Most Precious Blood formed in New York City out of the ashes of an older hardcore punk band named Indecision. They blend the song structures of hardcore with heavy metal. Their sound is one hard to desrcibe, with the band citing influences from Aphex Twin to The Obsessed. They are signed to Trustkill Records. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... Image File history File links Emblem-important. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Hardcore punk, now commonly known as hardcore, is a subgenre of punk rock that originated in North America in the late 1970s. ... This is a logo of an organization, item, or event, and is protected by copyright and/or trademark. ... Heavy metal is a form of rock music characterized by aggressive, driving rhythms and highly amplified distorted guitars, generally with grandiose lyrics and virtuosic instrumentation. ... Aphex Twin (born Richard David James on August 18, 1971 in Limerick, Ireland) is an electronic music artist, credited with pushing forward the genres of techno, ambient, acid and drum and bass. ... The Obsessed were a doom metal band from Maryland led by Scott Wino Weinrich, who also fronted Saint Vitus, Spirit Caravan, Place of Skulls, and currently fronts The Hidden Hand. ... Trustkill Trustkill Records is an American record label that started as a hardcore punk fanzine in April of 1993. ...

They are no stranger to controversy and rumors, welcoming all of it saying "there's no such thing as bad press in punk rock".

The band and its members advocate vegetarianism and veganism as they are all animal rights supporters. ^[1] A variety of vegetarian food ingredients Vegetarianism is the practice of a diet that excludes all animal flesh, including poultry, game, fish, shellfish or crustacea, and slaughter by-products. ... Vegan redirects here. ... Animal liberation redirects here. ...

History of the band

Originally, the band featured former Indecision guitarists Justin Brannan and Rachel Rosen, as well as on-again off-again Indecision vocalist, Tom Sheehan. On their debut full-length for Trustkill Records, Nothing In Vain 2001, Brannan played guitar and Rosen bass and Sheehan did vocals. This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Trustkill Trustkill Records is an American record label that started as a hardcore punk fanzine in April of 1993. ...

Making it even more confusing and incestuous, original Indecision drummer, Pat Flynn, played drums on "Nothing In Vain" but left the group immediately following the completion of the record. Flynn actually walked out of the studio once he finished his drums tracks; the cymbals were still sizzling.

The band then recruited Sean McCann. He would stay with the group for several years and would play on 2003's "Our Lady of Annihilation" album for Trustkill Records. Trustkill Trustkill Records is an American record label that started as a hardcore punk fanzine in April of 1993. ...

McCann then left the band in the middle of the night before the band was set to fly to Arizona for a gig. The band woke up and McCann was nowhere to be found; only a Dear John letter was left behind underneath the wiper blade of the band's van parked outside. The band still boarded the plane and flew down to Arizona without a drummer. The band hooked up with the drummer from Where Eagles Dare, a hardcore punk outfit from Arizona, and used their drummer for the show, teaching him the songs the night before the gig. This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

McCann would later come back to the band, but not for very long. McCann's controversial and mysterious final departure would spark a constant rotation of drummers that would last a number of years and recall Spinal Tap. For other uses, see Spinal Tap (disambiguation). ...

As of this writing, the band is up to drummer # 13, Colin Kercz. Kercz has been with the group for several years.

In 2003, after Sheehan departed the band to return to school, the band teamed up with former One King Down vocalist Rob Fusco, added Atlanta's prodigal son Matt Miller on bass and moved Rosen to second guitar for their second album Our Lady of Annihilation 2003, also on Trustkill Records. The cover of this record, dreamt up by Brannan but visualized by Justin Borucki, would incite a major controversy and fiery dialogue about censorship and morality in art; all of which was highly publicized and rumored to all have been planned by the band to create hysteria and hype leading up to the albums release. The band denied it was a scam with Brannan claiming the band and label had no idea the artwork would spark such "highfalutin pandemonium". Older promo photo of full OKD line-up One King Down touring line-up October 2000 One King Down was a straight edge, hardcore band from Albany, New York that recorded and performed from 1994 until 2002. ... Matt Miller is generally a shortened form of the full name Matthew Miller. ... Trustkill Trustkill Records is an American record label that started as a hardcore punk fanzine in April of 1993. ...

