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Formerly Seven Storey, this Arizona threesome -- consisting of vocalist/guitarist Lance Lammers, bassist Dave Norwood, and drummer Chad Kinney -- specializes in a smart brand of hurtling post-punk dissonance, melody, aggression, and emotion. Like many other bands lumped into the unfortunate emocore ghetto, Seven Storey are influenced by D.C. hardcore, but they bring their own desert-bound intensity to the genre. Additionally, their keen melodicism sometimes approaches that of more commercial bands like the Foo Fighters. Their first EP, Based on a True Story, was recorded in late 1997 and early 1998, and it wasn't until nearly four years later that the group recorded their first full-length effort, 2002's Dividing by Zero, which was released by Deep Elm Records. By fall 2006, the band was signed to Thick Records, who then released their follow-up effort in January 2007.
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Seven Storey Mountain is an American band from Phoenix, Arizona. The group's music is heavily influenced by the early Washington, D.C. post-hardcore scene.
The band formed in 1994 as a three-piece, featuring singer/guitarist Lance Lammers, bassist Jesse Everhart, and drummer Thomas Lanser. The trio had two releases on indie label Art Monk Construction, a 1996 self-titled E.P. and the 1997 L.P. Leper Ethics. The band broke up in early 1997 shortly before the release of Leper Ethics. Despite all the songs being written by Lammers, Everhart and Lanser continued using the name Seven Storey Mountain for a short time, drafting Aaron Wendt as a singer/bassist and Jason Kileen as lead guitarist, with Everhart switching from bass to second guitar. Lammers returned to the band later the same year at the request of the group reverting the band back to the original three piece configuration. Material recorded by this lineup from 1997-1998 was released on the album Based on True Story in 2000 by Deep Elm Records.
The original lineup of Seven Storey Mountain disbanded in 1998. Lammers formed a new band, which he abbreviated Seven Storey, in 2001. The new lineup, featuring Dave Norwood on bass and Chad Kinney on drums, released Dividing by Zero on Deep Elm in 2002. The band began a national tour with Local H and Injected in November 2001. Seven Storey disbanded shortly thereafter. A handful of leftover tracks that Lammers recorded on his own were released on a split EP with Brandtson and Camber in 2003.
Lammers continued working on new material over the next couple of years and re-adopted the original Seven Storey Mountain moniker for a 2007 album, At the Poles, released on Thick Records. The album was recorded and performed solely by Lammers, and drew comparisons to Frodus and Fugazi. A new live band played shows from 2005-2007 that featured Rich Van Syckel on bass and Dave King on drums.
As of early 2012, the band's website states that a new album is in the works.
