Biography

Here are some interviews we have done!
Dead Souls issue 1, January 2008
Noise Reduction issue 1, April 2007 (pdf)
Das Diabolical issue 1, February 2007 (pdf)
Mean And Horrendous webzine, February 2006

2004:
SUMMER -Mike wrote two fastcore songs (which became "Where's The Fun?" and "It's All You"). Excited, he showed Justin the songs. Both agreed that the songs were cool, and promptly pursued other musical endeavors.

2005:
SUMMER -Mike grew anxious to start a fastcore project and asked Justin if he was interested. Justin agreed, and Mike, christening the project Hummingbird Of Death, finished the first two songs and wrote another eight.
AUGUST/SEPTEMBER -We recorded the first 10 originals as a demo. Justin played the guitar and bass parts.
OCTOBER -We had posted a few mp3s online, and the initial response encouraged us to become a real band and find a bass player. Our buddy Brian volunteered immediately.
-We recorded our first song with Brian, "Works Both Ways." We contributed the song to a 1332 Records compilation called "Twice The Evil."
-Our demo was released on a first run of 30 tapes (to be followed by runs of 75 tapes and 11 CDRs). Sound Pollution and 625 Thrash received copies and expressed interest in releasing our material.
DECEMBER -Our first show took place at Mike's house. People seemed to like it.

2006:
JANUARY -Our second show was a 5-minute performance in the Co-Op store parking lot after the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day. Still one of our best shows.
-Ken at Sound Pollution offered us a split LP with Michigan's I Accuse! We accepted while concurrently asking Max at 625 if he wanted to release a 7" for us. He agreed, beginning a horrifically arduous process, marked by delays at every step, which would culminate 1 1/2 years later in the release of said 7".
FEBRUARY -We entered Osmosis Studio to begin the tough task of recording 40 songs.
MARCH -"Twice The Evil" was released by 1332 Records.
APRIL -We played a show with SMD, the first touring band to share a bill with us.
MAY -The recording of our 40 songs was finally finished. 15 of the songs were chosen for the IA split.
JULY -We played shows with Hostile Takeover and This Is My Fist!
NOVEMBER -Our split LP with I Accuse! was released by Sound Pollution Records.

2007:
FEBRUARY -We finished recording at Mike's house for the "Goatmeal" 5" and a split 10" w/ Chainsaw To The Face.
-We played shows with Die Young and Gaza.
MARCH -We played a show with Sidetracked.
APRIL -We played a show with Catheter.
-"Flesheaters," a 1332 Records compilation including one HOD song from the Osmosis sessions, was released.
JUNE -We played a show with In Disgust.
JULY -We played shows with Ramming Speed, Dry-Rot and Weekend Nachos.
AUGUST -Our split with Pile Of Maggot Infested Viscera, consisting of 7 songs from the Osmosis sessions, was self-released on cassette and 3" CD.
-We played our first shows outside Boise. P9R came with us to the Seattle area for 2 shows. P9R's van broke down outside La Grande, Oregon on the way there. Dead Stare and Sidetracked played the first show, and Valley Of The Dinosaurs played both, and then broke up. We made $35 on the trip, all of which went toward fixing P9R's van. The day we were supposed to return to Boise, we had a show with Bloody Phoenix, but the van broke down again in Yakima and we were stuck and unable to play.
-Our first 7", "Diagnosis: Delicious", consisting of the rest of the songs from the Osmosis sessions, was finally released by 625, Fatalist and Give Praise Records.
SEPTEMBER -We recorded 3 originals and a Screeching Weasel cover at Mike's house. The originals were recorded for a compilation 7" that never materialized.
OCTOBER -We played shows with Wolves In The Throne Room, Wojczech and Catheter.

