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Art For Starters
''Art for Starters'' is a band from Mesa, Arizona. It is essentially former Before Braille frontman David Jensen's solo project. History While still a member of Before Braille, David Jensen would constantly demo new songs for a project that he called ''Art for Starters''.Dave for Starters Myspace Blog, Sept. 15, 2006 retrieved 03-15-12 Some of those songs, such as ''Limb from Limb'', ''Unfit'', and ''Secret No. 7'', would later be recorded with . At one point, Jensen claims to have filled over fifty tapes with demos for this "project" that he never intended to pursue. Then in 2005, it appears that drug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mesa, Arizona
Mesa ( ) is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, Maricopa County, in the U.S. state of Arizona. It is the most populous city in the East Valley (Phoenix metropolitan area), East Valley section of the Phoenix Metropolitan Area. It is bordered by Tempe, Arizona, Tempe on the west, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community on the north, Chandler, Arizona, Chandler and Gilbert, Arizona, Gilbert on the south along with Queen Creek, Arizona, Queen Creek, and Apache Junction on the east. Mesa is the third-largest city in Arizona after Phoenix, Arizona, Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona, Tucson, the List of United States cities by population, 37th-largest city in the US, and the largest city that is not a county seat. The city is home to 504,258 people as of 2020 according to the Census Bureau, which makes it more populous than Minneapolis, St. Louis, and Miami. Mesa has been described as "America's most Conservatism in the United States, conservative city". More than 40,000 students are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indie Rock
Indie rock is a Music subgenre, subgenre of rock music that originated in the United States, United Kingdom and New Zealand from the 1970s to the 1980s. Originally used to describe independent record labels, the term became associated with the music they produced and was initially used interchangeably with alternative rock or "Pop rock, guitar pop rock". One of the primary scenes of the movement was Dunedin, where Dunedin sound, a cultural scene based around a convergence of noise pop and jangle became popular among the city's University of Otago, large student population. Independent labels such as Flying Nun Records, Flying Nun began to promote the scene across New Zealand, inspiring key college rock bands in the United States such as Pavement (band), Pavement, Pixies (band), Pixies and R.E.M. Other notable scenes grew in Madchester, Manchester and Hamburger Schule, Hamburg, with many others thriving thereafter. In the 1980s, the use of the term "independent music, indie" (or " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunset Alliance
Sunset Alliance Records is an independent record label based in Mesa, Arizona. It is owned and operated by David Jensen. History After the release of a couple LPs featuring local rock bands, original owner and founder Steve Lefever had plans to let the label die.Garcia, Gilbert ''Speed Kills'', The Phoenix New Times, Jan. 17, 2002retrieved 01-09-12 Then, in 2000, he approached the then-frontman of Before Braille, Dave Jensen, who had been working for two years to create a compilation album for the benefit of a local Phoenix art house and music venue, Modified Arts, and invited him to join in the management of Sunset Alliance and release that compilation on the label.Sunset Alliance Official Site: Story retrieved 02-17-12 While Dave Jensen's origi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Before Braille
Before Braille is an independent rock band from Mesa, Arizona known for its DIY work ethicSalvia, Vanessa retrieved 2012-24-08 and as a pioneer of Arizona's emo-core movement, or as they liked to call it, "480-area-core," during the early 2000s. History Before Braille was originally formed in 1999 by former high-school buddies David Jensen and Hans Ringger.Frye, Heather Frye''Before Braille Comes to Hogans Tonight'', Lewiston Morning Trib., Oct. 18, 2002/ref> After each returned to their Arizona homeland after two years overseas, they met up to play music. Soon after that, they would recruit another high school friend, Brandon Smith, to join them on the bass. Eventually, the line-up was completed with Kelly Reed on drums, and Rajiv Patel on guitar (original guitarist Braden McCall left the band shortly before recording its debut full-length). According to Jensen, the band's name comes from the idea of using guidelines to reach goals: "Everybody battles rules, but there are s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loyal Wife
Loyal Wife is a band from Mesa, Arizona. It is former Before Braille frontman David Jensen's latest project. History Band members David Jensen and Ashley Taylor originally crossed paths while Jensen was still in his band Before Braille.Loyalwife.net: About retrieved 03-15-12 Their first collaboration would not occur, however, until after 's demise, when Jensen formed his first post- project, Art for Starters.Dominic, Serene [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fivespeed
Fivespeed was an American rock band, formed in Peoria, Arizona, United States, in 1997, and later based in Phoenix, Arizona. While in the beginning, Fivespeed's style was greatly influenced by the punk and hard-core movements,Garcia, Gilbert ''Speed Kills'', The Phoenix New Times, Jan. 17, 2002retrieved 01-09-12 its later efforts could be described as a mixture of nu metal and mainstream rock. History The Early Years Fivespeed released their self-titled debut EP, which also became known as ''First of The Compact Cars'', on what was then a brand new independent record label called Sunset Alliance Records, on May 22, 2001. Their label soon changed ownership, but that was all to Fivespeed's benefit, since the new owner, Dave Jensen, was one of their biggest fans. Jensen believed greatly in the band, and gambled big on their success, even mortgaging his house to help pay for the recording of their debut full-length. The band worked for five months with Larry Elyea at Mind's Eye Digi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taking Back Sunday
