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Artist
Ribbon Fix
12+ albums
emomidwest emo90s emoindiepost-rock
about
Ribbon Fix played their debut show on August 10th, 1996 at the Epicenter Zone record store in San Francisco, opening for Full Boney and Uranium 9-Volt with its original four piece line-up consisting of Andi Camp (former Stella and Underside) on vocals/bass, Mark Rodgers (former Driftwood, Shroomunion and Perilisium Cantos) on vocals/guitar, Brian Gathy (former Savalas, Junkdrawer and Amber Inn) on guitar/bass and Mike Roberts (former Pawn) on drums. At the time, and with three contributing songwriters, the band didn't have too much material to draw from, but, following its first show, Ribbon Fix started writing at a seemingly furious rate. Before long, the band was lashing out regionally, up and down the West Coast, sharing bills with Cult of Eugene, the Icarus Line, Still Life and Jimmy Eat World. In early November of 1996, Ribbon Fix entered Enharmonik Studio in Sacramento with Eric Stenman to record 6 songs that would be released as "The Gathy Years". Almost immediately after recording the songs, Brian Gathy left the band to persue a paying gig with local indie rockers, Crumb, thus reducing Ribbon Fix to a three piece. Undetered by the loss, the band began fleshing out new material that would eventually start to define the band and its sound. The band debuted the downsized line-up in January of 1997 at the Gilman Street Project in Berkeley to favorable results. They then entered Enharmonik again, and again with Eric Stenman, in late February and recorded half of what would
