Bio
The human mind can only withstand so much. In 2003, the BBC News revealed that Psychological Operations agents at Guantanamo Bay detention camp were using Metallica to break the will of sleep deprived Iraqi prisoners of war. When Metallica was asked to comment on how their music was used for this disgusting violation of human rights, James Hetfield callously quipped “I don’t have control over that.” Of course, Metallica in the early aughts were famously focused on how their music was being misused in other ways, namely that adoring fans were listening without paying. We hope they’re happy. At the end of a cul-de-sac in the Mosswood district of Oakland, California, far away from federal detention camps and millionaire rockstar penthouses, five friends (who happen to be members of Tsunami Bomb, The Applicators, and The Hammerbombs) gather at around 7-ish on most Thursdays. We remember 2003 for a different reason. The music of that time have forever formed us into the people we’ve become. While loud music and sleep deprivation is also a part of our lives, we channel that into a weapon of love against a brutal world. And, Loud Graves is just what we call ourselves. We would like to publicly declare that our music can found, for free, on Bandcamp, and we stand against barbaric torture methods. Oakland is cold this time of year. Come inside where it’s warm.
