6 Degrees of Separation with David Breather (Famous Breathers)

Famous Breathers is a Rochester, NY based duo boasting an impressive resume of past work with AmRep stalwarts Hammerhead and Glenn Branca (to name just a few)
We recently asked David, one half of the duo (also To Gaze/Funshine Bear), to play a game of 6 degrees of separation with IHRTN and describe his and his band’s connection to our bands of choice
 
Brainiac
Did a split single with Today is The Day in 95, my pals Brann and Bill from Mastodon played in TITD
 
Butthole Surfers
Kramer (Shimmy Disc, Butthole Surfers, Ween, Bongwater) not only a fan but also Mastered our album Mosquito Buzzer!
 
Jim Jarmusch
The other Breather played in Branca’s Ensemble with Phil Kline, who played in The Del-byzanteens
 
Melvins
One of the Breathers once lived with Kevin Rutmanis (Cows, Melvins, Tomahawk) and the duo worked on an album… never released
 
Swans
The other Breather played with the Virgil Moorefield Ensemble, Moorefield played with Branca and also in Swans
 
Unsane
Other Breather lived with Kevin Rutmanis, played with Melvins, Kat Bjelland, Lubricated Goat and Vinnie Signorelli