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 I Hate Myself (often stylized as i hate myself) was a short lived emo band in the 90s from Gainesville, Florida. Despite their brief existence (only from 1996-1997, with a brief reunion for a few shows and a final three song record in 2005, and a couple sporadic reunion shows since then), they released quite a few records and developed quite a cult following. The band was led by guitarist and vocalist Jim Marburger, with his brother Jon on drums and Steve Jin as the bassist. Previously the Marburgers had played in an even shorter lived punk band called Pung, who released only two 7 inch records and a split one with fellow Gainesville residents Less Than Jake.What made the band so notable was how they played up the tropes of emo music at the time up to eleven. They never gave any of their albums or singles a true name, and instead they are simply referred to by the number of songs on them. On their first record, the Four Songs EP, they didn't even give the songs themselves titlesnote although the second song eventually had its title identified as "Less Than Nothing" from its appearance on a later compilation. Jim's vocals frequently alternated in almost every song between a quiet subduded style of singing and out of control screaming, with the sound also varying between slow twinkly parts and bursts of sound and emotion. The band's lyrics were also pretty bizarre, while often quite dark and somber (about half the songs were about wanting to commit suicide), they were also full of fairly off the wall pop culture references and Black Comedy.The band did name all the songs on their only full length, 10 Songs, none of them appeared in the lyrics and were at best only tangentially related to the lyrical content (a pretty common running theme in emo music at the time), with some being overtly long and drawn out. It's been speculated that this was Jim poking fun at the angsty lyrical content and rambling unrelated titles associated with emo at the time, but he never said anything definitively. The band's records were, as common with emo music at the time, released only on vinyl, although their label No Idea Records did eventually put out 10 Songs on CD with a bonus track added (thus now releasing it as 11 Songs.) It's still debated to this day if the band was in fact a parody or simply a very Troperiffic example of the style of music. Many have said they might be a little bit of both. Even after the band's demise, a couple more records and EPs were released, and the band reunited briefly to put out their final release of 3 Songs (with a notably different Lighter and Softer sound) in 2005, 8 years later. No Idea did plan on releasing a compilation CD of all of the band's records aside from the full length, but this never materialized. Today however most of their vinyl releases (all released by No Idea Records) are still in print and their music is available from most streaming services. The band has also played a few sporadic reunion shows in Gainesville since 2005 as well.Despite the band's short existence, the Marburger brothers did return a few years later with Burnman, a band with similar influences but with a Louder And Heavier sound that removed most of the melodic elements and was much faster with shorter songs. Burnman was also short lived and released only one full length, Notes For A Catalogue For An Exhibition in 2000. In 2006 they returned yet again with another band called die Hoffnungnote German for "The Hope". with a notably different Math Rock sound, that also was short lived and released only one full length (Love Songs).Basically if you want to experience the early underground emo sound and aesthetic in it purest form, this band is probably your best bet.Discography
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