The musically polarizing, socially/politically conscious act the Blood Brothers formed in Seattle in 1997. The band released their debut full-length, This Adultery Is Ripe, in 2000 on Second Nature / Sound Virus, following it up with 2001's March on Electric Children on Three One G. In 2002, the band signed with ARTISTdirect Records and began work with Ross Robinson on ...Burn, Piano Island, Burn, released in 2003 to critical praise. Crimes was released in 2004 on V2.