"Nothing In Vain" was recorded in a 9' x 15' one room studio in an abandoned building near Sailors Snug Harbor, Staten Island. The building was once an old age home for sick and dying wayward sailors and famously rumored to be haunted. There were odd noises that ended up on the master tapes that the band never recalled hearing during the recording. The album was engineered/produced by long-time Indecision producer/co-conspirator Ron Thal who would later go on to play guitar for Guns N' Roses. Founded in 1808 by Captain Robert Richard Randall (for whom the nearby neighborhood of Randall Manor is named), Sailors Snug Harbor was the first and only home for retired merchant seamen in the history of the United States, when it opened in 1833. ... Ron Thal aka Bumblefoot on the 1997 Hermit CD Born in New York City, NY, Ron Thal, now known as Bumblefoot has become recognized worldwide as a guitarist of stunning virtuosity and composer of consummate skill and a style of playing that is instantly recognizable as uniquely his. ... Guns N Roses is an American hard rock band, formed in Los Angeles, California in 1985. ...

The band is notoriously outspoken on many issues; garnering equal parts praise and grief.

The band is also known for their fearlessly trailblazing tours. The quote was "send us 5 plane tickets, we'll be there". MPB was the first American Hardcore band to tour South Africa. They've also been to 50+ countries throughout Europe, Brazil, Australia and New Zealand and all over the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico.

Recent News

MPB hasn't played a show since July 2006 in New Zealand. The band denied rumors of a break-up claiming they were just taking time off to relax and write a new album, after a hectic 2-year non-stop global touring schedule. Also stating they were unable to play shows since drummer Colin Kercz was detained in Australia for reasons unknown and only recently allowed back into the U.S. The band has been quoted of saying they were interested in "bowing out of the mass appeal madness" that has struck the hardcore scene and wants nothing to do with the "glossy culture" anymore. The band is currently in the studio writing for their fourth album for Trustkill Records, tentatively titled "Do Not Resuscitate". A DNR/DNI, or Do Not Resuscitate/Do Not Intubate order, is a written order from a doctor that resuscitation should not be attempted if a person suffers cardiac or respiratory arrest. ...

Lineup

• Justin Brannan — guitar
• Rachel Rosen — guitar, vocals, CEO and CFO
• Rob Fusco — vocals
• Matt Miller — bass guitar
• Colin Kercz — drums

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Former members

• Tom Sheehan (vocals)2000-2003
• Sean McCann (drums) 2001-2004

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References

in-depth interview with Justin in St.Louis

Discography

• Nothing In Vain (2001, Trustkill Records)
• Our Lady of Annihilation (2003, Trustkill Records)
• Merciless (2005, Trustkill Records)

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Trivia

• Rachel Rosen and Justin Brannan appeared in minor roles in Threat, an independent film produced in the NYHC scene.
• The MPB track "The Great Red Shift" was contributed to the mashup album Threat: Music That Inspired The Movie, where it was remixed by Atari Teenage Riot frontman Alec Empire and dubbed "Pandemic."
• Everytime Justin mentions Siouxsie and The Banshees in an interview, Siouxsie's posthumous sales spike up.
• Most Precious Blood have had 13 drummers so far in their 6 year existence.
• One of the more striking features of the band is that all members are vegetarian or vegan and are animal rights advocates (Our Lady of Annihilation came with a small flyer for the animal rights organization PETA, for example). However Rob Fusco denies that Most Precious Blood are in any way evangelical, saying "I'm not going around trying to change people because people are going to change when they want to...if I said something that you found truth in, or that you found made sense, cool - I'm glad I was a catalyst to help you come to your own conclusions." ^[2] interview with Justin about veganism on tour in Satya Magazine*
• The video for "The Shark Ethic" from "Merciless" was directed by famed rap video mogul J. Jesse Smith

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External links

• The band's official site
• The band's official biography
• Most Precious Blood on Trustkill
• Interview with Justin Brannan, a month before their tour of South Africa
• Most Precious Blood on PureVolume
• Most Precious Blood on MySpace
• Most Precious Blood Interview UKEvents.net