Octothorpe is a (usually) three-person group out of
Seattle,
Washington, involved in the
Song Fight community in addition to their own assortment of local and occasional out of state shows. They occasionally adopt additional members for live shows.
When
Spin magazine had a small segment on Song Fight in their "50 Greatest Rock Bands of All Time" issue, Douglas Wolk described Octothorpe as sounding like "
Kermit The Frog driven to severe
psychological disassociation from years of
fronting a
death-metal band." A rather appropriate comparison, though the voice of
Bro is more akin to that of
John Astin on his last straw.
Octothorpe has participated in what has been estimated at 48
Song Fight-related submissions at this point in time, which has been considered possible justification for their confinement to an institute for the criminally insane.
Discography:
INFORMATION OVERLOAD (Their only album released to date) is comprised of 20
Song Fight entries and two
Cover Fight entries. The titles of the covered songs are the same as some of the originals because of the nature of
Song Fight's format.
01. Been (Bean) to China
02. A Thousand Swords
03. Tracks for Future Practice
04.
I Can See You
05. Do it For Captain
06.
Red Robot
07. Watch Your Face
08. Do the Math
09. Birds of Our Own
10.
Down to the Atom
11.
Tiny Room
12.
Firecrackers
13. Is it Cold?
14. Video Night
15. Alright Alright
16. Tracks for Future Practice (Duboce Triangle Cover)
17. Highway
18. That's the Spirit
19. Yellow Lasers (John Benjamin Band Cover)
20. Skyline
21.
Snow Globe
22. Acid Mouth
Recent songs that are as of yet unreleased include:
It's a Shame My Binoculars Don't Work at Night
My Sister
Indie Rock Bottom
Experimental Fashion
Secrets
Floating Bridge
Rot to Fill
On My Block
World of Screens
Top Drawer
Grandfather Sword
Bad Dreams
Poison Pill
Postcard
Criminal Charges
Cover Fight entries include:
Tracks for Future Practice (
Duboce Triangle of
Song Fight)
Yellow Lasers (
The John Benjamin Band of
Song Fight)
Kokomo (The Beach Boys)
Mack the Knife (Bobby Darin)
Little Drummer Boy (Christmas Song)
Three Cool Cats (
George Harrison)
Skylen! (
Patrick Clayton of
Song Fight)
Mahna Mahna (Piero Umiliani--also on the Muppet Show)
Don't Dance (
Kompressor sometimes of
Song Fight)
Red Robot (
Hoblit of
Song Fight)
For more information on Octothorpe visit
http://www.octothorpe.com
For more information on
Song Fight visit
http://www.songfight.net
Information Overload is reportedly now available at Amazon.com.
The BAND that is OCTOTHORPE is ALSO:
Stubs (known to his mother as Aaron Ondek), responsible for the absolutely bizzarre lyrics and (once or twice) incidental vocals.
Spud (known to Stubs's mother as Ray C. Freeman III), responsible in majority for the band's music.
and
Bro (known to
Geraldo as John Ambrosavage), responsible for screaming, raving, and most of the other vocal work.