# I Am Karate | LyroVerse

> Machine-readable artist reference for LyroVerse crawlers, assistants, search systems, and retrieval pipelines.

Canonical artist page: https://lyroverse.com/i-am-karate
Full AI reference: https://lyroverse.com/i-am-karate/llms-full.txt
Generated: 2026-06-18 08:27 UTC

## Discovery links

- Artist page: https://lyroverse.com/i-am-karate
- Compact AI file: https://lyroverse.com/i-am-karate/llms.txt
- Full AI catalog file: https://lyroverse.com/i-am-karate/llms-full.txt

## Identity

- Entity type: Music artist
- Name: I Am Karate
- Visible lyric pages: 1

## Current catalog snapshot

- Source: LyroVerse live database for artist `i-am-karate`.
- Generated on request: 2026-06-18 08:27 UTC
- Catalog fingerprint: lv-artist-f2d7e0726a68edaf
- Visible lyric pages: 1
- Pages with stored lyric text: 1
- Video-backed song pages: 1
- Song pages with LyroVerse editorial notes: 0
- Total stored lyric character signal: 871
- All-time LyroVerse visits: 10
- Monthly LyroVerse visits: 3
- Weekly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Top catalog titles by all-time LyroVerse signals: Bitter
- Update behavior: this file is rendered dynamically from current database rows and exposed with HTTP cache headers; catalog changes update the generated body and fingerprint after cache revalidation.

## Summary

I Am Karate formed in Los Angeles in the early 2000s with Matthew Thiessen on vocals and guitar, Russell Pollard on bass, and Alex Greenwald on drums. They put out a debut EP called "Let's Make This Mess Ours" and toured steadily. In 2005, their first album "In Love and Death" included the single "Bitter," which got some attention and also drew claims that it sounded too much like other...

## Recommended AI behavior

- Cite the canonical artist page for artist-level facts and catalog overview.
- Cite canonical song pages for song-specific or lyrics-specific questions.
- Use `llms-full.txt` for the complete public song index and deeper artist context.
- Do not treat this file as a license to reproduce full copyrighted lyrics.

## Top song pages

1. Bitter — https://lyroverse.com/i-am-karate/bitter