Hostage Crisis - Music

Seattle's Experimental Punk Trio The A-Frames Feature Vocalist/guitarist Erin Sullivan Bassist Min Yee And Drummer Lars Finberg All Of Whom Have Played Together In A Series Of Bands — Including The Intelligence The Dipers And The Un-Natural Helpers — Since The Late '90s. Originally Known As Bend Sinister They Became The A-Frames In 1999 And Began Recording Themselves In Early 2000. Not Willing To Bet On The Chances That A Label Might Sign Them The Bandmembers Formed Their Own Label Dragnet That Year And Recorded Some More Tracks In Sacramento CA With Scott Soriano. In 2000 Dragnet Released The First A-Frames Single Neutron Bomb/Radiation Generation/Test Tube Baby And The Group Returned To Sacramento For More Recording Sessions. Soriano's Label S-S Records Released The Band's Next Single Plastica In Early 2001 By That Fall The A-Frames Had Enough Material Ready For Their First Self-Titled Album Which Was Co-Released By Dragnet And S-S In Spring 2002. They Recorded Their Second Album A-Frames 2 That Fall And Released It Via S-S The Following Spring. Later In 2003 The Band Recorded — And Junked — Initial Sessions For Its Third Full-Length The Following Year The A-Frames Moved To Sub Pop Which Released Black Forest Also Recorded With Soriano In Early 2005. read less