On Bodies

{{short description|American hardcore band}} {{Use American English|date=May 2023}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2023}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = On Bodies | image = On Bodies at Nishi-Ogikubo Flat 2015-1.jpg | landscape = yes | alt = On Bodies performing live | caption = On Bodies performing at Nishi-Ogikubo Flat in Tokyo, Japan on March 5, 2015. From left to right: Damien Moyal and Richard Thurston. | alias = Onbodies | origin = Cincinnati, Ohio, United States | genre =  {{flatlist| * Hardcore }} | years_active = {{start date|2009}}–{{end date|2017}} | label = {{flatlist| * American Enemy * Coffeebreath and Heartache * Cosmic Note * Demons Run Amok * Eulogy * Irish VooDoo }} | website = | current_members = | past_members = * Richard Thurston * Damien Moyal * Richard Walbert * Julio Marin * Chad Kishick * Joshua Williams * Zachary Colina * Joshua King * Boone Haley * Megan Schroer }}

'''On Bodies''' was an American hardcore band active from 2009 to 2017.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Eberhardt |first=Thomas |date=September 2013 |title=On Bodies - The Long Con Review |url=https://www.ox-fanzine.de/review/on-bodies-the-long-con-88887 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311182150/https://www.ox-fanzine.de/review/on-bodies-the-long-con-88887 |archive-date=March 11, 2022 |access-date=March 11, 2022 |website=Ox-Fanzine |language=de}}</ref> Principally based in Cincinnati, Ohio, where the majority of its members resided, it also included members from Michigan, Florida, New Jersey, and Kentucky.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Macomber |first=Shawn |date=January 20, 2021 |title=Brutal Renaissance: Rich Thurston (ex-Terror/Blood Has Been Shed) Talks Raising Up the High End Hardcore of Lowest |url=https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2021/01/20/brutal-renaissance-rich-thurston-talks-raising-up-the-high-end-hardcore-of-lowest/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120192314/https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2021/01/20/brutal-renaissance-rich-thurston-talks-raising-up-the-high-end-hardcore-of-lowest/ |archive-date=January 20, 2021 |access-date=March 11, 2022 |website=Decibel |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite web |last=Ramirez |first=Carlos |date=June 29, 2016 |title=Interview: Damien Moyal (Culture, Shai Hulud, As Friends Rust, Morning Again, On Bodies, Damien Done) |url=https://www.noecho.net/interviews/damien-moyal-culture-shai-hulud-as-friends-rust-morning-again-on-bodies |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160803003851/https://www.noecho.net/interviews/damien-moyal-culture-shai-hulud-as-friends-rust-morning-again-on-bodies |archive-date=August 3, 2016 |access-date=November 27, 2021 |website=No Echo}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{cite web |last=Ramirez |first=Carlos |date=August 15, 2018 |title=Interview: Rich Thurston (Culture, Treason, On Bodies, Terror, Blood Has Been Shed, Ego Trip) |url=https://www.noecho.net/interviews/rich-thurston-straight-edge |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190118133024/http://www.noecho.net/interviews/rich-thurston-straight-edge |archive-date=January 18, 2019 |access-date=November 27, 2021 |website=No Echo}}</ref> The group was formed by guitarist, bass guitarist, drummer, backing vocalist, and principal songwriter Richard Thurston (formerly of Timescape Zero, Culture, Blood Has Been Shed, Diecast, One Nation Under, Terror, and Walls of Jericho), and vocalist and lyricist Damien Moyal (formerly of Culture, Shai Hulud, Morning Again, Bird of Ill Omen, As Friends Rust, Bridgeburne R, and Damien Done).<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":5" /> The band later also included former members of Until the End, Where Fear and Weapons Meet, Glasseater, Destro, Mixtapes, and The Homeless Gospel Choir.

