Anti-M is a Santa Barbara based mostly electronic rock band. While the band has been releasing albums since 1992, their main claim to fame may be its association with a somewhat famous guitarist, Ronnie Montrose; he played as a guest on Anti-M's second album, Positively Negative.
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History and description
The band's discography includes No Waves in Hell, Positively Negative, and It H-Hurts, the Instrumentals. A remastered version of Positively Negative features two bonus track instrumentals that include guitarist Ronnie Montrose who is known for forming the band Montrose and starting the career of singer Sammy Hagar. The album Damage was released in 2008. It features a guest performance by bassist Tim Landers who has played with various talent including Tori Amos, Vince Neil, Stevie Nicks, Al Di Meola and Billy Cobham, among others. Landers can be heard during the guitar solo on the title track. The style of the album is dark and gothic with a mix of influences from bands like Within Temptation, Evanescence and electronica like Depeche Mode. In 2010 the band released Damaged Little Things, an album of alternate takes and unreleased songs
Anti-M have provided music for several films. They include You Only Die Once, a direct-to-video James Bond spoof), Hawaiian Surf Stories (a series of surf films from North Shore Oahu), and "The Bolt Who Screwed Christmas", an award-winning animated short written and directed by Anti-M founding member John "Wedge" Wardlaw.