Karate
- Type: Band/Group
- Country: United States
- Born: 1993 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Active: 1993 - present
Biography
Karate is an American indie rock band formed in 1993 in Boston, MA by Geoff Farina, Eamonn Vitt and Gavin McCarthy. In 1995, Jeff Goddard joined the band as bass player, and Vitt moved to second guitar. Vitt departed Karate to pursue a medical career in 1997. Karate’s perfectionism and attention to detail belied the off-the-cuff ethos of the indie rock world, and some considered them to be as un-punk as it gets. But fans would say that their auto-didactic music studies
Genres
Karate Discography
- Karate (1996) - Album - rated 3.34/5
- In Place of Real Insight (1997) - Album - rated 3/5
- The Bed Is in the Ocean (1998) - Album - rated 4.08/5
- Unsolved (2000) - Album - rated 4.01/5
- Cancel / Sing (2001) - EP - rated 3.63/5
- Some Boots (2002) - Album - rated 3.74/5
- Pockets (2004) - Album - rated 4.06/5
- Make It Fit (2024) - Album - rated 2.89/5
Members
- Geoff Farina - vocals, guitar (1993–Present)
- Gavin McCarthy - drums (1993–Present)
- Jeff Goddard - bass (1995–Present)
- Eamonn Vitt - bass, guitar (1993–1997)