The band released three extended plays during its span: ''Planet Hospice'' in 2012 (Eulogy Recordings / American Enemy Records), ''The Long Con'' in 2013 (Coffeebreath and Heartache Records / Irish VooDoo Records), and ''Unremarkably Mortal'' in 2015 (Irish VooDoo Records). The last two extended plays were combined into a compilation album titled ''Unremarkably Mortal + The Long Con'' for the Japanese and European markets in 2015 (Cosmic Note / Demons Run Amok Entertainment). The band also produced music videos for the singles "Just Can't Win" (2012) and "Down and Doubt" (2015).

== History == On Bodies was formed by Cincinnati, Ohio–based guitarist, bass guitarist, drummer, backing vocalist, and principal songwriter Richard Thurston (formerly of Timescape Zero, Culture, Blood Has Been Shed, Diecast, One Nation Under, Terror, and Walls of Jericho), in August 2009.<ref name=":3" /> He immediately approached his former Culture bandmate, vocalist and lyricist Damien Moyal, who was then based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and had since played in Shai Hulud, Morning Again, Bird of Ill Omen, As Friends Rust, Bridgeburne R, and Damien Done.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":5" /> However, the project laid dormant for two years until Thurston reached out to Moyal again to record vocals over the completed songs in the spring of 2011.<ref name=":4">{{cite web |date=September 23, 2011 |title=Damian Moyal Returns To The Mic With On Bodies |url=http://restassuredzine.com/news/194-daimian-moyal-returns-to-the-mic-with-on-bodies |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413023556/http://restassuredzine.com/news/194-daimian-moyal-returns-to-the-mic-with-on-bodies |archive-date=April 13, 2014 |access-date=February 5, 2022 |website=Rest Assured}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{cite web |last= |first= |date=August 13, 2011 |title=On Bodies, members of Culture and As Friends Rust have a new band |url=https://somewillneverknow.org/news/on-bodies-new-band-w-exmembers-of-culture-and-as-friends-rust/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211222153804/https://somewillneverknow.org/news/on-bodies-new-band-w-exmembers-of-culture-and-as-friends-rust/ |archive-date=December 22, 2021 |access-date=December 22, 2021 |website=Some Will Never Know |language=en-US}}</ref>

After tracking nine songs as a two-piece, with Thurston playing all of the instruments,<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":6" /> the band was signed to ex-Culture and Morning Again bandmate John Wylie's Florida-based record label, Eulogy Recordings in mid-2011.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Kraus |first=Brian |date=October 23, 2011 |title=On Bodies (featuring singer of As Friends Rust) sign to Eulogy, release new song |url=https://www.altpress.com/news/on_bodies_featuring_singer_of_as_friends_rust_sign_to_eulogy_release_new_so/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311044914/https://www.altpress.com/news/on_bodies_featuring_singer_of_as_friends_rust_sign_to_eulogy_release_new_so/ |archive-date=March 11, 2022 |access-date=March 11, 2022 |website=Alternative Press |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Arnold |first=Alex |date=October 18, 2011 |title=Eulogy Recs signs On Bodies (ex-Terror, etc.) |url=https://lambgoat.com/news/17020/eulogy-recs-signs-on-bodies-ex-terror-etc/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311045200/https://lambgoat.com/news/17020/eulogy-recs-signs-on-bodies-ex-terror-etc/ |archive-date=March 11, 2022 |access-date=March 11, 2022 |website=Lambgoat |language=en}}</ref> The band's debut extended play (originally recorded as a demo), ''Planet Hospice'', was eventually released on February 14, 2012, on compact disc and digitally via Eulogy Recordings, while American Enemy Records issued a 10-inch vinyl version.<ref>{{Cite web |last=P. |first=Michael |date=February 26, 2012 |title=On Bodies - Planet Hospice EP im Stream |url=https://www.allschools.de/news/show/ON_BODIES_-_Planet_Hospice_EP_im_Stream |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311052337/https://www.allschools.de/news/show/ON_BODIES_-_Planet_Hospice_EP_im_Stream |archive-date=March 11, 2022 |access-date=March 11, 2022 |website=Allschools Network}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=February 12, 2012 |title=American Enemy Records to release Great Reversals, On Bodies and The Last Stand releases |url=https://www.ineffecthardcore.com/archive-news/archive-news-feb-2012-to-mar-2012/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815022921/https://www.ineffecthardcore.com/archive-news/archive-news-feb-2012-to-mar-2012/ |archive-date=August 15, 2016 |access-date=March 11, 2022 |website=In Effect Hardcore |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kamiński |first=Karol |date=February 15, 2012 |title=''On Bodies release a new 10'' |url=https://idioteq.com/on-bodies-release-a-new-10/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311182754/https://idioteq.com/on-bodies-release-a-new-10/ |archive-date=March 11, 2022 |access-date=March 11, 2022 |website=Idioteq |language=en-US}}</ref>

