Years active 1994-2000 Website [1] Active from 1994 | Active until 2000 | |
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Associated acts Battles, Don Caballero, Good Morning, Tanlines, Restless, The Brothers, Talibam!, People, Moppa Elliott's Mostly Other People Do The Killing, Puttin on the Ritz, Sexy Thoughts, Form and Mess Past members Ian WilliamsEric EmmKevin SheaGeorge Draguns Genres Experimental rock, Noise rock, Progressive rock, Math rock, Avant-garde jazz, Free jazz, Free improvisation Similar Don Caballero, Eric Emm, Dave Konopka, Damon Che, Battles | ||
Storm & Stress (alternately styled as Storm&Stress or Stormandstress) were an American free jazz and experimental/math rock band formed in Pittsburgh and later based in Chicago. The band's name is derived from the German literary movement Sturm und Drang. Storm & Stress initially consisted of bassist George Draguns, drummer Kevin Shea and vocalist/guitarist Ian Williams. Eric Emm later replaced Draguns on bass.
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Storm & Stress released two full-length albums on Touch and Go Records and toured the United States and Europe. Storm & Stress has been inactive since 2000; it is likely that the band broke up as part of the fallout of the November 2000 breakup of Don Caballero, of which Williams and Emm were also members.
Ian Williams now plays guitar and keyboards in the band Battles; Eric Emm sings and plays guitar for Tanlines; Kevin Shea has made significant contributions to the experimental and free jazz scenes in New York, most notably with Talibam!. In 2014 Kevin Shea, George Draguns and guitarist Nick Millevoi released an album as Form and Mess; an obvious allusion to Shea and Draguns' former band Storm & Stress.
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The Sky's the Ground - the Bombs Are Plants - and We're the Sun - LoveUnder Thunder and Fluorescent Lights · 2000
Meet Me in the Space They Stare at Leaving Their Seat During a ShowUnder Thunder and Fluorescent Lights · 2000
The 2nd Perpetuate the BeautifulUnder Thunder and Fluorescent Lights · 2000