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Origin
  
Gainesville, Florida, United States

Genres
  
Punk rock, post-hardcore, emo (early)

Years active
  
1993–1996, 1997–2006, 2008–present

Members
  
Chuck Ragan, Chris Wollard, Jason Black, George Rebelo

Associated acts
  
Alkaline Trio, The Bouncing Souls, Against Me!, Leatherface, The Draft, Senses Fail, The Casket Lottery

Albums
  
Profiles

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Hot Water Music is a punk rock band from Gainesville, Florida. The members of the band are Chuck Ragan, Chris Wollard, Jason Black, and George Rebelo. HWM first formed in 1993. In 1998, after releasing multiple EPs and three full-length albums, the band briefly disbanded, but soon reformed, announcing their continuation as Hot Water Music at the concert recorded for Live at the Hardback. They are represented by David "Beno" Benveniste's Velvet Hammer Music and Management Group. In late 2005, Hot Water Music stated they were going on a hiatus following Chuck Ragan's departure. On May 13, 2006 however, the hiatus became seemingly permanent and Hot Water Music officially disbanded. The three remaining members then started a new project, The Draft, whose first album, In a Million Pieces, was released on September 12, 2006. Chuck Ragan also continued with a more low-key music career, releasing material through No Idea Records and Side One Dummy Records. He is currently signed to the latter. The band members have also participated in many side projects. The four most popular of these are Blacktop Cadence, Cro(w)s, Unitas and Rumbleseat.

Contents

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A collection of Hot Water Music work on No Idea records has been released, titled Till the Wheels Fall Off . It was released on CD and on LP. According to Jason Black in an interview with Alternative Press, the compilation will feature "a song [called "Home"] that hasn't come out anywhere...it was one of two that didn't make it [onto The New What Next]."

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The band's name was taken from the collection of short stories by Charles Bukowski of the same name.

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Reunion

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On October 22, 2007, music website Punknews.org reported that a reunion of the band is currently in the works.

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Chuck Ragan also stated that he looked forward to playing with Hot Water Music again sometime in the future.

The November issue of Alternative Press included an interview with bassist Jason Black in which he said that they are planning to reunite, but he "hates saying it out loud because we haven't confirmed a show yet." He thinks that "at this point...we'll be doing about six to eight shows...[and] we're shooting for January or February."

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On November 5, 2008, Hot Water Music's official page, as well as their MySpace page, formally announced three shows in late January and early February. The announcement also stated that the official website will continue to be updated with news, as well as a collaborative discography of all their releases.

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The band kicked off their reunion tour with a "secret show" at Common Grounds in their hometown of Gainesville, Florida on January 18, 2008 followed by shows in Orlando, Florida, Sayreville, New Jersey and two sold out shows in Chicago, Illinois.

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They headlined the Eastpak Core Stage at Groezrock festival in Meerhout, Belgium on 9 May 2008, as well as playing a couple of dates in Germany around the same time. The band is continuing to play sporadically in the US.

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Performances in 2009 included a 2009 New Year's Eve show in Atlanta at the Masquerade, a tour with the legendary Chicago punks Naked Raygun followed by shows in Germany for November

In 2010, the band performed at the Punk Rock Bowling Festival 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada alongside NOFX, Against Me! and Fucked Up.

They also toured Australia with The Bouncing Souls and Dave Hause in December 2010, releasing a split seven-inch to commemorate the tour.

On June 15, 2009, it was announced that drummer George Rebelo had joined Against Me!. Dave Raun from Lagwagon was filling in for him, until Rebelo announced that he wanted to join Hot Water music again for touring and recording the follow up to 'The New What Next'.

Jason Black had played bass for New Jersey outfit Senses Fail from 2008-2012. alongside Matt Smith of Strike Anywhere who still remains with the band.

The band is currently working on a new album with Rise records, and have announced an upcoming, self-produced 7", called 'The Fire, The Steel, The Tread/Up To Nothing'

On January 23, 2012 the band announced via their official Twitter page that they had set up camp at The Blasting Room in Ft. Collins, Colorado to record their new full-length album with Bill Stevenson producing. On February 8, 2012 it was announced that the album was in the mixing process. On February 12, 2012, the band announced via Facebook that their album was finished and waiting to be released. On February 29, 2012, it was announced that the new album will be titled Exister and will be released on May 15. A track listing of 13 tracks was also released.

