"Shred till you're dead,
or go to hell." - Diarrhea Planet
Diarrhea
Planet is a six-piece rock and roll band from Nashville, TN. Their sound has
often been described as The Ramones holding Van Halen hostage with an arsenal
of fireworks and explosives. Diarrhea Planet's four guitarists provide enough
riffs to make Jack Black squeal like a schoolgirl, while lead singer Hodan
delivers enough hooks to straighten the curl out of Justin Timberlake's hair.
In a world of unintelligible lo-fi recording, reverb drenched vocals, and
tuneless guitars, Diarrhea Planet aims to put the backbone back into rock and
roll.
The
band initially formed in the Spring of 2009 with drummer Casey, and two
guitarists Jordan Smith and Evan P. Donohue. That fall the band decided to flesh
out their sound with bass and a third guitar, adding Mike Boyle and Brent
Toler. They self-released the five song EP, Aloha, in November. The album sounded like a mix between an uncontrollable
college party and a gut-wrenching Tae Bo workout. With the Mediafire link
popping up on a variety of blogs, Aloha became a sleeper online sensation. Perhaps due to the unusual band
name, the EP garnered around 1,500 downloads in its first week online. By the
time the band took down the Mediafire link early the next year, The EP had
collected over 10,000 downloads.
In
the summer of 2010, Evan P. Donohue decided to focus on his own music and left
Diarrhea Planet. The band quickly adopted shredders Evan Bird and Emmett
Miller, generating Diarrhea Planet's most empowering line-up. The band shifted
some of their focus from delinquent party rock to slightly more sophisticated
songwriting and guitar theatrics that will make every living guitar hero cry
out of joy and/or despair. After this change-up, the band played an exhausting
amount of local shows. They have opened for acts such as Wavves, Fucked Up,
Jeff the Brotherhood, Andrew Jackson Jihad, Defiance OH, Jacuzzi Boys, The
Spits, and The Coathangers. They have also played a variety of basements,
warehouses, frat bars, and dorm rooms. The overwhelming volume and sheer
brutality of their live onslaught satiates those who crave power and thunder,
while the meek grovel on the beer-soaked floor. The wall of heavy riffage and
intricate shredding infuses audiences with enough electrical energy to stave
off sleep for the rest of the weekend. Despite their leanings towards punk and
heavy metal, Diarrhea Planet swears by the Bible of pop. With a distinct
emphasis on vocal hooks and harmonies, their shows often morph into massive,
drunken sing-alongs.
Diarrhea
Planet put out their first physical release in the spring of 2011, when
Philadelphia's Evil Weevil label released Aloha on 7" vinyl. That summer, the band signed to Nashville's Infinity
Cat Recordings (home of Jeff the Brotherhood, Heavy Cream, Natural Child,
Pujol, and more) and released the 7" Yama-Uba as part of Infinity Cat's Econoline series. The band
has traveled throughout the East coast on extensive self-booked tours in
support of their two releases. This fall, the band will continue to tour in
support of their full-length album, Loose Jewels, which comes out September 20th on Infinity Cat
Recordings.
-
Thomas “Brent Tommy Tollroad Dallas” Toler
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