Open Hand

Open Hand
Origin	California, USA
Genres	Indie rock Rock
Years active	1997–present
Labels	Trustkill/Roadrunner/ Anodyne/Blacktop/American Propaganda
Website	Open Hand Rocks

https://m.facebook.com/OpenHandRocks/

Open Hand is a Californian indie rock band. The band was formed in Hollywood in 1997 by guitarist/vocalist Justin Isham, bassist Michael Anastasi and drummer Alex Rodriguez. They released two EPs on its own American Propaganda label, Radio Days (1999) and Evolutions (2000). After touring to support the two EPs with the bands Thursday, Poison The Well, From Autumn To Ashes, Grade and Taking Back Sunday, they signed with Trustkill Records in 1999. In 2000, Trustkill issued The Dream, a collection of the band’s out of print EPs. They released the album "You and Me" in 2005 on Trustkill / Roadrunner Records, the band went on to tour extensively all over the world between 2005- 2009. Open Hand released "Honey" (Anodyne Records) on 4/20/2010. In November 2011, the band began a two-week tour in Canada to celebrate the release of their new mini-EP "The Mark Of The Demon" (Blacktop Records). Open Hand is currently writing new material and working on a new record titled 'Weirdo'

Current line-up

• Justin Isham - lead vocals, guitar
• Ryan Castagna - guitar

Previous members

• Breanne Martin (Breanne Wahl) - vocals, keyboards
• Alex Rodríguez - drums
• Sean Woods - guitar
• Beau Burchell - guitar
• Michael Anastasi - bass
• Ethan Novak - drums
• Erik Valentine - bass
• Paxton Pryor - drums
• Zach Kennedy - bass
• Jeff Myer - bass
• Jason Gerken - drums
• Drew Marcogliese- drums
• Sam Hoskins - drums
• Steve Riley - drums

Discography

• Radio Days (self-released EP, 1998)
• Evolutions (self-released EP, 1999)
• The Dream (2000)
• Live At CBGB (2002)
• You and Me (2005)
• Honey (2010)
• The Mark Of The Demon (EP, 2011)

External links

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• Anodyne Records page for Open Hand. The 2010 'Honey' release is available here.
• Open Hand on MySpace. Currently the closest thing to an official website.
• Open Hand Label Profile
• "Openhandrocks" website is owned by Trustkill, and features only past news for Open Hand