Discography

Studio albums
  • Fuel for the Hate Game - Toybox Records / No Idea Records (1997)
  • Forever and Counting - Doghouse Records (1997) / Rise Records re-issue (2012/2013)
  • No Division - Some Records (1999) / No Idea Records re-issue (2007)
  • A Flight and a Crash - CD on Epitaph Records / LP on No Idea Records (2001)
  • Caution - CD on Epitaph Records / LP on No Idea Records (2002)
  • The New What Next - CD on Epitaph Records / LP on No Idea Records (2004)
  • Exister - CD on Rise Records (2012) No. 34 US / No. 96 CAN
  • Compilations
  • Finding the Rhythms - Toybox Records / No Idea Records (1995)
  • Never Ender - No Idea Records (2001)
  • Till the Wheels Fall Off - No Idea Records (2008)
  • Live albums
  • Live at the Hardback - No Idea Records (1999)
  • Live in Chicago - No Idea Records (2013)
  • EPs and splits
  • Push for Coin (Originally released on tape) (1995) / CD released on Happy Days Records (1995)
  • Eating the Filler 7" - Toybox Records / Kung Fu Zombie (1995)
  • Split with Swivel Stick 7" - Tuesday Morning Records (1995)
  • Split with Tomorrow 11" - No Idea Records (1997)
  • You Can Take the Boy Out of Bradenton 7"/CD - Schematics Records (1996)
  • Alachua 7" - Allied Recordings (1997) / No Idea Records re-issue (1999)
  • Split with Clairmel 8.5" / CD - No Idea Records (1998)
  • F State Revisited 7" (Split with Screaming Fat Rat) - Snuffy Smile (1998)
  • Split with Six Going On Seven 7" - Some Records (1998)
  • Split with Rydell 7" - Scene Police / Ignition (1998)
  • 403 Chaos Comp: Florida Fucking Hardcore (Comp) (1998)
  • Moments Pass 7" - No Idea Records (1999)
  • Where We Belong 7" - No Idea Records (1999)
  • Moonpies for Misfits CD - No Idea Records (1999) Compiles Moments Pass 7" and Where We Belong 7"
  • BYO Split Series, Vol. 1 LP/CD (Split with Leatherface) - Better Youth Organization (1999)
  • Split with Alkaline Trio CD/Picture Disc - Jade Tree Records CD / No Idea Records Picture Disc (2002)
  • Colors, Words, And Dreams 7" (Split with The Casket Lottery) - Second Nature Recordings (2002)
  • Split with Muff Potter 7" - Green Hell Label (2003)
  • Live in Chicago No. 1 7" - No Idea Records (2010) Blue vinyl. Limited to 1000. Released for Record Store Day 2010
  • Live in Chicago No. 2 7" - No Idea Records (2010) Red vinyl. Limited to 1000.
  • Live in Chicago No. 3 7" - No Idea Records (2010) Yellow vinyl. Limited to 1000.
  • Live in Chicago No. 4 7" - No Idea Records (2010) Green vinyl. Limited to 1000.
  • Split with The Bouncing Souls 7" - Chunksaah Records (2011)
  • Live in Chicago No. 5 7" - No Idea Records (2011) Purple vinyl. Limited to 1000.
  • Live in Chicago No. 6 6" - No Idea Records (2011) White vinyl. Limited to 1000.
  • The Fire, The Steel, The Tread''/''Adds Up to Nothing'' 7" (2011)
  • Drag My Body 7" - Uncle M (2012) Picture Disc. Limited to 400 hand-numbered copies.
  • Music Videos

  • Paper Thin (2001)
  • Remedy (2002)
  • State of Grace (2012)
  • Drag My Body (2013)
  • Songs

    Drag My BodyExister · 2012
    Trusty ChordsCaution · 2002
    State of GraceExister · 2012

    References

    Hot Water Music Wikipedia