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About Me

Power Lines (Live, Acoustic on 8-26-2007)
Allusions To A God is an album that sums up how I felt at one point in my life. The songs deal with everything from warfare to doubting what you once thought was the truth. Brandon Martinazzi co-produced the record and played a huge role in setting the overall rhythm for many songs that had previously been different tempos or the like. We began the recording process in May of 2006. Things went slowly due to the obligations of real life, but we trudged onward to finish things up seven months later.
Terminal, the first track on the record is a two part instrumental inspired by Pink Floyd and later progressive metal acts.
Swan Song was written in early 2005 and given an entirely different feeling when Brandon added his drums and the junk solo mid-way through the track. We distorted my vocals to try and get a effect not unlike Radiohead
Thoughts Assemble was another song shelled out early before the recording process had begun, but realized in a totally different form when Brandon came in with his drumming.
The title track Allusions To A God was inspired from a guitar standpoint by the minimalist, rhythmic guitar work of Mike Doughty with the band Soul Coughing and in his solo career. The synthesizers probably were inspired by Depeche Mode.
I am proud of Even The Camera Man is an Actor because it was written and recorded in one day. Numerous things inspired this track - everything from Boards of Canada to John Lennon’s "Revolution 9" on the Beatles’ white album.
Badge is a cover of a song by Cream that was written by Eric Claption and George Harrison. We tried to get ours a harder, more spacey feel than the original. It’s still a pop song at the core though.
The End of Insight was inspired by the spoken verse style many songs in the jazz rock sub genre are in. I think our favorite bit is during the solo when everything falls apart and then sort of reforms.
As Crows Fly Over is an instrumental track containing a riff written in early 2005. This track is probably the one most similar to its initial form when written.
Two Heads of the Hydra is the heaviest song I have ever written and suitably dark. We describe it as our version of Black Sabbath’s "War Pigs."
Love to all,
Steve

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Music:

Member Since: 3/2/2005
Band Website: stevethompsonband.com/
Band Members:
Steve Thompson:

Vocals Guitars Bass Effects Synthesizer Dave Trinh:

Tenor Saxophone Second Guitar (Live) Tony Regola:

Bass (Live) Stephen Peck:

Percussion Drums

Influences: The Beatles, David Bowie, Soul Coughing, Pink Floyd, The Flaming Lips, Cream, Neutral Milk Hotel
Sounds Like: The back of your eyelids spontaneously turning into mashed potatoes and gravy.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Been Some Time, Hasnt It?

There's a new drummer on board the Steve Thompson express. Stephen Peck, formerally of the band Zao and States of Melba joins the ST live crew. He's a versatile drummer with a fine knack for improvisa...
Posted by Steve Thompson on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 04:29:00 PST

Gig / Label Shopping (But Not The Window Type)

Currently, I'm trying to fight a cold. Zicam seemingly has worked a bit though - Dave Trinh swears by this stuff, so I figured "why not?" These days, I've been writing and recording demos substa...
Posted by Steve Thompson on Sat, 19 Jan 2008 03:11:00 PST

14 Songs

So I've got roughly 14 songs recorded in demo format - some are more like little experiments or rough things that won't make it to the final sha-bang. I've got some other ideas on the backburner too. ...
Posted by Steve Thompson on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 06:15:00 PST

Stoked

Just posting because I am super excited about the new set of songs I have been writing and recording demos of. I think they represent a huge departure from Allusions both lyrically and musically...
Posted by Steve Thompson on Sun, 13 May 2007 10:52:00 PST

Insight? (AKA I Hate Surveys)

The first player of this game starts with the "6 things/habits about yourself." People who get tagged need to write a blog of their 6 habits/things, as well as state the rules clearly. At the end you ...
Posted by Steve Thompson on Wed, 02 May 2007 05:01:00 PST

Buy "Allusions To A God" Now!

I am pleased to announce that you can now buy Allusions To A God via a fine web site called Kunaki. I found out about them via my friend Andy - stuff on his label is sold through there - I think he's ...
Posted by Steve Thompson on Sat, 28 Apr 2007 12:11:00 PST

In The Wake of a Tragedy

What happened down in Blacksburg yesterday is unspeakable. It sickens me how people in our society continue to remain desensitized to this sort of behavior regardless of its unacceptable frequency. My...
Posted by Steve Thompson on Tue, 17 Apr 2007 11:27:00 PST

Grips On Reality

There are moments in life - maybe even things longer than moments where you think you have a firm grip on the fabric of space and time and where you're life fits into every crevice life has to offer. ...
Posted by Steve Thompson on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 10:55:00 PST

Thoughts Assemble Video!!

If you're bored or intrigued you can now watch the video for "Thoughts Assemble". Since the actual full release of Allusions To A God is pending(ish) and there aren't any singles/releases from the alb...
Posted by Steve Thompson on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 07:26:00 PST

Happy February / Writing New Songs

I began writing some new material after changing my acoustic's strings this week. I have been influenced a lot lately by the likes of Andrew Bird, Neutral Milk Hotel, Iron & Wine, and Catch The Be...
Posted by Steve Thompson on Thu, 01 Feb 2007 12:34:00 PST