Rose for Bohdan

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Rose For Bohdan began in 1996 and ended in 2007. They released 5 full length albums during their existence. The final, and longest standing lineup of Rose For Bohdan was founder Brian Miller (now in Foot Village), Grace Lee (also in Foot Village), Josh Taylor (in Foot Village and XBXRX), Nick Murrary (now in The Young Veins), and Cole Miller. Culled from All Music Guide (written by Ned Raggett): It isn't always the case that someone forms a band and formally releases some music before they've graduated from high school; even less so when it happens twice! But LA-area denizen Brian Miller did just that, following up his experience with Blue Sonoco with the intriguingly titled Rose for Bodhan. The band's initial growth out of a small private-school setting has turned the group into an ever more ambitious outfit, with Miller one of many like-minded outfits in Southern California referencing everything from hip-hop and obscure IDM to a slew of indie inspirations. The band itself came together in late 1995, as Miller and two Asian-American friends in the school, all self-described outcasts, filled out college applications; in an effort to justify a claim of musical interests for extracurricular activity, they decided to form a hip-hop group. Drummer Allen Sung (who had only played violin and saxophone); keyboardist/singer James Yum (who had never played anything); and Miller on guitar, bass, and "normal" vocals formed the initial lineup. Sung and Yum in particular were the hip-

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There It Is, The Creeping Moral Decay of the Past Thousand Years

Then Everybody Hugged, "Racism Is God"

Major Label Drugs

Best Thesis for a Suicide Note

Decoration Monster

It's Nice To Know That One Of Us Is Gonna Die And The Rest Are Gonna Make Mad Cash

How to Pronounce Our Name

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Obsessed With My Own Philosophy

No Fantasy

I Am the Queen of Vanity

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There is it, The Creeping Moral Decay of the Past Thousand Years

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Then Everybody Hugged, "Racism is God."

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