| Fin Fang Foom formed in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1996. After early incarnations of the band with drummers Eric Puestow (who died in a car accident) and Peter Enriquez (who went to college), Michael Glass joined Michael Triplett and Eddie Sanchez in 1997.
The band moved to Chapel Hill, North Carolina, in 1998 and soon became synonymous with the local scene, gigging incessantly and establishing themselves as local fixtures. A pair of LPs for Lovitt Records, 2001’s Texture, Structure, and the Condition of Moods and 2003’s With the Gift Comes the Curse, found the band streamlining and amplifying upon their math-rock/post-rock sound, and the Foom became popular enough to warrant their first European tour.
In 2004, Triplett was diagnosed with spinal meningitis. He spent several months in the hospital, and several more recuperating in Florida. Triplett returned to North Carolina in 2005 to complete the Native Tongue EP, out on Japan’s Stiff Slack records, introducing Cynthia Main on cello as a new band member. A Japanese tour to promote the EP was going to happen put got put to the side. At the end of 2009, Monomyth was released, without Main.
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