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'''Rob Warmowski''' was the founding bassist and lead singer for [[The Defoliants]] who were active from [[1984]] to [[1989]]. In [[1985]] the band (Rob, [[Chuck Uchida]] and [[Jeff Cohn|Jeff "BBQ" Cohn]]) released a cassette called "Now How Much Would You Pay For It?", a 7" EP titled "Hang Ten" in [[1987]] on Chicago label [[Pravda Records]], and a LP titled "Grrr" on the Berlin label Angry Fish Music in 1989. <br>

In [[1991]], Rob founded Buzzmuscle with [[Greg Dunlap]], [[Dave Schleitwiler]] of [[Bhopal Stiffs]] and Brian Gay of [[Savage Beliefs]]. That band broke up in [[1994]] after releasing two 7"s ("Assembler/33 Degrees" and "Comedian / 12 Step") as well as winning graphic design honors by the US National Design Museum / Smithsonian for the "Assembler" package.  Buzzmuscle completed but did not release an LP named "Stayeth". <br><br>
In 2000, Rob appeared on Califone's second self-titled EP released on RoadCone records.  Rob also played bass on the theme music for the 1997 TV comedy show "Upright Citizen's Brigade" as part of a combo named "The Real Welders".  Between 1999 and 2002, Rob worked for the small Chicago independent label Perishable Records, art-directing and project-managing label projects including Califone, Fruit Bats, The Fire Show, Frontier and many others.  <br><br>
In 1999, Rob founded the surf-noir band San Andreas Fault with guitarist Pete Machine and a rotating cast of musicians.  In 2003 SAF released the 90% instrumental album "Encantada", tracks of which appear on numerous television programs and internet radio stations.  <br><br>
In 2007, Rob founded [http://sirs-chicago.com Sirs], a band with vocalist Chris Kreb, who left that year.  In 2008 Sirs released the 7" "Billy The Kidney / Fast Eddie and Curtis" on the Unicut Records label.  Sirs now includes drummer Mike Greenlees ([[Blatant Dissent]] / [[Tar]]) and bassist Tony Jones (Sixteen Tons) with Rob on guitar and vocals. In August 2011, Sirs released the [http://sirs.bandcamp.com 4-song 12" EP "Boo Hoo"]. <br><br>
With animator Heather Smith, he created, wrote, directed, voice-acted, scored and engineered the online web comedy cartoon series "Officer Bob" in 2008.
Rob now records as [http://soundcloud.com/allende Allende] and works as an independent technical and creative writer, producer and educator.  He is also a contributor to the sports website [http://www.cantstopthebleeding.com/ Can't Stop The Bleeding], writing mainly about the Chicago White Sox.  <br><br>

== External Links ==

* [http://sirs-chicago.com Sirs site and 2010 recordings]
* [http://sirs.bandcamp.com "Boo Hoo" EP (2011)]
* [http://www.myspace.com/sirs-chicago Sirs myspace]
* [http://www.myspace.com/sanandreasfault San Andreas Fault myspace]
* [http://robwarmowski.com/ Rob Warmowski's personal blog]
* [http://www.perishablerecords.com/ Perishable Records]
* [http://www.perishablerecords.com/buzzmuscle/ Buzzmuscle "Assembler" info page]
* [http://www.officer-bob.com/ Officer Bob]
* [http://soundcloud.com/allende Allende]

[[Category:Band Members]]
[[Category:Bassists]]
[[Category:Singers]]