Author Topic: Pinback (Read 698 times)

ganque · « **on:** August 13, 2003, 08:16:43 PM »

anyone hear of these guys?
i stumbled across this picture of them, and i saw a few farther away shots but there is no mistaking that bass.

a little blurry, but best i could find... from what i read they are picky about their equipment, looks like he made a good choice then!

greggy · « **Reply #1 on:** November 29, 2004, 02:35:48 PM »

They're my favorite. The bassist, Armistead, was once in a superb avant-noise group called Three Mile Pilot. He has monsterous hands an incredible technique where he strums out bass lines, chords, and melodies, often all at once. And he sings very well, to boot. The guitarist in the picture is Rob Crow, the vision behind 5 or 6 other super-cool indie/lo-fi/noise-pop bands. And the result is beautiful indie-pop music.

They have 3 full-length albums out, a handfull of EPs, and they tour a bunch. Check them out at pinback.com.

the_mule · « **Reply #2 on:** December 02, 2004, 11:24:38 AM »

More pics can be found at: http://pinbackfreak.spymac.net/PB_pics_index.html

(it looks like a SC with unusual neck laminates)

Wilfred

the_mule · « **Reply #3 on:** December 02, 2004, 12:30:04 PM »

Because I'm always interested in the ultra rare combination of good indie music and Alembic I've checked out the music via Amazon.com and I absolutely loved it! I just ordered 'This is a Pinback CD', 'Blue Screen Life' and 'Summer in Abaddon' albums, along with the 'Offcell' EP. I love this club!

Wilfred

adriaan · « **Reply #4 on:** December 02, 2004, 12:40:01 PM »

Wilfred,

The picture above is a regular SC Deluxe (3 maple + 2 purpleheart) but in the more recent pictures on that site he's holding a Brown Bass (2 mahogany + 2 maple + 1 walnut).

jseitang · « **Reply #5 on:** January 14, 2005, 11:56:40 AM »

you know its great to see that indie rockers are using alembic. question is, will it be the last??

ganque · « **Reply #6 on:** January 25, 2005, 11:37:29 PM »

well its been more than a year since i started this thread and i just noticed yinz(sorry i'm tired and in pittsburgh) caught on. after i started this i got some of their music, which quickly became everything i could get ahold of. they are definatly one of my favorites out there right now. and i'm glad to see that people on this board appreciate their music.

in fact i just got a summer in abaddon poster today

ganque · « **Reply #7 on:** October 14, 2007, 08:18:28 AM »

I went to the Pinback show last night in Pontiac, MI and brought my 92 SC standard along for ABSIV to play (like a mini alembic meet) I'll post some pics on here in few minutes in case anyone is interested. The Brown bass that adriaan mentioned before seems to have been on loan to him, his current main bass (in a case that says Alembic #1 [old]) is a 93 Stanley Deluxe and his backup bass is a 04 Stanley Deluxe with amber side LED's I've only seen him play the 04 when we were messing around on stage before the show.

ganque · « **Reply #8 on:** October 14, 2007, 10:14:11 AM »

Most of the pictures are up on my Flickr page at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tommaekl/

except these two:

Looking for his SN

Playing my bass

pinbacking · « **Reply #9 on:** February 18, 2008, 02:40:52 AM »

My favorite band from the beggining, hence the screen name. Zach is my bass idol

tbrannon · « **Reply #10 on:** February 18, 2008, 11:48:25 AM »

Never heard of these guys until now....listened to their stuff on iTunes and it's nice.

If you had to recommend an album, which one would you suggest?

pinbacking · « **Reply #11 on:** February 19, 2008, 12:32:13 PM »

My favorite Album is Blue Screen Life. I still listen to something from it almost everyday! But you can try their newer stuff as well, as its a bit harder than their older stuff (if you like that more). I think some of the best songs are on their EP's too. Try Offcell, theres some really awesome bass work from Zach in that one. But they are all good

8teven · « **Reply #12 on:** January 14, 2010, 05:20:50 PM »

*reason alembic caught my eye*

love pinback!

earsplit · « **Reply #13 on:** October 16, 2014, 10:59:07 PM »

I'm going to bump this thread for related content. I've been uploading some Pinback covers to Youtube. Zach is also the reason I got an Alembic initially, and is my biggest influence. If you haven't give Blue Screen Life and Summer in Abaddon a listen. The bass lines are very subtle but extremely complex.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4XGKkJqNpKFZihckvmEPaQ

Khrist92 · « **Reply #14 on:** January 24, 2020, 04:42:33 PM »

I was glad to find one thread about this band in the Club. They're not big, but man does Armistead Burwell Smith IV know how to construct a great line. I mistook his parts for guitar parts initially.