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'''Quicksand''' is an American [[post-hardcore]] band from New York City, founded in 1990. Their debut self-titled EP was released on followed by two major-label albums, ''[[Slip (album)|Slip]]'' (1993) and ''[[Manic Compression]]'' (1995). Quicksand's sound has been compared to that of [[post-hardcore]] bands [[Fugazi]] and [[Helmet (band)|Helmet]].<ref name="quicksandnet">{{cite web|url=http://www.myspace.com/quicksandnet|title=Quicksand - Listen and Stream Free Music, Albums, New Releases, Photos, Videos|website=Myspace|access-date=December 10, 2017}}</ref> The band supported their releases with extensive touring but fell short of the mainstream success anticipated by their labels. These factors and internal stress led them to separate first in 1995 and again in 1999 following a failed year-and-a-half reunion.<ref name="sing365">{{cite web |url=http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Quicksand-Biography/D0DAA8EE6584BC7F48256C670026E022 |title=Quicksand Biography |access-date=March 25, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311072010/http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Quicksand-Biography/D0DAA8EE6584BC7F48256C670026E022 |archive-date=March 11, 2012 }}</ref> In June 2012, Quicksand reunited for a special one-night performance and since has been playing additional live shows. The band's third album (and first full-length in 22 years), ''[[Interiors (Quicksand album)|Interiors]]'', was released on November 10, 2017, and it was followed four years later by their latest album ''[[Distant Populations]]'' (2021).

Quicksand has cited various bands as influences, including [[Fugazi]], [[Jane's Addiction]], [[Helmet (band)|Helmet]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hill |first=Stephen |date=February 9, 2023 |title="After Nirvana, anything seemed possible": Quicksand's Walter Schreifels on Slip, the greatest '90s rock album that you've probably never heard |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/after-nirvana-anything-seemed-possible-quicksands-walter-schreifels-on-slip-the-greatest-90s-rock-album-that-youve-probably-never-heard |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230905184954/https://www.loudersound.com/features/after-nirvana-anything-seemed-possible-quicksands-walter-schreifels-on-slip-the-greatest-90s-rock-album-that-youve-probably-never-heard |archive-date=September 5, 2023 |access-date=October 27, 2023 |website=Louder |quote="We were definitely inspired by bands that were doing cool stuff from that time, Fugazi were a big influence on us, bringing this avant-garde, DIY thing, so were Janes Addiction, doing this rock music that was experimental and sexy, we felt rally close to them. Helmet came out of the blue and they were doing this jazzy, math thing. These bands were older than us, so we were kind of regurgitating their sound with our influences."}}</ref> [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Beaugez |first=Jim |date=May 18, 2023 |title=Quicksand’sQuicksand's Walter Schreifels: "I use the tricks I have to the most effect that I can. And I think that’sthat's the trick of my playing" |url=https://www.guitarworld.com/features/quicksand-walter-schreifel |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230527133253/https://www.guitarworld.com/features/quicksand-walter-schreifel |archive-date=May 27, 2023 |access-date=October 27, 2023 |website=Guitar World |quote="'We did a tour in England and got ahold of a [[My Bloody Valentine (band) | My Bloody Valentine]] cassette,' [Schreifels] says, 'and by the time we did ''[[Slip (album) | Slip]]'', that was our biggest influence. I don’t know how much it comes off as sort of, ‘Oh, they’re doing [[shoegaze]],' but that’s what we were doing."}}</ref> [[Cocteau Twins]], [[Wire (band)|Wire]], and [[Public Enemy]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hill |first=Stephen |date=November 9, 2017 |title=Quicksand's track by track guide to new album Interiors |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/quicksands-track-by-track-guide-to-new-album-interiors |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425104246/https://www.loudersound.com/features/quicksands-track-by-track-guide-to-new-album-interiors |archive-date=April 25, 2023 |access-date=October 27, 2023 |website=Louder}}</ref>

Quicksand released the 4-track EP ''Quicksand'' through hardcore independent label [[Revelation Records]] six weeks after their formation.<ref name="quicksandnet"/> The band performed at club venues and rose to touring North America and Europe with [[Helmet (band)|Helmet]], [[Fugazi]], [[Rage Against the Machine]], [[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]], and [[White Zombie (band)|White Zombie]]. Their exposure led to the band signing a record deal with major label [[Polydor Records]] in 1992, subsequently becoming the first [[post-hardcore]] band to do so.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stillie |first=Denise |date=1995 |title=Interview with Sergio Vega {{!}} Metallurgy |url=http://quicksand.net/interviews/metallurgy.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010308063646fw_/http://quicksand.net/interviews/metallurgy.htm |archive-date=March 8, 2001 |access-date=February 4, 2023 |website=quicksand.net}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Arenas |first=Norm |date=May 1998 |title=Subject to Change: Interview with Walter Schreifels {{!}} Alternative Press |url=http://www.quicksand.net/interviews/alternative.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010429013932/http://www.quicksand.net/interviews/alternative.htm |archive-date=April 29, 2001 |access-date=February 4, 2023 |website=quicksand.net}}</ref> The label issued Quicksand's first full-length album, ''[[Slip (album)|Slip]]'' on February 9, 1993, with "Dine Alone" being their first single. The album also featured two tracks that were re-recorded from the "Quicksand" EP ("Omission" and "Unfulfilled"). The following year saw the band tour the United States with [[The Offspring]], performing 250 live shows to support the album.<ref name="sing365"/> By 1995, the album had sold around 100,000 copies.<ref>{{Cite newspapernews |last=Testa |first=Jim |date=March 3, 1995 |title=Quicksand punk rockers not likely to sink |page=E11 |work=[[The Jersey Journal]]}}</ref>

Walter Schreifels went on to form the [[alternative rock]] band [[Rival Schools (band)|Rival Schools]] with former bandmate and CIV drummer [[Sammy Siegler]], releasing the album ''[[United by Fate]]'' in 2001 (before splitting in 2003).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bandtoband.com/band/rival-schools|title=Rival Schools|website=BandToBand|access-date=December 10, 2017}}</ref> Schreifels later fronted [[Walking Concert]] on his independent record label Some Records. During that time, Schreifels mixed in occasional solo acoustic performances. In 2008, Rival Schools reformed for live performances at various festivals, and in 2011 they released their second album ''[[Pedals (Rival Schools album)|Pedals]]''. Tom Capone played guitar for [[Instruction (band)|Instruction]] for the majority of the band's existence beginning in December 2002. Sergio Vega has played bass for [[Deftones]], filling in for [[Chi Cheng (musician)|Chi Cheng]] on tour in 1999 and from June 2009 to theearly present,2021. andVega was recruited to compose their album ''[[Diamond Eyes]]'', which was released on May 4, 2010. Alan Cage contributed to [[Enemy (American band)|Enemy's]] ''Hooray for Dark Matter'' in 2005 and later worked with New Idea Society and the hardcore band [[108 (band)|108]].