom Fighters Letters To The Lord Himself Honeysuckle Serontina Steve Simard Republic Of Freedom Fighters And Dave Wenger Daddy's Hands Ache Hour Credo M-Blanket. This Line-Up Released A Five-Song Cassette In 1994. Two Of These Songs Five And Seven Were Re-Released As Self-Titled 7" On Static #001 In 1995. Dave Was Replaced By Carey Mercer Republic Of Freedom Fighters Frog Eyes Swan Lake In 1995. This Line-Up Released A Song Eleven On A Split 7" With Closure On Mountain Records And Another One Twelve On Compilation 12" Entitled I Can't Live Without It. Both Records Were Released On Mountain Records From NY In 1996 And Their Catalog Numbers Are MTN #007 And MTN #009 Respectively. The Band Broke Up Shortly After.
Another Song From The Cassette One Was Posthumously Released On A Compilation CD Entitled A Benefit Compilation Brought To You By Mayfly In 1997. read less