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[[caption-width-right:180:Left to Right: Joe, Jay, Bart and Skrocki. Invisible in the background is Anton]]

->''..and Music/{{Winger}} is my favorite band''

The Revolutionary Hydra were an indie band on Barsuk Records based in Washington. It had a rotating cast of members, including Bart Sharp, Joe Chilcote, Jay Chilcote, Benjamin Gibbard (of Music/DeathCabForCutie), Pepe, Chris Walla (also of Death Cab for Cutie), Allisyn Levy, Robbie Skrocki, and Herbert Bergel.

'''Discography'''
* The [=PEEFs=] (2004)
* Knockout to Dispense (2002
* Airport Transit Guide (2002)
* The Antiphony (2001)
* The Swiss Admiral (2001)
* Queen of the Gravity Urge (2000)
* Ratcheting Down the Melancholic Afterbeat; A Novel (1999)
* Hiss Inclusive (1998)
* Tidbits of Etcetra (1998)
* Your Bruise (1998) split with Death Cab for Cutie
* Pacer v. The Hydra (1997)
* The Left-Handed Scissors Incident (1997)
* Jazz Mesopotamia (1996)
* The Revolutionary Hydra (1995)

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!!Tropes:

* CoveredUp:[[invoked]] "The Face that Launched 1000 Shits" has actually only been ''recorded'' by Music/DeathCabForCutie. It was originally a Revolutionary Hydra song they only played live.
* LighterAndFluffier: Bunny Parade, the only song purely sung by Allisyn Levy
* ShoutOut: To numerous literary works.
** The name of the band itself was taken from Anna Karenina
** "Good News for the Warm Blooded", "Off Ratcheting Down the Melancholic Afterbeat" references the ''Literature/SlaughterhouseFive'' and ''The Sot-Weed Factor''.
* WordSaladTitle:
** "William Wizard Cauliflower"
** "Egg Toss Frequency"

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