In July 2011, On Bodies recruited Miami, Florida–based guitarist Richard Walbert (formerly of Destro, Where Fear and Weapons Meet and Until the End, and later of Morning Again), who, in turn, enlisted fellow Florida-based drummer Julio Marin (formerly of Destro and Glasseater), and guitarist Chad Kishick (formerly of Shai Hulud and Where Fear and Weapons Meet), in August 2011; Thurston assumed bass guitarist duties in the expanded line-up.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Arnold |first=Alex |date=August 14, 2011 |title=On Bodies (ex-Terror, As Friends Rust) launched |url=https://lambgoat.com/news/16665/On-Bodies-ex-Terror-As-Friends-Rust-launched |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120618081341/https://lambgoat.com/news/16665/On-Bodies-ex-Terror-As-Friends-Rust-launched |archive-date=June 18, 2012 |access-date=May 8, 2023 |website=Lambgoat |language=en}}</ref> Moyal, Walbert and Kishick had also previously played together in the short-lived project Best Wishes.

The full band debuted at ''Planet Hospice''<nowiki/>'s release shows in late February 2012.<ref name=":30">{{Cite web |last=Dumarey |first=Thomas |date=February 10, 2012 |title=On Bodies |url=https://www.punkrocktheory.com/interviews/bodies |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140324043833/https://www.punkrocktheory.com/interviews/bodies |archive-date=March 24, 2014 |access-date=February 15, 2022 |website=Punk Rock Theory |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":8" /> The concerts were filmed and edited by Joshua Call and Andre Hopman, of the film production company Film Free Youth, into a music video for the single "Just Can't Win", which premiered on March 9, 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Arnold |first=Alex |date=March 11, 2012 |title=On Bodies' (As Friends Rust, ex-Terror) new video for the song "Just Can't Win" has been posted online. |url=https://lambgoat.com/bits/6083/on-bodies-just-cant-win-music-video/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314004406/https://lambgoat.com/bits/6083/on-bodies-just-cant-win-music-video/ |archive-date=March 14, 2012 |access-date=May 8, 2023 |website=Lambgoat |language=en}}</ref> As a full band, On Bodies recorded five songs for their sophomore extended play, ''The Long Con'', in July 2012. It was finally issued, after some delay, on May 16, 2013, on 12-inch vinyl through German record label Coffeebreath and Heartache Records,<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Read |first=Trevor |date=March 2, 2013 |title=On Bodies' new EP now up for sale |url=http://modern-vinyl.com/2013/03/02/on-bodies-new-ep-now-up-for-sale/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130614075644/https://modern-vinyl.com/2013/03/02/on-bodies-new-ep-now-up-for-sale |archive-date=June 14, 2013 |access-date=March 11, 2022 |website=Modern Vinyl |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Moppi |date=June 11, 2013 |title=On Bodies - The Long Con EP |url=https://www.allschools.de/recordReview/show/On_Bodies_-_The_Long_Con_EP |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311181742/https://www.allschools.de/recordReview/show/On_Bodies_-_The_Long_Con_EP |archive-date=March 11, 2022 |access-date=March 11, 2022 |website=Allschools Network}}</ref> and much later, on March 2, 2015, again on 12-inch vinyl, through American record label Irish VooDoo Records.<ref name=":29">{{cite web |last=Kamiński |first=Karol |date=January 12, 2015 |title=As Friends Rust "Greatest Hits?" compilation - full stream! |url=https://idioteq.com/friends-rust-greatest-hits-streaming/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211231141258/https://idioteq.com/friends-rust-greatest-hits-streaming/ |archive-date=December 31, 2021 |access-date=December 30, 2021 |website=Idioteq |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":15">{{Cite book |last=Tim |first=Rule |url=http://archive.org/details/bound_by_modern_age_3 |title=Bound by Modern Age 3 |publisher=Bound by Modern Age |year=2015 |location=Germany |pages=22–23 |via=Internet Archive}}</ref> By the spring of 2014, the three Florida-based members were dismissed in the hope of finding a more localized, Midwest-based membership for concerts.

