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Overview

For Against are a United States post-punk/proto-shoegaze rock band from Lincoln, Nebraska. Despite numerous lineup shuffles and some periods of dormancy, the band has produced material steadily from its 1984 inception to the present. Post punk generally refers to the particularly fertile and creative period following the initial punk rock explosion. During the first wave of punk, roughly spanning 1976-1983, bands such as The Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Ramones and The Damned began to challenge the current styles and conventions of rock... Shoegazing is a style of music that emerged in Britain in the late 1980s. ... For other uses, see Rock music (disambiguation). ... A musical ensemble is a group of two or more musicians who perform instrumental or vocal music. ... Nickname: Location in Nebraska Coordinates: , Country   State     County United States   Nebraska     Lancaster Founded[1]   Renamed   Incorporated 1856   July 29, 1867   April 1, 1869 Government  - Mayor Chris Beutler Area  - City 195. ...

History

Something of an anomaly in Midwestern America, For Against--especially early in its career--has looked to a distinctly British aesthetic for inspiration, most obviously the post-punk scene exemplified by the early rosters of the Factory and 4AD record labels. FAC 115: Factory Records Stationery (1984) Factory Records was a Manchester based British independent record label, started in 1978, which featured several prominent musical acts on its roster such as Joy Division, New Order, A Certain Ratio, The Durutti Column, Happy Mondays, and (briefly) James and Orchestral Manoeuvres in the... This article is about the record label 4AD. For the year, see 4. ...

Featuring members of underground Lincoln bands Cartoon Pupils and Hymn to Joy, the band first called itself Glue, and then D.B.L., finally settling on Four Against One [1], a name that reflected its status as a quintet at the time. Bassist Liz Panarelli's early departure gave way to keyboardist Jeffrey Runnings' shift to bass, as well as the band's truncation of its name to For Against; by 1985 singer Jon Fynbu had departed as well, leaving the core trio of guitarist Harry Dingman III, drummer Gregory Hill, and bassist Jeffrey Runnings, who would become (with very few exceptions) the band's sole vocalist and lyricist. [2]

In 1985, For Against debuted on vinyl with the "Autocrat"/"It's a Lie" single, released in a limited run on the band's own Republic Issue label. This single has become highly collectible among the group's fanbase.

In 1987 the band signed to Independent Project Records (IPR), issuing its first full-length Echelons. That year the band undertook its only full tour to date, promoting Echelons at clubs across the U.S., including CBGB, Maxwell's, and Chicago's Cabaret Metro. Echelons received a Grammy nomination for its jacket design, by IPR head Bruce Licher; each LP in the initial pressing of 1000 came with an actual shaft of wheat integrated into the cover illustration. CBGB (Country, Blue Grass, and Blues) was a music club at 315 Bowery at Bleecker Street in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. ... Maxwells is a music club in Hoboken, New Jersey that also has a restaurant and bar. ... The Metro Metro is a concert hall in Chicago, Illinois that plays host to a variety of local, regional and national emerging bands and musicians. ... Grammy Award statuette The Grammy Awards, presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music Awards, the American Music... Species T. aestivum T. boeoticum T. dicoccoides T. dicoccon T. durum T. monococcum T. spelta T. sphaerococcum T. timopheevii References:   ITIS 42236 2002-09-22 Wheat Wheat For the indie rock group, see Wheat (band). ...

Having received favorable press for the melodic post-punk of Echelons, For Against released a follow-up titled December the next year to equally rave reception. The band lost considerable momentum, however, when Hill took his leave, followed shortly thereafter by Dingman after a brief attempt at a retooled, four-piece lineup. Hill and Dingman would soon form The Millions, a melodic alt-rock outfit with more mainstream leanings than For Against.

Jeffrey Runnings, who had by this time switched from bass to guitar, continued on with bassist Jeff Gaskins and drummer Steve Schultz, playing under the name Stahlversion for a time before returning to the For Against handle. The band next added second guitarist Stephen "Mave" Hinrichs to the lineup; Hinrichs' band The Gladstones (formerly Playground), a steady name on the Lincoln scene, had just broken up. By the end of 1990, Steve Schultz had been replaced with drummer Paul Engelhard. This lineup of For Against released two singles (1991 & 1993); all five songs from these singles found their way onto the band's '93 album Aperture. This album also featured six unheard tracks from '90-'91 recording sessions, all characterized by a more relaxed, repetitive songwriting style than that found on earlier For Against records, making full use of the layering capabilities of the new two-guitar lineup.

By the time of Aperture's release (delayed due to IPR's distribution woes), Jeff Gaskins had left the group; the album credits thank Gaskins for his bass playing but do not list him as a band member. Runnings returned to bass, and For Against has remained a trio ever since.

For Against recorded two more albums, Mason's California Lunchroom (1995) and Shelf Life (1997), then went on hiatus for 4 to 5 years.

They re-emerged on a new label in 2002 with the album Coalesced, which garnered the band almost unanimously positive reviews.^{[citation needed]} Hinrichs soon left the band and moved to Virginia, leaving the group's existence in doubt.

In 2004 and 2005, the band's first two albums were remastered and reissued on CD, with modified cover art. Original guitarist Dingman rejoined the band, and they are said to be recording new material, with an album due in 2007.

In 2007 Nick Buller became the new permanent drummer. The band is currently recording an EP at Fuse Studios.

Discography

Albums

• Echelons (1987, IPR) (recorded 1986) "Shine" mp3 (reissue: 2004, Words On Music)
• December (1988, IPR) "Sabres" mp3 (reissue: 2005, Words On Music)
• Aperture (1993, Rainbow Quartz/ IPR) (the two '93 singles/b-sides, + six songs from '90-91 sessions)
• Mason's California Lunchroom (1995, Rainbow Quartz/ Caroline)
• Shelf Life (1997, IPR/ World Domination)
• Coalesced (2002, Words On Music)
• Shade Side, Sunny Side (2008, Words On Music)

EPs, singles

• "Autocrat" 7" (1985, Republic Issue) (co-release and/or reissue via IPR?) "Autocrat" mp3
• In The Marshes 10" EP (1990, IPR) (demo recordings circa '86)
• "You Only Live Twice" 7" (1991, Part Trance)
• "Don't Do Me Any Favors" 7" (1993, IPR)

Music videos

• Music videos were released for the songs "Autocrat" and "Echelons," and possibly others.

External links

• Official site
• Myspace
• Fansite
• Trouser Press entry
• AllMusic Guide entry