Lower Forty-Eight

Formed in 2000 in San Francisco by Phil Becker (drums) and Andrew Lund (vocals, guitar) with intentions of pushing music in new directions. Ian Swanke joined on bass shortly thereafter and the ep “Gentle Tyranny” was released. Local shows continued into 2002 and “Halfback” was recorded with Myles Boisen in Oakland, CA. Ian left the group to pursue a collegiate degree in music and Grady Mutzel joined on bass in 2003. “Skin Failure” (2004) was the first of two releases on Monotreme Records. A tour of UK and Europe followed in Sept 2004. In May 2005 LFE recorded “Apertures” with Justin Weis at Trakworx, San Francisco, with a final tour of UK and Holland in April 2006.