Portland, Oregon metalcore quartet
36 Crazyfists -- named after a
Jackie Chan movie -- comprised members
Brock Lindow (vocals),
Steve Holt (guitar/vocals),
Mick Whitney (bass), and
Thomas Noonan (drums). Originally formed in December of 1994 in Nikiski, Alaska, the quartet played locally before relocating to Portland (after the death of their original bassist), opening up for the likes of
System of a Down,
Primus,
blink-182, and
NOFX, among others. The quartet eventually signed to Roadrunner in 2000, after their friends in
Skinlab passed their demo on to the label. Their first album,
Bitterness the Star, appeared in 2002.
A Snow Capped Romance, which was produced by
James Paul Wisner (
Dashboard Confessional,
As Friends Rust), followed two years later. They toured nonstop behind the record (playing shows with acts like
Killswitch Engage and
Poison the Well) through December, taking two months off before beginning work on their next album.
36 Crazyfists entered the studio with producer
Sal Villaneuva (
Thursday,
Taking Back Sunday) in October 2005 to commence recording, and their resulting third album,
Rest Inside the Flames, appeared in 2006. Their fourth set,
The Tide and Its Takers, arrived in 2008 on Ferret Music. Peaking within the Billboard 200, the album would also be the final to feature
Whitney on bass, whose position was filled by Brett Makowski. They continued to tour in support of
Tide, issuing a live DVD in 2009 titled Underneath a Northern Sky.
Collisions and Castaways, their fifth effort, was released in 2010. It marked the final LP with both
Noonan and Makowski, later replaced by
Kyle Baltus and a returning
Mick Whitney. Consistently touring, the band wouldn't return to the studio until 2014, issuing
Time and Trauma in early 2015 on Spinefarm. They returned to recording again the following year.
Lanterns, their seventh album, arrived in 2017. ~ Greg Prato