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RipSpacer

The rock is not dead, just taking a short nap...

About Me


East coast guitarrorist Paul Wayne (right) has joined forces with Seattle musician/producer team Geoff Ott (center) and Jonathan Plum (left) to bring you RipSpacer. This fortuitous line-up offers the full rock experience with explosive guitar-laced attack and release. Influences include: Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr., REM, and The Who. This cache of influence combined with Dylanesque / Keroucian lyrics by Paul Wayne express the post-millennial fire that is RipSpacer.
The fall of the two towers in 2001 prompted a return visit to Seattle by Paul Wayne to the Northwest to pursue an internship with music producer Jonathan Plum. The internship turned into a working-relationship at which time EXCESS IN MODERATION (w/ Jonathan Plum on the traps) hatched and grew into the 5 song demo released in 2004. The addition of Geoff Ott on bass in 2006 catapulted RipSpacer into a fledgling power-trio searching for it’s own sound.
he new self-produced album titled MULTIVERSE was written, performed, recorded, and mixed in 2007 at London Bridge Studio. The album rocks through the 8 song jauggernaught working the verse-chorus-bridge routine with a blues scale turned so far inside out that you’d be hard pressed to find it. RipSpacer’s music is the sound of Paul’s growling tube-stung slabs of chordal punk-riffs paired with the deep-driven bass runs of Geoff Ott backed by the Moon like drumming of Jonathan Plum, poignantly saddled with Paul’s immediate vocal styling and Jonathan’s sly harmonies.
The band holds a collective fascination with the bridge between science and art. RipSpacer play passion felt rock with the lyrical emphasis exploring the ideas of love & hate, right & wrong, left & right. Born out of the idea that we live in a world where satellites watch our every move, RipSpacer strive to reflect the idea that our actions hold consequences that reach far beyond anything we could have ever imagined.
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Member Since: 3/25/2005
Band Website: ripspacer.com
Band Members: Paul Wayne: Guitars, Vocals
Jonathan Plum: Drums, Vocals
Geoff Ott: Bass
Influences: Robert Johnson, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Led Zeppelin, The WHO, Jimi Hendrix, Black Sabbath, Neil Young, REM, The Feelies, Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr.
Sounds Like: Chainsaws tuned to F-sharp backed by an Ak-47.
Record Label: RipSpacer records
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Exxon Rapes America

Oil giant Exxon has earned a record profit from this past 6 months of gasoline hell in America. The all-time quarterly-profit record for any gas producing company sits firmly on the shoulders of ...
Posted by RipSpacer on Sun, 03 Aug 2008 07:39:00 PST

New Album info

July 13, 2008 Hello everyone&just a few quick notes to update the Rip faithful. The forthcoming album, yet to be named, is very close to being finished. I am very excited about the new material, whic...
Posted by RipSpacer on Sun, 13 Jul 2008 03:51:00 PST

Ripn the Studio

Yes, it is true! We've begun work on a full length album. At 4 o'clock on May 27th we packed our gear into London Bridge Studio and started work on drum tracks for a soon to be named album. Jonathan s...
Posted by RipSpacer on Fri, 30 May 2008 08:04:00 PST

RipSpacer on YouTube

Re-live Feb 9th 2008 with RipSpacer at the Blue Moon...Paul's B'day. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3fccT7ye9k
Posted by RipSpacer on Sun, 02 Mar 2008 04:27:00 PST

Thanx Everyone for a great Birthday Nite!

..> Thanx Everyone for a great Birthday Nite! Feb 9th, 2008 Blue Moon Tavern in Seattle was the best show in town on Saturday nite. Thanx to Speedmop for starting things off with a roar! Indecisiv...
Posted by RipSpacer on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 02:32:00 PST

Konnechiwa

We've added some old and new tunes fr you to consume and gobble. Rubble-rubble. The version of TV Shows is from the first Rip disc titled Excess in Moderation recorded at Jonathan and Geoff's old stud...
Posted by RipSpacer on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 07:41:00 PST

RipSpacer at the Blue Moon in Seattle Feb 9th

RipSpacer at the Blue Moon February 9th. The silence is deafening&I know, I know, our blog has been absent and tardy for far too long. The end of the silence is here. Paul Wayne's birthday is on Febru...
Posted by RipSpacer on Wed, 23 Jan 2008 06:47:00 PST

RipSpacer at The Sunset - Nov 23rd

RipSpacer at The Sunset - Nov 23rd
Posted by RipSpacer on Wed, 31 Oct 2007 06:32:00 PST

MULTIVERSE is Available at Wall of Sound in Seattle!

Wall of Sound www.wosound.com315 E Pine StSeattle, WA 98122(206) 441-9880...
Posted by RipSpacer on Fri, 10 Aug 2007 08:23:00 PST

CD in Stores Now.

Hey Kids, The new CD is out and available in local Seattle record stores: Silver Platters, Sonic Boom, Easy Street Records, and Everyday Music. They are listed at $7.99 so go buy one now while supplie...
Posted by RipSpacer on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 09:14:00 PST