Tarantula Hawk

VINYL LP! On July 15th, 1998, Rob Morrison and Dave Warshaw moved to San Diego from Seattle and Los Angeles, respectively. On August 1st, 1998, Braden Diotte moved to San Diego, also from Los Angeles. On August 2nd, 1998, together with Dylan Scharf, a San Diego native, Tarantula Hawk was born. Over the next 3 1/2 months, a six-song set of music was written chronologically from start to finish. It was a "concept" that was written to illustrate the lifecycle of the Tarantula Hawk, but also illustrated the progression of a band getting comfortable with their own sound.

On March 1st, 1999, Rob Morrison left Tarantula Hawk to persue fatherly activities back in Seattle. The remaining band members were unsatisfied with the sound of Tarantula Hawk's existing music without the attributes of Rob's bass and noise accompaniment, and were not interested in trying to find anyone to replace him. Instead, each band member took on an auxillary instrument and new songs were concieved. The line-up became:

Dave Warshaw: drums, guitar, sampler Dylan Scharf: keyboard, guitar Braden Diotte: bass, sampler/keys The result is what Tarantula Hawk is today.