Introducing Blood Cells: The Schoolyard Heroes spinoff band
December 17th, 2009 by travis hay
This weekend will see the end of two of Seattle’s finest horrocore punk bands when Kane Hodder and Schoolyard Heroes perform their swan song sets at El Corazon. Also on the bill are Sirens Sister, These Arms Are Snakes and the mysterious “Very Special Guest.” If you scope out Schoolyard Heroes’ MySpace page you will find out that the identity of that special guest is a band called Blood Cells.
Who are Blood Cells? Well, if you’ve been to a SYH show and you look at the piercing eyes staring at you in the above logo then you likely already know the band has something to do with the wild and fiery Ryann Donnelly. Once you click on over to the band’s MySpace page you get an audible confirmation of Ryann’s involvement with Blood Cells in the form of the song “I Am Forever, Darling …” Her voice is unmistakable and the chorus of “Bury me. Bury me” lines up perfectly with her gruesome Schoolyard Heroes past.
As for the song itself, it carries just about every trademark of a Schoolyard Heroes track. There’s the growling bass lines, distinct guitar licks and of course there are Donnelly’s vocals. “I Am Forever, Darling …” sounds like what Schoolyard might sound like if they ditch the zombie and monster fixation and went in a less literal and more mainstream rock direction with their lyrics. There’s no indication of who else aside from Donnelly is a member of Blood Cells, but I’m betting Schoolyard’s Jonah Bergman is in the mix.
You can find out for yourself who exactly is behind Blood Cells when they kickoff the final Home for the Horrordays show Dec. 19 at El Corazon.
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