Lo-Pan - Discography

"They're not saying that they've been everywhere or done everything, but Lo-pan can tell you it's a pretty amazing planet we live on here, and a band would have to be some kind of fools to think we're alone in THIS universe. A borrowed view of the world perhaps but Jack Burton doesn't seem to mind and it eloquently explains the state of mind these rock and roll mad scientists come at the world from.

Born out of a combination of dirty rock and roll, stale beer and an unhealthy obsession with "Big Trouble In Little China," Columbus's Lo-Pan have been tearing up the club circuit since 2005. Lo-Pan burst onto the local scene with their locally released self-titled album back in 2006. The local buzz gave way to more national attention as bands told bands and Lo-Pan began gracing venues big and small with names like Red Giant, Devil To Pay, Torche, the Sword, Saviours, Year Long Disaster, Red Fang, Valkyrie, & the Atomic Bitchwax (just to name a few). Fast forward five years and there's hardly a band worth playing with that they haven't shared a stage with. Enter the sophomore release, "Sasquanaut." Initial pressings on local indie Nice Life Records sold out quickly and as before the best praise is when one band on the road tells another "Hey, man you've got to check this out." Which brought them, album masters in hand to us here at Small Stone. Enter Sasquanaut, mark 2: "Sasquanaut (Remixed & Re-mastered)." Heavier, more dynamic, louder and just that tiny bit more polished. Not ones to sit on their hands when there was rock and roll to make, Lo-pan handed over the masters and headed right back into to the studio to see if they could rock just a little bit harder.

"Salvador" is the result of yet another frenetic battle between these humble Columbus rock and rollers and their inner demons. Eleven tracks of white hot rock and roll fury played like the boys were fighting for their immortal souls. The thunderous low ends and pummeling drums continue to beat your ears into submission. And battling it out front and center is the eternal dual between killer riffs and those soaring vocals.

Lo-Pan’s fourth album, Colossus, is named for the Colossus of Rhodes – a 96-foot statue constructed in 280 BC to mark a failed siege and the indomitable nature of the city of Rhodes itself. No surprise it’s the Columbus, Ohio, four-piece’s most personal album yet and a testament to their growth and survival, as a band and as human beings.

Three years on from their third record, Salvador, Lo-Pan have logged countless miles, crossing the country multiple times over on headlining tours and supporting the likes of Torche, High on Fire, KENmode, Whores, Fu Manchu and Weedeater. They’ve become one of the most ferocious live acts in American heavy rock, and Colossus stands tall to reap the rewards of their experience.

For the first time in nearly a decade together, Lo-Pan knew exactly what they wanted when they hit the studio. They’d road-tested songs like “Eastern Seas” and “Colossus” for over a year, and partnering with producer/engineer Andrew Schneider at his Translator Audio studio in Brooklyn just days after headlining Small Stone showcases in that city and Boston this March, they belted out songs that show just how much they’ve moved beyond their influences and arrived at their own sound – a style built on aggression without caricature, fuzz without cliché, melody without redundancy and their meanest groove to date.

Completed with a cover courtesy of Jason Alexander Byers (ex-Disengage, Black Black Black), Colossus will be supported by numerous tours including a full US stint this fall alongside fellow road dogs Black Cobra and much more to come. Like its namesake, Colossus was built in defiance of gods and men, and while Lo-Pan’s loudest statement has always been made on stage, the material they craft and the power with which they execute it on this album is bound to stand for years to come."
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• Skot Thompson - Bass
• Jesse Bartz - Drums
• Brian Fristoe - Guitars
• Jeff Martin - Vocals

Length / Продолжительность: 00:44:10

Tracks / Треклист:

01. Hills Are Alive (04:32)
02. Track 2 (05:54)
03. To The Bone (03:41)
04. Break You Open (03:22)
05. Quick Hell (03:38)
06. Burnt on The Skin (03:14)
07. Mission (04:13)
08. Words (06:54)
09. Mustmiss (04:16)
10. Kill to Blame (04:24)

Burnt Herd Records

Length / Продолжительность: 00:50:53

Tracks / Треклист:

01. Dragline (05:59)
02. Savage Henry (07:05)
03. Kurtz (05:20)
04. Callahan (03:30)
05. Kramer (06:26)
06. Vega (05:12)
07. Vego (06:58)
08. Wade Garrett (10:23)

Nice Life Records

Length / Продолжительность: 00:50:53

Tracks / Треклист:

01. Dragline (05:59)
02. Savage Henry (07:05)
03. Kurtz (05:20)
04. Callahan (03:30)
05. Kramer (06:26)
06. Vega (05:12)
07. Vego (06:58)
08. Wade Garrett (10:23)

Released 25 January 2011 on Small Stone Recordings

Length / Продолжительность: 00:45:52

Tracks / Треклист:

01. EL Dorado (02:28)
02. Bleeding Out (03:45)
03. Seed (05:01)
04. Bird Of Prey (06:33)
05. Deciduous (03:34)
06. Intro (01:48)
07. Chichen Itza (03:31)
08. Spartacus (04:30)
09. Struck Match (04:24)
10. Generations (03:09)
11. Solo (07:09)

Released 24 May 2011 on Small Stone Recordings

Length / Продолжительность: 00:42:18

Tracks / Треклист:

01. Regulus (05:02)
02. Land of the Blind (03:10)
03. Black Top Revelation (04:01)
04. Marathon Man (06:39)
05. N.P.D. (02:28)
06. Colossus (03:48)
07. Vox (04:23)
08. Eastern Seas (05:55)
09. Relo (02:28)
10. The Duke (04:24)

Released 07 October 2014 on Small Stone Recordings