Bison>>BISON BC>>Bison - CANADA

Quiet Earth - 2008 - Metal Blade
Dark Ages - 2010 - Metal Blade
Lovelessness - 2012 - Metal Blade
You Are Not The Ocean You Are the Patient - 2017 - Pelagic

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Members
Vocals
S.T.R.E.E.T.S.>>JAMES GNARWELL/JAMES FARWELL

Guitar
S.T.R.E.E.T.S.>>JAMES GNARWELL/JAMES FARWELL - Cooked And Eaten, Chapel>>DAN AND>>Cooked And Eaten, Chapel

Bass
Almost Transparent Blue, Hospital, Smaqu-2, Swanvista, Black Mountain, Goatsblood, Lownote, The Death Rays, Tony Wilson 6Tet>>Masa Anzai [Masayoshi Anzai]>>Lownote, The Death Rays, Tony Wilson 6Tet - Ten Miles Wide, 3 Inches Of Blood, Iamthethorn, Worse>>SHANE CLARK>>3 Inches Of Blood, Iamthethorn, Worse

Drum
Brad Mackinnon - Goatsblood, 3 Inches Of Blood, Haggatha, Congress>>Matt Wood>>Haggatha, Congress, Worse - Onslaught, Whyte Hott, SprëadEagle, Black Wizard, The Hookers, Hopeleus, Bloodrhine>>EUGENE PARKOMENKO>>Black Wizard, Hopeleus, Bloodrhine




History & Biography
Bison was born in Vancouver in 2006 and was soon described as stoner metal. Bison had evolved from skate-thrash band S.T.R.E.E.T.S. The group changed its name to Bison BC in order to avoid conflict with the other Bison roaming the land. The Earthbound disc of 2007 lead to a contract with Metal Blade Records and the band’s debut in 2008. The album was recorded with producer Jesse Gander at The Hive Studios in Burnaby, British Columbia. Vancouver's Bison B.C. released its album, entitled Dark Ages, on April 13th and was preparing for its upcoming tour with High On Fire, Priestess and Black Cobra by playing a batch of dates with Shadows Fall and Baptized In Blood including two shows at the SXSW festival. Canada’s Bison B.C. was touring Europe in support of Coliseum and Norwegian band Kvelertak in late 2010. There were concerts with Helmet, Weedeater and Saviours. A US tour, with a Canadian stop, featured the band with Weedeater, Saviours and Fight Amp. This was followed by a tour of Canada in 2011.

Vancouver band Bison B.C. would release its next album, Lovelessness, on October 22nd, 2012 through Metal Blade Records. The album was recorded with producer Sanford Parker at Soma and Electrical Audio Studios in Chicago. Matt Wood was on drums. Mackinnon had supposedly tired of the road.

The band was dropped by Metal Blade in the first half of 2013. Dan And admitted to having had a nervous breakdown and the group had curtailed its live activity. This may have aided Metal Blade’s decision to drop the act. Bison BC also announced its intention to revert to just being a 'Bison' claiming it was the label’s pressure to adopt 'BC.' The name reverted to Bison in 2013. One Thousand Needles was a two-song 2014 demo. Old 2010 demo songs and a song recorded live at the Green Mountain Music Festival in Nanaimo, Canada in 2012 became the Old Shit And Bullshit demo of 2017. No explanation as to why 'bullshit' is not a kind of 'shit.' The band's name was Bison, a song was called Stressed Elephant and a dog was on the cover. You Are Not the Ocean You Are The Patient was a new record courtesy of an underground German label. Bison played in Yukon, Canada in 2024. The group was headlining The Electric Highway Festival in Calgary in 2025.


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