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Ascend - The Danglers
American Progressive Rock band consisting of electric violin, standup bass, and drum that combines Jazz, Classical, Heavy Metal, Heavywooden, Punk and Fusion stylings. Superior musicianship coupled with intelligent song writing often accompanied by improvisation. Known for mind blowing live shows.
The premise was simple, don't play your part; play your instrument! When did the brilliant and spiritual notion of finding your voice on your instrument succumb to mundane songs and questionable fashion? And isn't that exactly what is missing from the music we are being bombarded with? The solution seemed simple in the winter 1997 when John Sparrow, Dave Gelting, and Jason Loveall put those questions to the test. The Danglers are a power trio, of Violin, Contrabass and Drums, an unlikely but extremely versatile combination of instruments whose example were few but very helpful in influencing their direction. The band poured through droves of bebop and 20th Century composition while scrutinizing King Crimson, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Frank Zappa, Jeff Buckley, and Led Zeppelin collectively to influence its direction. No Dangler show sounds the same. The Danglers can play a jazz club as efficiently as they can handle a rock stage. Early in their career the band flooded the Milwaukee music scene playing 3 weekly residencies while playing shows and conferences in the Midwest and East coast. Their first release in 1998 was a hand copied cassette called 'Live at Rory's', a stereo mic recording of an early show at the venue that launched the band. Since, the band has recorded two full length studio albums, 'The Danglers', and 'Fade Out/Fade In'. A live and outake collage, 'Cocktales, reflections of the Milwaukee Night Life'. 2 ep's ,'Faux Kack' and 'We Had Heaven' a split 7" as well as compilation records. All Dangler recordings have been self financed as well as self distributed. The Danglers at present are writing their most concise batch of material to date. Only experience can describe a band that operates without rival. See them live!
Buy The Danglers CDs by clicking on the pics:
"Faux Kack"
"The Danglers"
"We Had Heaven"
"Fade Out Fade In"

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 9/8/2006
Band Members: Jason Loveall: Violin, Vocals, Guitar, Mandolin, etc.

Dave Gelting: Contra Bass, Vocals

John Sparrow: Drums and Percussion

Influences:
Sounds Like: WOOD
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

News and Updates.....

The Danglers now perform the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month at The Up and Under. Come see The Danglers stretch out and play all their "deep cuts" and new stuff not normally heard at t...
Posted by The Danglers on Tue, 30 Sep 2008 01:26:00 PST

The Danglers Gigs and News

Tomorrow, Tuesday September 23rd The Danglers will be at:Up and Under 1216 E. Brady StMilwaukee, WI 53202(414) 276-2677 10 PMThe Danglers now perform the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month at The Up a...
Posted by The Danglers on Tue, 23 Sep 2008 04:53:00 PST

NEWS, RELEASES, AND RE-RELEASES

There is a bunch of updates so read from start to finish!NEWS and RE-RELEASES:We have just released our new CD which has "been in the can" for a number of years, "Fade Out Fade In". The CD/Download i...
Posted by The Danglers on Wed, 10 Sep 2008 06:52:00 PST

The Danglers in Chicago Friday

REMINDERTHIS FRIDAY 9PM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!The DanglersReggie's Music Joint2105 S. State St.Chicago, IL9PM (That's When The Danglers will START!) THE DANGLERSwww.myspace.com/thedanglers...
Posted by The Danglers on Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:47:00 PST

The Danglers ’Ascend’ Into Political Anarchy with New Single

The Danglers 'Ascend' Into Political Anarchy with New Single "Let there be an end my friends to the politics of blindness and the message that it sends" ...
Posted by The Danglers on Fri, 11 Jul 2008 05:10:00 PST

VIOLIN FRONTED PROG. ROCK FROM MILWAUKEE AND NEW YORK

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:VIOLIN FRONTED PROG. ROCK FROM MILWAUKEE AND NEW YORKJULY 25, 2008 10pm (MILWAUKEE,WI) -- One of Milwaukee's finest Prog. Rock groups The Danglers, host an evening of intelligent...
Posted by The Danglers on Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:04:00 PST

John Sparrow on new Violent Femmes Single!

As some of you might know, The Danglers have been associated with Violent Femmes in some way or another for the past ten years. The 2000 Self titled release by The Danglers was produced by VF drummer...
Posted by The Danglers on Sat, 21 Jun 2008 05:50:00 PST

SUMMER SHOWS AND NEW CD

We are playing two shows this summer as it stands. The first is June 7th at The Ugly Mug in Milwaukee. An old friend and Danglers' fan has asked asked us to play in the afternoon at her club's 2nd a...
Posted by The Danglers on Sat, 31 May 2008 09:46:00 PST

The Danglers to play Madison Wedneesday May 7th!!!!

This Wednesday May 7th at 9pm will be The Danglers' return to Madison and special it will be. NEVER have The Danglers been so happy to return to Madison to play in their 10 year history. The audienc...
Posted by The Danglers on Sun, 04 May 2008 08:16:00 PST

NEW VIDEOS!!!!!

We have posted 4 new videos on Youtube. One is us in the studio tracking Lady Bug for the new CD Fade Out Fade In. Second, is a performance from Pilsen, Chicago. The other two are from a percussion...
Posted by The Danglers on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:18:00 PST