Other bands influenced by The Smiths
| On Project Opus since: | April 6, 2007 |
| Last seen: | 2 weeks 5 days ago |
| Biography: | Artist Information Biography "their debut EP "Walk" contains amazing songs that easily could be featured on any release with these pop makers." (Keane and Coldplay) There came a time in early 2006 when the urge to begin writing and recording seemed to well up inside Sean once again. He began writing songs within hours and recording them the next day and after amassing 15 good sounding demo's within 3 months where he narrowed it down to 5. This is when he reached out to friends ask them to play on what he now terms "a good songwriting demo." to come and play on this project. These friends included guitar player Bob Egan - Wilco, and Blue Rodeo. Tony Lind- Hewitt, and former guitarist for Thousand Foot Krutch. Drummer-Jim Boudreau whose resume includes The Wilkinsons, David Foster, Chuck Berry, and countless others. Steve Hogg, acclaimed bassist who played with Ian Thomas, Jamie Warren, and is a regular session player for Juno winning producer J. Richard Hutt. This gave Sean a very solid sounding EP, well sculptured and very well produced. Now, all Sean needed was the live band. Again, a call went out to friends who knew people who knew people and the emails started to come in. One by one Sean met with each of the candidates turning some away and latching on to others telling them that they're in, never once did he ask to hear them play. The only thing he went on was word of mouth, gut feeling, and a prayer. Together, they have taken the Seans songs to another level far beyond even Sean's expectations to create a live show that has brought the crowds to their feet for standing ovations. This eclectic group of guys who's style and influence range from jazz to power punk have found one vision, one dream, one band that they all believe in. They are... "THE WEAK NEED" A high energy pop act being regularly compared to such bands as Keane, Coldplay, Mute Math, Pilot Speed and U2. Their emotive delivery at their live shows has their fans saying that they were "blown away" and "speechless" afterwards. "They are like the Coldplay of Canada." Sean himself is quoted as saying "I love Keane and Coldplay. I really like their sound but honestly, I don't listen to them alot of the time because I don't want to start writing like they do. I'm totally influenced by their sound but I really try to take it somewhere totally different." Different indeed. It is easy to hear bands like The Cure, The Smiths, U2, and Canadian favorites, Pilot Speed, and Never Ending White Lights washing through The Weak Need as the listener is bathed in Croley's unique intimate vocals, textured harmonies and intricately woven lyrics. Here is what industry and fans are saying about The Weak Need: "The Weak Need is favourite band in my iTunes library (15.000 songs) " - Benjamin T. "emotive, memorable writing and tasteful, very impressive production! " � Vlad Shusterman "...very cool sounds. You're professionals...Maybe the new Cold Play " - 100 Ilusoes "Cold Play... I think that's a great comparison, but you still manage to have an original sound.. " - J. Spengler "Every once and awhile you stumble across a band that gives you goose bumps and no pun intended but I feel ya! " - Jill "Your songs are great! You have to get a band together and start playing...people need to hear your music live. " - The Entropy "Really lovely chorus in lay me down "One Word....Amazing!!! " - Cool Planet Entertainment "Todays world, people will do anything to "FEEL" You've done that ..." - Nathan "Great song and impressed by your voice...breath of fresh air" - Raine "I just truly wanted to share with you what a powerful experience it was for both of us. We were not at all familiar with your music before last night, but it left a huge imprint on both of our hearts. Thank you for your courage in pursuing this dream. " - Lisa. |
| Albums: | Walk |
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| On Project Opus since: | February 24, 2008 |
| Last seen: | never |
| Biography: | Trike is a duo, comprising of Stephen Taylor and Xania Keane. Stephen plays keyboard, digital guitar, trombone and sings. Xania plays fiddle, glockenspiel, keyboard, sings, dances (Irish/Quebecois style) and raps. Trike's style is Synth-pop, New Wave, with various other elements. They are audience-interactive, teaching people dance moves they make up. Their songs are catchy pop songs, high energy and dancey. Onstage, there is a great deal of theatricality and performance. Their influences are: Pulp, The Cure, Talking Heads, Devo, The Cars, Belle and Sebastian, old Public Enemy, Magnetic Fields and Joy Division. There is a lot of humour in the music, and the songs are pretty bouncy/happy, although there are also a lot of bittersweet emotions in the lyrics. Addicted to performing, Trike has played almost forty shows since the beginning of September in Vancouver and Victoria, BC, Canada. Trike also won $20,000 on "The Gong Show" (a contest which was on radio and television) with their instructive-dance song, The Trikey, which enabled them to go on tour to Europe in the Spring of 2008. Their album, "The New Album" was number six on the charts of Kootenay Coop radio for three months. |
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| On Project Opus since: | April 4, 2008 |
| Last seen: | never |
| Biography: | Composer, Sound Design, Filmmaker, Songwriting and General Mayhem. Born in San Diego, California in 1980, Devin Anderson has studied classical piano, composition with Prix de Rome winner Jim Heinke, film music with composer Hummie Mann and attended The Seattle Film Institutes 40 week Total Immersion program. Twice. He also plays bass with former PCP Berzerker members, Eric Hunter and Rod Bailey, in a currently unnamed rock group, and frequently collaborates with his wife, singer and saxophonist J. Marie Anderson. As a composer, in addition to scoring his own directorial debut, a short entitled ‘Folie à Deux’, he has composed music for several independent pictures, including but not limited to Wisconsin born filmmaker Jack Bennett’s surrealist film ‘Synthetik’ (which received it’s award-winning World Premiere at The Beloit International Film Festival in January of 2008) and Tim Boyd’s film ‘Uniforms’ which starred members of popular group Death Cab for Cutie. He has provided music for two promotional films produced by The Northwest Film Forum, the regions first and only non-profit organization for the film arts. He has composed concert works in various genres, including solo instrumental works, vocal works, and chamber ensemble, and recently was commissioned to compose for an Art Exhibition of egg tempura painter Nathan DiPietro. He has just completed musical duties on a short film, again for director Jack Bennett, entitled ‘The Neu Transients’. The picture runs 5 minutes and is a memorial to the City of old now over-run by condos and commercial construction, and uses the Seattle cityscape, the music, and the film’s two lead actors (Benjamin Moody and Astrid Benet) to explore ideas of reflection, space, rhythm and transformation. The work premiered at the Northwest Film Forum as part of their City Symphony program on November 19th. His score to ‘Folie à Deux’ was awarded the Gold Medal for Excellence at the 2008 Park City Film Music Festival under the catagory Best Original Music - Short Film. His particular type of electronic-rock (?) songs are strange, somewhat crude, and personal - rough first-take all-to-human vocals, with consistantly surreal lyrics, laid over intricately crafted, orchestral-like backing music and boiled to a simmer. He hopes to continue being involved in film and music until his death. |
| Albums: | Film Music,Classical - Concert Works |
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| On Project Opus since: | February 28, 2008 |
| Last seen: | never |
| Biography: | I am a musician/songwriter with limited means and I am trying to leave something behind and create something that has at least some artistic value, but that is for others to decide... |
| Albums: | Fascination For Affection |
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| On Project Opus since: | June 1, 2007 |
| Last seen: | never |
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| Albums: | First Show |
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| On Project Opus since: | February 23, 2007 |
| Last seen: | never |
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| Albums: | Somebody else's songs,Broken Kite,Flying Girl |
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reminds me of keane." - Flo Anito