thumb|left|On Bodies performing at Hatsudai Wall in Tokyo, Japan on March 8, 2015. From left to right: Zachary Colina and Joshua King.

Back as a two-piece, Thurston and Moyal recorded the band's third extended play, ''Unremarkably Mortal'', in October 2014, before setting out to recruit new members.<ref name=":15" /> For the band's new line-up, Thurston approached Cincinnati-based guitarist Zachary Colina, who had previously played in several bands with him, including One Nation Under, Against, Still Crossed, and Anthem.<ref name=":7" /><ref name=":9" /> With an opportunity to tour Asia, the band quickly recruited New Jersey–based drummer Joshua Williams (formerly of Culture and As Friends Rust, and then a member of Morning Again), and Cincinnati-based bass guitarist and backing vocalist Joshua King (formerly of Suffocate Faster and Recon); Thurston assumed guitarist and backing vocalist duties in this formation.<ref name=":7" /><ref name=":9" /> This line-up appeared in the music video for "Down and Doubt", which was released on February 17, 2015, to promote ''Unremarkably Mortal''.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=Kamiński |first=Karol |date=February 19, 2015 |title=On Bodies - "Down and Doubt" music video! |url=https://idioteq.com/bodies-doubt-video/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311182622/https://idioteq.com/bodies-doubt-video/ |archive-date=March 11, 2022 |access-date=March 11, 2022 |website=Idioteq |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":9">{{Cite web |last=Diniz |first=Juan |date=February 18, 2015 |title=On Bodies Premiere New Song and Video "Down And Doubt" |url=http://www.the1stfive.com/news/bodies-premiere-new-song-video-doubt |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150221145619/http://www.the1stfive.com/news/bodies-premiere-new-song-video-doubt |archive-date=February 21, 2015 |access-date=May 13, 2023 |website=The 1st Five}}</ref>

[[File:On Bodies at Nishi-Ogikubo Flat 2015-3.jpg|thumb|right|On Bodies performing at Nishi-Ogikubo Flat in Tokyo, Japan on March 5, 2015. Pictured: Joshua Williams.]]

In March 2015, On Bodies embarked on a Japanese tour, promoting a compilation of its second and third extended plays, ''Unremarkably Mortal + The Long Con'', released on compact disc through Cosmic Note on February 25, 2015.<ref name=":29" /><ref name=":31">{{Cite web |last=Kamiński |first=Karol |date=April 22, 2015 |title=On Bodies streaming their new EP "Unremarkably Mortal" |url=https://idioteq.com/bodies-streaming-new-ep-unremarkably-mortal/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311183053/https://idioteq.com/bodies-streaming-new-ep-unremarkably-mortal/ |archive-date=March 11, 2022 |access-date=March 11, 2022 |website=Idioteq |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":15" /> Cosmic Note also included the song "Prevail" and the music video for "Down and Doubt" on its compact disc and digital video disc compilation ''Cosmic Note 2015''. The band self-released the digital edition of ''Unremarkably Mortal'' on March 11, 2015,<ref name=":31" /> while Irish VooDoo Records eventually released a 7-inch vinyl on August 3, 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 21, 2014 |title=On Bodies Release New Song For Free Download |url=http://restassuredzine.com/news/3635-on-bodies-release-new-song-for-free-download |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311050403/http://restassuredzine.com/news/3635-on-bodies-release-new-song-for-free-download |archive-date=March 11, 2022 |access-date=March 11, 2022 |website=Rest Assured}}</ref><ref name=":7" /><ref name=":15" />

