BOTTOM is:
SINA : VOLUME ADDICT, GUITARZAN & VOX
KEVIN : LOW TONES
CHRIS : BATTERY
CHRIS CORONA : LIVE RIFFAGE
Spawned from the fiery bottom of New York City's Lower East Side, more evil than Satan himself, the metal rock-outfit BOTTOM continues to raise Hell.
Lead by mosh-head Sina, BOTTOM is volume drenched metal built on riffs and deep groove. BOTTOM escaped NYC in 1999. After years of touring, BOTTOM grew into its current carnivorous form. Bassist Kevin Harding and trap artist Chis Colebourn, originally from SF's durge rock outfit The Pale Horse, most recently joined BOTTOM after Sina and Kevin met while playing in a Bay Area deathmetal band called Angrboda. Heavily influenced by steak, black tooth and conspiracy theories, BOTTOM’s current HQ is in San Francisco.
BOTTOM's debut, Made in Voyage, was recorded in NYC, produced by Greg Gordon (engineer for Slayer, Helmet, and Public Enemy) and released in 1999 on the band's label Mudflap Records. After launching their first European invasion in 2002, BOTTOM returned stateside preparing for their next release. Their second long player, "Feels So Good When You're Gone", was co-produced by Billy Anderson (Mr. Bungle, Neurosis, Sleep). After the fall of Mans Ruin Records, "Feels So Good When You're Gone" was re-issued by Lee Dorian's UK label Rise Above Records. Spinning a sinister tale in a glamorous Apocalypse, "Feels so Good When You're Gone" is thick with monster riffs, killer hooks and simultaneously makes your ears bleed while your doomed heart leaps with joy.
You'rNext is BOTTOM's most experimental release to date featuring voluminous feedback passages as well as the unexpected violin, trumpet and flute embedded in rock tracks. You'rNext is a dark folktale that twists and turns like an old saw wiseacre then digs into your head like a ritual from the Book of the Dead. Delivered with all the subtlety of the Grim Reaper, "You'rNext" tells a gypsy lie using minor chords, soul piercing howls and guitar tones that circle like ravenous buzzards.
Van-vagabonds, BOTTOM has played over 1000 shows stateside since 1999 carving a new world order for DIY-touring bands: playing 300 shows a year, taking no prisoners, and destroying a new town every night. Notorious road queens BOTTOM invaded Europe in 2002, and spent a summer cranking out a daily double-header with a crushing 70 shows in 40 odd days: tearing up the 2001 Vans' WARPed Tour by day and headlining a club tour after dark. Visit www.BottomRocks.com for current tour information.
BOTTOM's explosive live show has devoured venues from Vancouver to Croatia, sharing stages with hundreds of rock-outfits including: AFI, AlabamaThunderPussy, AlienAntFarm, AcidKing, Backyard Babies, BellRays, Black Halos, Blessing the Hogs, Buzzov*n, Buckcherry, Cannibal Corps, Candy Snatchers, Crisis, Cosmic Psychos, Electric Wizard, The Fall, Everlast, Drivin'n'Cryin', H2O, Hank Williams Jr. III, Heroine Sheiks, High On Fire, HonkyToast, Hirax, Jucifer, Joey Ramone and the Independents, Leadfoot, Lenny Kaye, Ludicra, Lunachicks, Nashville Pussy, Nile, Mike Watt, Misfits, MonsterMagnet, Murphy's Law, Nebula, Pansy Divison, PigmyLoveCircus, PORN, Raging Slab, Rancid, Rollins Band, Speedealer, Spirit Caravan, Suicide Kings, Step Kings, 60 Watt Shaman, 311, Toilet Boys, Trouble, and The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black, Unida, YOB and more.
