The Black Watch (band)
The Black Watch is an American independent rock band from Santa Barbara, California, United States, whose only constant member has been singer, guitarist, and primary songwriter, John Andrew Fredrick.
Through their thirty years in the recording industry, the group has affiliated with at least ten different record labels.
Fredrick formed the band in 1987 after earning his Ph.D. in English from University of California, Santa Barbara.
After recording" St. Valentine" and releasing it on eskimo, Fredrick's own label, violinist J'Anna Jacoby joined the group and the two of them formed the nucleus of the band until she left the group in 2003.
The black watch has recorded and toured consistently throughout its history except for a brief period in 1997 when the band broke up.
During this hiatus, Fredrick wrote" The King of Good Intentions", a semi-autobiographical novel about an indie rock band.
The band recorded a CD of the same title intended as a companion piece to the novel, although the planned publication of the novel was cancelled when the publisher folded.
In 2008, guitarist and singer Steven Schayer( formerly of the Los Angeles band Clay Idols, and New Zealand band The Chills) joined, and Fredrick wrote and published a book of fiction," The Knucklehead Chronicles".
In 2013, The band released" The End of When" on Pop Culture Press Records.
Fredrick's novel" The King of Good Intentions" was finally published, and soon after, its sequel, and the band issued" Sugarplum Fairy, Sugarplum Fairy"( largely recorded by Fredrick without the band) and" Highs and Lows" in 2015.
The band signed with Atom Records to release" Witches!", and the digital EP" Paper Boats."
In 2019, the band issued a compilation of their early vinyl- only releases," The Vinyl Years," a career- spanning best- of" 31 Years of Obscurity: the Best of the black watch 1988- 2019," as well as another studio recording," Magic Johnson."
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Question: Are Rushlow and The Black Watch (Band) from the same country?
Answer: yes