Later in 2015, Thurston and Colina recruited Covington, Kentucky–based drummer Boone Haley (formerly of Mixtapes), and Cincinnati-based bass guitarist Megan Schroer (who later played in The Homeless Gospel Choir).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schreurs |first=Jason |date=October 12, 2022 |title=Interview: The Homeless Gospel Choir on Overcoming Fear and Cementing Legacy |url=https://newnoisemagazine.com/interviews/interview-the-homeless-gospel-choir-on-overcoming-fear-and-cementing-legacy/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221106160111/https://newnoisemagazine.com/interviews/interview-the-homeless-gospel-choir-on-overcoming-fear-and-cementing-legacy/ |archive-date=November 6, 2022 |access-date=May 18, 2023 |website=New Noise Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> Colina, Haley and Schroer were then playing together in the band Head Collector, while Colina and Schroer also collaborated in the band Boys (which featured other members of Mixtapes).<ref name=":31" /> German record label Demons Run Amok Entertainment re-issued the compilation ''Unremarkably Mortal + The Long Con'' on 12-inch vinyl on September 25, 2015.<ref name=":31" /> The band embarked on mini-tours of the United States in November and December 2015.<ref name=":31" /> Thurston and Moyal later recorded material for a fourth extended play in April 2017, but it was never released.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Thurston |first=Richard |author-link=Richard Thurston |date=March 23, 2017 |title=Recording the music April 8th and 9th in Dayton, Ohio |url=https://www.facebook.com/onbodies/posts/1296385497066041 |access-date=May 13, 2023 |website=Facebook |language=en}}</ref>

== Members ==

'''Final lineup''' * Richard Thurston – guitar, bass guitar, drums, backing vocals (2009–2017) * Damien Moyal – lead vocals (2009–2017) * Zachary Colina – guitar (2015–2017)

'''Former members and touring musicians'''

{{div col}} * Richard Walbert – guitar (2011–2014) * Julio Marin – drums (2011–2014) * Chad Kishick – guitar (2011–2014) * Joshua Williams – drums (2015) * Joshua King – bass guitar, backing vocals (2015) * Boone Haley – drums (2015–2016) * Megan Schroer – bass guitar (2015–2016) {{div col end}}

=== Timeline ===

* Note that the Studio album and EP bars represent the release dates, not the recording dates; membership often changed between the two events. {{#tag:timeline| ImageSize = width:900 height:auto barincrement:20 PlotArea = left:115 bottom:80 top:10 right:10 Alignbars = justify DateFormat = mm/dd/yyyy Period = from:08/01/2009 till:12/01/2017 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal format:yyyy Legend = orientation:vertical position:bottom columns:4 ScaleMajor = increment:2 start:2010 ScaleMinor = increment:1 start:2010

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== Discography ==

;EPs *''Planet Hospice'' (2012, Eulogy Recordings / American Enemy Records) *''The Long Con'' (2013, Coffeebreath and Heartache Records / Irish VooDoo Records) *''Unremarkably Mortal'' (2015, Irish VooDoo Records)

;Compilation albums *''Unremarkably Mortal + The Long Con'' (2015, Cosmic Note / Demons Run Amok Entertainment)

== References == {{reflist}}

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