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The Fire Theft

 
Artist: The Fire Theft
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Group Members:

Nate Mendel, William Goldsmith, Jeremy Enigk

Similar Artists:

Pinback, The Dismemberment Plan, Modest Mouse, Mercury Rev, Yo La Tengo

Influenced By:

Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd

Formal Connection With:

Sunny Day Real Estate, Foo Fighters
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  • Formed: 2002, Seattle, WA
  • Genres: Rock

Biography

The final implosion of Seattle's Sunny Day Real Estate in 2001 was pretty anticlimactic, since at that point the band had splintered and re-formed at least three times during its temperamental yet influential existence. Quests for faith and gigs with the Foo Fighters had caused them to part, but in 2003 the Fire Theft brought them back together. Or, three quarters of them, anyway. Vocalist/guitarist Jeremy Enigk, drummer William Goldsmith, and bassist Nate Mendel re-formed around a batch of songs that acknowledged their collective past in lyric, but exorcised the lingering demons with a new musical direction. When their self-titled debut dropped from Rykodisc in September 2003, it featured ambitious instrumentals, classicist rock elements tempered with stylized indie grit, and plenty of Enigk's captivating voice. The band embarked on a club tour with Laguardia that fall. ~ Johnny Loftus, All Music Guide
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The Fire Theft

Jeremy Enigk performing with the band.
Background information
Origin Seattle, Washington, USA
Genres Indie rock
Alternative rock
Years active 2001–present
Labels Rykodisc
Associated acts Sunny Day Real Estate, Foo Fighters
Website Official website
Members
Jeremy Enigk
Nate Mendel
William Goldsmith

The Fire Theft is an indie rock band from Seattle, Washington. It was formed in 2001 by vocalist/guitarist Jeremy Enigk, bassist Nate Mendel, and drummer William Goldsmith, all of whom were previously members of Sunny Day Real Estate. Mendel also plays bass for Foo Fighters, and Goldsmith drummed for Foo Fighters between 1995 and 1997.


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Biography

The Fire Theft released a self-titled album on September 23, 2003 on independent label Rykodisc. It was similar to The Rising Tide (Sunny Day Real Estate's last studio album). Only "Chain" was released as a promotional single. A tour promoting the album followed up. Since then, the band has been in a hiatus. Concerning future projects, Jeremy Enigk has stated on the official message board that he imagines "The Fire Theft will be back in full swing. We just have to find another record label or start our own". A DVD with the band performing in Seattle has also been announced, but nothing was released to date[1]. More recently, a Billboard.com article states that the band is in discussions about regrouping. In the same article, Nate Mendel says "We're not really quite sure. But we're making some plans to play together in one way or another -- hopefully next year"[2]. Jeremy Enigk has added on an online interview that the band has been "talking about becoming a recording band: only record and not tour". Enigk also plans to release the next album on Lewis Hollow Recordings, his own record label[3].

In December 2008, Enigk offered an update on the proposed live Fire Theft DVD project:

We sent it into a place and had a meeting with some guys about gathering all this material and editing it. I really don’t know what’s going on with that. That was about a year ago, and I haven’t really heard anything about it since. I think the reason why is because they’re sort of doing it pro bono. Also, there’s so much material, because it’s not just a live DVD anymore. The guy Maury (Duchamp), who was filming it unfortunately passed away, but he toured with us for quite a while. And filmed tons of shows, tons of interviews with us, and some backstage stuff. We figured we should probably do something more like he had in mind, more of a bigger documentary of the whole thing. So it ended up becoming a bigger project than we anticipated. And mainly to stick to what Maury wanted, in memory of him. He wanted to do a full-on documentary, but he wanted it to span over a long time. [4]

Discography

Albums and EPs

Release date Title Label
September 23, 2003 The Fire Theft Rykodisc
January 13, 2004 Hands on You EP Rykodisc

Singles

Release date Title Label
2003 Chain Rykodisc

References

  1. ^ "The Fire Theft Messageboard". Jeremy Enigk. 2005-08-26. http://www.thefiretheft.com/mboards/topic.asp?id=8184&forumID=1. Retrieved 2008-01-02. 
  2. ^ ""Foo Tour: Two Stages, Big Band, But No Pyro"". Mitchell Peters (Billboard.com). 2007-12-18. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003686689. Retrieved 2008-01-02. 
  3. ^ "Jeremy Enigk "World Waits" (Lewis Hollow)". Tim Den, Transform Online. 2006-11-06. http://www.transformonline.com/music/features/005429.php. Retrieved 2008-01-09. 
  4. ^ http://www.iconsofpunk.com/IOP_Jeremy.htm

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