[1997 - 2016]

Style: Raw Rock / Punk / Alternative / Industrial
Hometown: Portland, Oregon
For Fans Of: Officer Negative, Nine Inch Nails, Selfmindead

Band Members (as of most recent album):
Josh Dies (Joshua Porter)... Vocals, Guitar, Synth, Bass, Programming
Whitney DePaoli... Vocals, Synth
Mike Jensen... Synth, Programming, Production
Patrick Porter... Bass, Synth

Other Projects

1. Annihilationism (Ivory Mobley, Josh Dies)
2. The Bell Jar (Garrett Holmes, Josh Dies, Patrick Porter, Whitney DePaoli)
3. Church of Agony (Josh Dies, Patrick Porter)
4. Dies (Josh Dies)
5. Knife To Meet You (Josh Dies, Patrick Porter)
6. Kutless (Drew Porter)
7. Mike Mains and the Branches (Drew Porter)
8. Our Heart's Hero (Ricky Holbrook)
9. The Thieves Guild (Josh Dies, Patrick Porter)
10. The Wedding (Landon Ginnings)

Compilation Contributions

1. Songs We've Been Trying To Tell You About (And Others We Haven't), Vol. 12, 2023 .... "Autosarcophagy and the Heat Death of the Universe (from Our Fathers Were Models for God) [JFH Music]
2. I Am Living 2012, 2012 .... "I'm Afraid That I'm Me" and "Sex With Strangers" [Come&Live!]
3. Passionate Hope, Vol. 1: Songs of Worship, 2011 .... "Deliverance" [Indie Vision Music]
4. Songs From The Penalty Box Vol. Six, 2009 .... "The Journey" [Tooth & Nail]
5. Tooth & Nail Records: The Ultimate Collection, 2008 .... "Mouth Like A Magazine" [Tooth & Nail]
6. X Worship 2006, 2005 .... "Matthias Replaces Judas" [Worship Together]
7. You Can't Handle The Tooth! Vol. 1, 2005 .... "Dead By Dawn" [Tooth & Nail]
8. Tooth & Nail VS Solid State, 2005 .... "Mouth Like A Magazine" [Tooth & Nail/Solid State]
9. Young Bloods Tour 2004, 2004 .... "Dead By Dawn" and "Mouth Like A Magazine" [Solid State]
10. A Near Fatal Fall, 2004 .... "Dead By Dawn" [Tooth & Nail]
11. This Is Solid State Vol. 5, 2004.... "A Llama Eats A Giraffe (And Vice Versa)" [Solid State]

Video Compilation Contributions

1. Dominate Vol. 3 DVD, 2009 .... "The Journey" [Tooth & Nail]
2. Dominate Vol. 1 DVD, 2007 .... "Oh Emetaphobia!" [Tooth & Nail]
3. Tooth & Nail VS Solid State: The Videos, 2005 .... "Mouth Like A Magazine" [Tooth & Nail / Solid State]
4. This Is Solid State: The DVD, 2005 .... "Mouth Like A Magazine" [Solid State]
5. The Nail DVD, Vol. 9, 2005 .... "Mouth Like A Magazine" [Tooth & Nail]
6. This Is Solid State, Vol. 3 DVD, 2007 .... "Oh! Emetophobia!" [Solid State]

Artist Interviews

1. Josh Dies, 1/25/16
2. Full Band Interview, 3/3/11, Topeka, Kansas
3. Josh Dies, 9/8/09
4. Josh Dies, 6/11/08, Kansas City, Missouri

Showbread Videography

1. The Music Is Dead, 2016
2. Cancer: The Movie, 2016
3. An Awful Void, 2011
4. Showbread Ruined My Life DVD, 2008

Collector's Items

1. Showbread Is Showdead vinyl repress, 2022 [Friend Club Records / Unoriginal Vinyl]
2. Showbread Is Showdead cassette, 2021 [Friend Club Records]
3. Cancer cassette, 2021 [Friend Club Records]
4. Who Can Know It? cassette, 2021 [Friend Club Records]
5. No Sir, Nihilism Is Not Practical vinyl, 2020 [Tooth & Nail / Unoriginal Vinyl]
6. Showbread Is Showdead vinyl, 2016
7. Cancer vinyl, 2012
8. Who Can Know It? vinyl, 2010
9. Mouth Like A Magazine CD single, 2005 [Tooth & Nail / Solid State]
10. No Sir, Nihilism Is Not Practical promotional CD, 2004 [Golf Records]
11. Poor Tape cassette, 2000 (independent)
12. Showbread cassette, 1999 (independent)
13. Too Much Metal For One Hand cassette, 1999 (independent)

Former Members

1. Chris Nunnaly... Synthesizer
2. Drew Porter... Drums
3. Eddie Ortiz... Vocals, Guitar
4. Emmett Belagorska... Vocals
5. Frank Lipari... Drums
6. Garrett Holmes... Guitar, Synth, Piano, BGVs
7. Ivory "Tae" Mobley... Vocals
8. John Giddens... Keytar
9. Landon Ginnings... Guitar
10. Marvin Reilly... Drums
11. Matt Davis... Lead Guitar
12. Mike Jensen... Guitar
13. Ricky Holbrook... Drums
14. Ryan Peterson... Drums
15. Travis Riner... Guitar

Concert Reviews

1. Arrows Are Deadly Missional Tour - 7/13/11, Kansas City, Missouri
2. Abandon Kansas Record Release Tour - 5/6/11, Kansas City, Missouri
3. Raw Rock Theology 101 Tour - 3/3/11, Topeka, Kansas
4. Purple Door 2010 - 8/13 - 8/14/10, Lewisberry, Pennsylvania
5. Maylene and the Sons of Disaster Fall 2008 Tour - 10/17/08, Lawrence, Kansas
6. The Young Bloods Tour - 12/3/04, Nashville, Tennessee

Artist Literature

1. Death To Deconstruction: Reclaiming Faithfulness as an Act of Rebellion, 2022...Joshua Porter
2. Punk Rock vs The Lizard People, 2019...Joshua Porter
3. Cannibals, Book I: Iambic Pentameter and the Teaching of Twelve, 2013...Joshua Porter
4. An Edict of Worms, 2012...Joshua Porter
5. The Joke That We Play On The World, 2010...Joshua Porter
6. Nevada, 2009...Joshua Porter
7. The Insect, 2008...Joshua Porter
8. The Spinal Cord Perception, 2007...Joshua Porter

Artist Links

1. Official Site
2. Bandcamp
3. Twitter
4. Instagram
5. Facebook
6. YouTube
7. Vimeo