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Dylan Scharf: Guitar (acoustic), Guitar (electric), Keyboards | Braden Diotte: Bass guitar, Keyboards | Dave Warshaw: Drums, Electronics

Genre: Jazz, Noise | Xprmntl, Rock

RIYL: The Sultans, Hot Snakes

Upcoming Local Shows

Synoposis

Inception: San Diego, 1998

Ex-Band Members: Rob Morrison, Bass guitar, Electronics

Background:

On July 15th, 1998, Rob Morrison and Dave Warshaw moved to San Diego from Seattle and Los Angeles, respectively. On August 1, 1998, Braden Diotte moved to San Diego, also from Los Angeles. On August 2, 1998, together with Dylan Scharf, a San Diego native, Tarantula Hawk was born.

On March 1, 1999, Rob Morrison left Tarantula Hawk to raise his son back in Seattle. The remaining band members were unsatisfied with the sound of Tarantula Hawk’s existing music without the attributes of Rob’s bass and noise accompaniment, and were not interested in trying to find anyone to replace him. Instead, each band member took on an auxiliary instrument and new songs were conceived.

Over the next four years, Tarantula Hawk solidified itself within the underground music community, performing alongside such underground heavyweights as Neurosis, Crash Worship, High on Fire, Dystopia, and the Locust.