Taking Back Sunday is an American rock band from Long Island, New York. The band was formed by guitarist Eddie Reyes and bassist Jesse Lacey in 1999. The band's members currently are Adam Lazzara (lead vocals), John Nolan (lead guitar, keyboards, vocals), Shaun Cooper (bass guitar) and Mark O'Connell (drums), accompanied by Nathan Cogan (guitar) for their live performances. The band's former members include Lacey, Reyes, bass guitarist Matthew Rubano, and guitarist and vocalist Fred Mascherino. Lacey quit Taking Back Sunday in 1999 and formed the critically acclaimed rock band Brand New in 2000, with whom Taking Back Sunday would become embroiled in a highly publicized feud. Lazzara replaced original vocalist Antonio Longo prior to the release of the band's 2002 debut album '' Tell All Your Friends.'' Nolan and Cooper left the band in 2003 to form Straylight Run before returning in 2010. The band's breakthrough album, 2006's '' Louder Now'', featured the popular lead singl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dear And The Headlights
Dear and the Headlights was an American indie rock band from Phoenix, Arizona, formed in 2005. They released two widely known demos, recorded by future bassist Chuckie Duff, before their debut album was released. These demos included five songs re-recorded for the album. The most notable change to the songs upon re-recording was the drop from standard guitar tuning to E-flat standard tuning. Two songs heard on their purevolume.com page, recorded acoustic on a local radio show, also later appeared on '' Small Steps, Heavy Hooves''. ''Small Steps, Heavy Hooves'', the band's debut album, was released on February 6, 2007 on Equal Vision Records. On July 20, 2011 the band posted a goodbye message on their site announcing that they had broken up. History Joel Marquard (guitarist and keyboardist) and Ian Metzger (lead vocals and acoustic) started playing together in roughly 2005. Marquard convinced Metzger that they needed to start a band, but Ian was reluctant due to a somewhat negati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Hoag
Bob Hoag is an American record producer, songwriter and musician based in Mesa, Arizona. In 2005, he was recruited to be the pianist and keyboardist for American rock band The Ataris. Career Hoag wrote songs for his group, The Go Reflex, as well as his previous group, Pollen. His main band, The Go Reflex, includes Kevin Scanlon from the now defunct band, Pollen (Hoag played the drums and wrote the songs). In The Go Reflex, Hoag once again writes the songs but also sings and plays piano as well as drums. He also played drums and recorded records for the power-pop/garage group The Breakup Society, as well as The Love Me Nots. He currently runs Flying Blanket Recording in Mesa, Arizona where he has produced and recorded many musicians who have led successful careers.Hepp, Joy''Bob Hoag May Orbit the Moon, Or He Just Might Launch Your Band Into the Stratosphere'', The Phoenix New Times, March 20, 2003Retrieved 03-19-12 Hoag generally contributes musically to most of the records he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rajiv Patel
Rajiv Patel is a musician and virtuoso solo-guitarist from Mesa, Arizona. Story Patel's Bands Soon after Before Braille recorded its debut LP, '' The Rumor'', Rajiv Patel was recruited and joined the band as its new lead guitarist.Dominic, Serene''Blind Ambition'', The Phoenix New Times, Oct. 3, 2002retrieved 02-25-12 Although he was still only in high school, Patel would seriously influence the style of Before Braille's music and, according to members of the band, significantly improve it. The significance of his contributions to Before Braille are most obvious when discovering that some of the music from his solo-releases, such as ''Make Like a Tree'' from ''Of Black Water'' and ''Make Like a Tree Part 2'' from ''Get Phased'' directly inspire the Before Braille song ''Ticker Tape Charade'', which appeared on the ''Spring Cleaning'' album. Patel is also well known for his work as "lead bass player" in the band The Letterpress. Unlike many other bands, The Letterpress lacked an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indie Rock Musical Groups From Arizona
Indie is a short form of "independence" or "independent"; it may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Gaming *Independent video game development, video games created without financial backing from large companies *Indie game, any game (board-based, video, or otherwise) published or produced outside mainstream means; a subset of third party game **Indie Fund, an organization created by several independent game developers to help fund budding indie video game development **Indie Game Jam, an effort to rapidly prototype video game designs and inject new ideas into the game industry **Indie role-playing game, a role-playing game published outside of traditional, "mainstream" means ***Indie RPG Awards, annual, creator-based awards for Indie role-playing game products Music *Independent music, subculture music that is independent of major producers **Indie dance, or alternative dance, a type of dance music rooted in indie rock and indie pop **Indie electronic, a music genre **Indie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
