Gather was a hardcore band formed in 2004 from Northern California, who were very outspoken about the vegan straight edge philosophy. In an interview from 2005 by Maximum Rock and Roll, band members state that the name was to emphasize the “gather” and eliminate the “hunter” in the term “hunter gatherer.” "We decided to play the music in Gather because we wanted to capture the sound of some of our favorite bands from the 90’s, like Chokehold, Another Victim, and Culture,” said drummer Dustin Hal...
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Gather was a hardcore band formed in 2004 from Northern California, who were very outspoken about the vegan straight edge philosophy. In an interview from 2005 by Maximum Rock and Roll, band members state that the name was to emphasize the “gather” and eliminate the “hunter” in the term “hunter gatherer.” "We decided to play the music in Gather because we wanted to capture the sound of some of our favorite bands from the 90’s, like Chokehold, Another Victim, and Culture,” said drummer Dustin Halls. They were passionate about spreading the message of animal liberation and also human liberation by speaking out against racism, government corruption, sexism and homophobia. Gather wanted to take the straight-edge drug free movement within the hardcore punk scene a step further by advocating veganism and animal liberation, not to be confused with animal welfare. The band has a song called Escalate with the lyrics “If drugs are the reason everyone's so passive, use your sobriety to act!” They are for abolishing the industry, not improving the conditions as that would contradict the idea of liberation. “All forms of animal abuse disgust me because they all remind me of just how much humynity has removed itself from all other beings. Our whole culture is based upon anthropocentrism and so it’s too easy for us to exploit animals and justify it as being ‘beneficial.’” says Eva Genie in an interview from 2006. They self-released their first demo and recorded it with Scott Crouse from Earth Crisis, an influential vegan straight-edge band from Syracuse, New York formed in 1981. They also made a ‘zine to accompany it. The members of Gather decided on the Total Liberation Tour in 2004 to release the demo as an E.P. on New Eden Records through the work of Eric Vanguard, then also released a split 7” (2005) with another vegan straight-edge band Seven Generations. Their songs on this split were also recorded with Scott Crouse. After this, they toured the West Coast. One of the members, Allan, decided to obtain his master’s degree in education and a teaching credential, but the band decided to record a full-length album when he returned. They recorded their first full-length called Beyond the Ruins, released in 2006 by xCatalystx Records with Vic Dicara of the band 108. They toured the US in the summer of 2006 with Seven Generations and Kingdom (both vegan straight-edge bands), then again in Europe in the winter of 2006 but this time with the band To Kill. “Our last little tour was with xBishopx. We then played our infamous show at the Earth Crisis reunion, and played our amazing last shows before calling it quits,” said Dustin in a 2007 interview. Members have gone on to form Power Alone. Members: Eva Genie (vocals) Dustin Hall (drums) Allan (guitar) Randy (bass) Discography: Total Liberation EP (2004) split 7” with Seven Generations (2005) Beyond the Ruins LP (2006)
