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Come are an American alternative rock band, formed in Boston by Thalia Zedek (vocals, guitar), Chris Brokaw (guitar, vocals), Arthur Johnson (drums), and Sean O'Brien (bass). ==Band history== Come came into being after a mutual acquaintance invited Brokaw, O'Brien, and Johnson to play with him. Brokaw was playing drums with Codeine, Johnson had previously drummed for Athens, Georgia band Bar-B-Q Killers, and O'Brien had played with two other 1980s Athens bands, Kilkenny Cats and Fashion Battery. After playing one show together, Brokaw, O'Brien, and Johnson decided to split off into their own project and invited Thalia Zedek to join them. Zedek had played in the bands Uzi and Dangerous Birds and had met and befriended Brokaw in the mid-1980s. Her most recent band at the time, the post-no wave New York band Live Skull, had disbanded in 1990 and Brokaw and Zedek had been talking about playing together. After a year of jamming together, Come released the 12-inch single "Car" on Sub Pop in 1991 – a seven-minute epic in the post-punk, blues-noir style of The Birthday Party, These Immortal Souls, and The Gun Club. According to Spin magazine, "Car" was "() two-song seven-inch that delivers all the satisfaction of, let's say, the definitive Hendrix box set." This release encapsulated what was to become Come's trademark style: thematically dark, emotionally intense, and lengthy songs marked by Zedek's distressed vocals, abrupt rhythms, and the tension-filled guitar interplay between Zedek and Brokaw, both extraordinarily accomplished guitarists. Even before the release of their first album, the band received much critical praise, with Spin magazine stating that "()he band is ferocious, bending a head-on adrenaline rush into a staggering blues crawl, churning noise-damage into aching melody, and letting it fall apart", adding that Come was "()ot just another band from Boston," but rather "poised on the brink of the big time." In 1992, Come released their debut album, ''11:11'', on Matador Records. ''11:11'' received acclaim from both the independent and established media, with David Browne, from Entertainment Weekly, characterizing it as "enthralling, like watching someone howl into a rainstorm." After the release of ''11:11,'' Brokaw left Codeine, devoting himself full-time to Come. Already after the release of the debut album, Come received praise from Dinosaur Jr.'s lead singer J. Mascis, Hüsker Dü's Bob Mould, and Nirvana's frontman Kurt Cobain, among many others, with Indigo Girls' Amy Ray lauding Zedek's voice, describing it as an "old Marlene Dietrich film" and Math rock band Chavez's guitarist Matt Sweeney characterizing Come as 'mind-blowing and one of the best bands ever.' Likewise, New York alternative rock band Cell guitarist Jerry DiRienzo has stated that "Come is more rock-rooted (Zedek's previous projects ). Their writing is great; their music bridges the masculine and feminine,"〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=George-Warren, Holly, "Come: The Next Chapter in Thalia Zedek's Indie Saga", ''Option'' magazine, No. 48 )〕 concluding that Come are his "favorite band."〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=George-Warren, Holly, "Come: The Next Chapter in Thalia Zedek's Indie Saga", ''Option'' magazine, No. 48 )〕 Come's second album, ''Don't Ask, Don't Tell'', was released in 1994. Though somewhat calmer than its predecessor, it was equally as grave. Among the highlights of the album, and of the whole of the band's impressive song catalogue, are the two dark ballads, "Let's Get Lost" and "Arrive," each closing a side of the vinyl edition. Johnson and O'Brien left the band after ''Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' to pursue other careers. The following album, the short ''Near-Life Experience'', was recorded with a number of different musicians, including drummer Mac McNeilly of the Jesus Lizard and Bundy K. Brown of Tortoise. In 1998, Come released the 66-minute tour de force ''Gently, Down The Stream'', which took its cue from ''Near Life Experience,'' but featured a more fluent integrated soundscape and included the stand-out track ''Saints Around My Neck''. Zedek and Brokaw took a break after ''Gently, Down the Stream'', and never reconvened to create a new album. Zedek and Brokaw each went on to release multiple solo albums, and performed together on a few occasions to play some Come songs live. Throughout their career, Come have supported and toured with Sonic Youth, Nirvana,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title= Sullivan, Jim, "Alt-rock band Come comes of age with ''Gently Down the Stream''", ''San Diego Union-Tribune'' )〕 Sugar,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title= Hunter, Scott, "Interview with Come", from ''Filler'' #2 )〕 Dinosaur Jr.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title= Hunter, Scott, "Interview with Come", from ''Filler'' #2 )〕 and many other seminal 1990s rock bands. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Come (American band)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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