Years active 2001 – 2009 Website The Old Haunts Members Tobi Vail | Labels Kill Rock Stars Active until 2009 | |
Past members Danny Sasaki
Natalie Cox
Chris Sutton
Curtis James Origin Olympia, Washington, United States (2001) Albums Fallow Field, Poisonous Times, Fuel on Fire Genres Indie rock, Garage rock, Swamp pop, Alternative rock Similar The Frumpies, Something Fierce, Some Velvet Sidewalk, Broken Water, Billy Karren |
The old haunts fuel on fire
The Old Haunts were a rock music band formed in 2001 in Olympia, Washington. The band was sometimes defined as punk but exhibited additional qualities similar to southern swamp rock. Arpeggiated twangy guitar riffs, pounding bass lines and rock drumming were major features of the group's sound.
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Band members
Principal members of the band were the founders Craig Extine (guitar, vocals) and Scott Seckington(bass), and the band's final drummer, Tobi Vail. Vail was previously a member of Bikini Kill and The Frumpies. Past drummers for The Old Haunts included founding member Curtis James, Natalie Cox, Danny Sasaki, and Chris Sutton, most of whom had played with other Olympia bands. James was in Serum Greys and Excuse 17; Sasaki was a member of Mocket; Cox came from Popular Music; and Sutton had been in Dub Narcotic Sound System.
Discography
Before signing with the Kill Rock Stars label, The Old Haunts released a pair of independent EPs, and a full-length album, Collection, which combines both.
With a steady core membership of Extine and Seckington, the band recorded three full-length albums for Kill Rock Stars:
The band contributed the song "By the Bay" to the Kill Rock Stars compilation Otis' Opuses (2006).
Songs
Poisonous TimesPoisonous Times · 2008
Knives on the MindPoisonous Times · 2008
Hurricane EyesPoisonous Times · 2008