2008:
MARCH -We recorded 6 songs at Mike's house. 5 were slated for release on a split 7" with Dead Stare and the other ("Telecom Amnesty") was to be submitted for a compilation on Sick Thought Records. However one of the DS songs turned out crappy so we threw it away and replaced it with the song that was meant for the comp. We submitted one of the songs from the previous September ("Swallowed") for the comp instead.
APRIL -Our "Goatmeal" 5" EP was released by Cowabunga Records.
MAY -Our split 10" with Chainsaw To The Face was released by Cowabunga Records.
-We completed our first tour, which began in Seattle and wound down the west coast to LA before ending in Phoenix. Dead Stare accompanied us for the first 4 shows, Over Vert for the first 3. Brian couldn't make the trip, so 3 days before the tour we enlisted Pat Misner (P9R, Jump Jets) to fill in for him. We had one practice and then took our 13-song set on the road the next day. All things considered, the tour was a huge success. We played great shows with Sidetracked, Funerot, Superbad, Skull Collector, Final Draft, SMD, Voetsek, and many others. Despite $4 gas prices, we came home with about $900, just enough to pay off the rental van.
-The day after returning home we played a show with Ceremony. This was our last show with Pat.
JUNE -We played a show with Skull Collector. Brian's first show back.
JULY -We played shows with SFN, Whalelimb, Weekend Nachos and Signs Of Hope.
SEPTEMBER -We played at Gagtard Fest, a benefit for local promoter Justin Cantrell, who was sentenced to jail time and fines for hosting shows at his house, the Myrtle Morgue. The fest was organized by Mike and Bryce Kresge (Murder And The Media Machine, Bone Dance), with the help of a lot of great people. 11 of Boise's finest underground bands played in about 5 hours' time. There were unconfirmed reports that about 200 people attended, and we met our goal of raising $500 for Justin. Best of all, it was a house show!
-We played a show with Sojourner and Sidetracked.
OCTOBER -We played a show with Ramming Speed.
NOVEMBER -We played a show with Take Control.

2009:
JANUARY -We recorded our first LP with our friend Brent Kelley.
MARCH -A discography tape containing all HOD recordings prior to the LP and titled "Full Spectrum Dominance 2005-2008," was self-released, so we could have something to sell on our upcoming road trips.
-We underwent three consecutive weekends of road trips. The first was to Denver, where we played two shows, including Doomed 2 Grind Fest. Among the bands we played with were Clinging To The Trees Of A Forest Fire, 50/50, Catheter and Capitalist Casualties. The following weekend we were off to Berkeley, California to play UGZ Speed Trials at 924 Gilman, alongside such greats as Sidetracked, SFN, Final Draft, Population Reduction and In Disgust. The weekend after that, we came right back to the Bay Area for a show at Burnt Ramen, with Morpheme, Population Reduction, Voetsek and Toxic Holocaust. A day later we recorded 5 songs with Craig Billmeier at Dutch Oven Studios in Alameda. (The songs will see the light of day as an upcoming split with Sidetracked.) By the time we got home we were up over $300 for the month. Not too shabby!
MAY -We played shows with Transient, Coliseum and Toxic Holocaust.
JUNE -We played shows with Unholy Grave, Magrudergrind and The Runnamucks.
-Our split 7" with Dead Stare was released by Unholy Thrash Records.
JULY -Our first LP, "Show Us The Meaning Of Haste," was released on vinyl and CD by Cowabunga and To Live A Lie Records.
-We played shows with xBrainiax and Coke Bust.
AUGUST -We played shows with Superbad, Book Of Black Earth and Hour Of The Wolf.
-We recorded 10 songs for an upcoming compilation titled "This Comp Kills Fascists Vol. 2." Nathan Barnes at Osmosis helped us edit the songs together into an airtight package of brutality.
SEPTEMBER -We played a benefit show for our friend Zac Gilstrap, who was struck by a rare malignant form of multiple sclerosis called Marburg-variant MS (of which there is only one recorded survivor), leaving him at death's door without almost no voluntary functions. Our friends Todd DeBoer and Lindsey Newgard did an amazing job organizing the show and accompanying raffles and auctions. This resulted in almost $9000 being raised for Zac. At present Zac has made miraculous improvements and is able to use his hands and recognize family and friends.
OCTOBER -We played a show in Boise with Cannabis Corpse and Ramming Speed, and a show in Portland with Transient.
DECEMBER -We had a mini-tour lined up around Houston Noisefest, but had to cancel due to family/job emergencies. Shitty.