Breadwinner
Richmond trio. Guitar and bass lines that lock together like a puzzle designed by a maniac. Stop. Start. STOP. Start again somewhere completely different. Short-lived because apparently being this precise is exhausting. Rollings went to Honor Role and Loincloth, Donne went to Labradford, which is about as far from math rock as you can get without leaving the planet.
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Breadwinner's guitarist and a Richmond, Virginia legend. Honor Role, Butterglove, and then Breadwinner, where he turned angular math-rock guitar into an art form. Influenced half the bands in this database whether they know it or not.
Breadwinner's bassist who also anchored Labradford, one of the most hypnotic drone bands of the 90s. Going from Breadwinner's jagged math-rock to Labradford's glacial minimalism is the kind of range most musicians can only dream about.
Breadwinner's drummer, locking in with Rollings and Donne to create some of the tightest, most angular post-hardcore of the early 90s. Richmond's secret weapon behind the kit.
