Occupation(s) Musician Years active 1985–present Role Bass guitarist | Instruments Bass guitar Name Kevin Rutmanis Siblings Sandris Rutmanis | |
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Genres Noise rock, experimental rock, alternative metal Labels Ipecac Recordings, Amphetamine Reptile Records Associated acts Melvins, Tomahawk, Cows, Hepa/Titus Music groups Melvins (1998 – 2005), Tomahawk (2000 – 2007), Cows (1987 – 1998) Albums Whorn, The Crybaby, Hostile Ambient Takeover, Electroretard, Melvinmania: Best of the Atlantic Y | ||
TOMAHAWK | Band Interview & Performance (2002)
Kevin Rutmanis (born October 17, 1958) is an American bass guitarist. He is of Latvian descent. Before getting into music he was a student teacher.In late 1985, along with his younger brother Sandris Rutmanis, Thor Eisentrager, and then Jayhawks drummer Norm Rogers, he started the band The Cows. After the dissolution of The Cows, Rutmanis was the bass guitar player for The Melvins from 1998 to 2005. He was also the bass guitarist in the supergroup Tomahawk featuring Mike Patton. Kevin played bass on Tomahawk's first two CDs titled Tomahawk and Mit Gas, and played for two world tours supporting those CDs.
Contents
Cows
Melvins
Tomahawk
Hepa/Titus
Songs
God Hates a Coward
Hitting the Wall
Heave Ho
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Ramblin' Man
GI Joe
Divorced
Long - Long Weary Day
Ghost Dance
Crow Dance
Red Fox
Let It All Be
Rape This Day
Mine Is No Disgrace
Youth of America
Jew Boy Flower Head
Capt Midnight
The Fool - the Meddling Idiot
Little Judas Chongo
Sir Yes Sir
Hog Leg
Birdsong
We We
The Brain Center at Whipples
Mary Lady Bobby Kins
Mayday
Laredo
Good Cop
Matt-Alec
Symbol: Iron cross
Aktion 13fh
Felon of Troy