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Yes Sensei
12+ albums
Sonic Youthnoise rockpolvounwoundThe Minutemen
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Long Island based post punk/noise rock band for almost 10 years running now. Check them out: http://www.myspace.com/yessensei discography: -"2 song demo" cd-r (2002/self released) -"What I Do Best is What I Do Worst" cd (2002/Rok Lok Records & The Children's Revolt) -"We Who Transplant Sustain" cd (2004/ Rok Lok Records) -"s/t" cd (2007/ Rok Lok Records) -"3 Songs" 7 inch (2008/ Rok Lok Records & Russian Folk Stories) -"In Excelsis" cd (2011/Rok Lok Records) -"Russian or Retarded" appears on No Nucleus cd comp (Tone Library Collective) - t "All Your Bass Are Belong to Us" appears on Dead Broke Tape Comp Volume 3 (Dead Broke Records) Influences: Sonic Youth, Unwound, The Minutemen, The Jesus Lizard, Polvo, Shellac, etc. History: Yes Sensei started out as merely an idea back in late 1999 by friends Mike Andriani (guitar/vocals) and Paul Como (bass) to create loud and noisy guitar fury laced post punk, much akin to the likes of heroes Unwound, Jesus Lizard, Shellac and Sonic Youth. In creating something that was in stark contrast to the the common sounds found on Long Island the two struggled to find a sensible, creative drummer who didn't resemble a cartoon of a drummer. However, by December 2000 an inventive, fresh faced kid named Dave Elliott (aka Davecat) found a place behind the drum kit and Yes Sensei as song writing/performing unit was official. Ear splitting havoc was wreaked upon shows that were played locally and regionally in the band's orginal three piece line u
