Member Since: 05/11/2006
Band Website: www.facefirst.com
Band Members: chris lunceford - vocals, guitars, keys, mandolin
jason hinders - bass
allison achterkirch - vocals, piano, keyboards
ed swain - drums
Past members of BiteSize/Alameda: Karen Collins - bass * Matt - guitar, vocals * Corey Jane Holt - guitar, keys, vox * Mike O'Neill - bass for Alameda & lead guitar on "Brains.." * Bob Anthony - guitar, vox * Todd Tedder - trumpet
They fell in love with the drummer, another and another: Jeff Beyer - drums, Morty - drums, Jim Rice - drums for Alameda, Aaron Kant - drums for Alameda * Jeff Wood, John McNicholas, and Georgie Sunshine were BiteSize one nite at the Brass Mug with zero practice when the boys couln't make the gig.
Influences: These are but a few drops in our rock-n-roll ocean: the Kinks, Replacements, Guided By Voices, Pixies, Elliott Smith, Yo La Tengo, Ida, Rainer Maria, Gram Parsons, Wilco, Camper Van Beethoven, New Pornographers, the Zombies, M. Ward, Magnetic Fields, Husker Du, the Clash, Belle & Sebastian, Death Cab For Cutie, My Morning Jacket, Centro-matic, Ben Folds, Rilo Kiley, the Who, Big Star, Elvis Costello, Le Tigre, Prince, Minutemen, White Stripes, Rolling Stones, X, Descendents, the Hold Steady, Sleater-Kinney, Portastatic, Flaming Lips, Sun Kil Moon, Holly Golightly, Pavement, Magic Numbers, Dressy Bessy, Bright Eyes, Jonathan Richman/Modern Lovers, Sly and the Family Stone, Low, Slumber Party, Ramones, Velvet Underground, Jens Lekman, Curtis Mayfield, Otis Redding, Camera Obscura, Smokey Robinson, Aretha Franklin, Tom Waits, Cat Power, Nick Drake, Beatles, Home, the Pogues, Son Volt, Jenny Toomey, Tsunami, Jayhawks, Liz Phair, Fishbone, Buffalo Tom, Half Japanese, thee Headcoatees, Mission of Burma, Bob Dylan, Mike Watt, Sufjan Stevens, Iron & Wine, Buzzcocks, Clientele, Arcade Fire, Uncle Tupelo, Archers of Loaf, Crooked Fingers, Neil Young, Foo Fighters, Bikini Kill, Mason Jennings, George Harrison, the Creation, Lemonheads, Thelonius Monk, Superchunk, Tulip Sweet and Her Trail of Tears, Daniel Johnston, John Coltrane, Shins, Pee Shy, Consonant, K./beekeeper, Dinosaur Jr., R.E.M., Jimmy Cliff, Scout, the Go-Betweens, Shuggie Otis, Now It's Overhead, Bob Marley, Them, Stereolab, Built to Spill, Robyn Hitchcock, Miles Davis, the Breeders, Isobel Campbell, Pretenders, the Soviettes, Decemberists, Spinal Tap, the Catheads, Joan Jett, Bjork, XTC, Violent Femmes, Sam Cooke, Nirvana, Marvin Gaye, Tegan and Sara, Five-Eight, Spinanes, They Might Be Giants, Superdrag, James Brown, Tobin Sprout, Sonic Youth, Patti Smith, Bloc Party, Juliana Hatfield, P-Funk, Jen Wood, Skatalites, T. Rex, Joseph Arthur, Ray Charles, Comet Gain, Mirah, Alex Chilton, Bob Mould, Paul Westerberg, Ben Lee, Ween, Sean Na Na, Har Mar, Television, Postal Service, John Vanderslice, Sinead O'Conner, Spoon, Ani DiFranco, Cure, Sloan, Police, Jack Logan, Thin Lizzy, Detroit Cobras, Preston School of Industry, U2, Talking Heads, Queen, David Bowie, Dismemberment Plan, DEVO, Tall Dwarves, Johnny Cash, Sebadoh, Merle Haggard, Metric, Jimi Hendrix, Beastie Boys, Van Halen, the Kills / Discount, Willie Nelson, the Raveonettes, Radiohead, Led Zepplin, Stereolab, AC/DC, Matthew Sweet, Shadows of Knight, Mercury Rev, Motley Crue, Beethoven, Richard Thompson, Public Enemy, Monkees, RATT, Etta James, Captain Beefheart, Iggy Pop, Weezer, the Supremes, Jesus & Mary Chain, KISS, Frank Zappa, the Donnas, Outkast, Mekons, Roy Acuff, Sex Pistols, Billy Bragg, Dropkick Murphys, Peter Murphy, the Fall, Interpol, Bill Monroe, the Scorpions, Tito Puente, Pink Lincolns, the Queers, the Smears, the Beautys, Jimi Hendrix, Black Sabbath, Strokes, the Bugaloos, Circus Monkey, Sarah Silverman, community radio, found sound, bad karaoke, birds chirping, motorcycle hum, kitty purrs, and crashing waves on a beach.
Sounds Like: Sweat-drenched beer-soaked 20 songs in 60 minutes live sets WHO IS ALAMEDA!? An indie power-pop new-wave country-punk rock-n-roll band based in Minneapolis, MN. Alameda's first CD, "Everything's Rosy" is 26 songs recorded on analog 8-track with plenty of piano, guitars, organ, trumpet, mandolin, accordion, saxophone, theremin and French horn. Freedom horn? No digital tampering. The music critic for the Tampa Tribune, Curtis Ross, lamented in a review, "It should have been a hit in a perfect world." Gina Vivenetto, music critic for the St. Petersburg Times, Scott Harrell music critic for FOCUS Music Magazine, and Stefanie Kalem, rock critic for Weekly Planet/Creative Loafing, all gave "Everything's Rosy" glowing reviews and lots of stars. Alameda is a piano driven affair with Christopher and Allison sharing vocals and songwriting. Chris wrote and sang all the songs to date out of neccesity but Allison is now singing and writing half of the band's material. Alameda is as a five piece rock band, but when performing acoustically as a duo, they make with shimmering piano and sensitive duets. Alameda play upbeat heart-on-sleeve pop songs for anyone who will listen. Allison supplies the keyboards and Chris shreds riffs and tasty licks on guitar and mandolin. Alameda's second home is/was Tampa, Florida where the band formed before relocating to the Twin Cities in the cold-ass Winter of 2005. They met while she was teaching at the University of South Florida. Chris was freelance writing and playing in too many bands. They started the Alameda with Ed Swain beating the drums and Jason Hinders on bass. The Florida boys had all played together for a decade in the recently defunct BiteSize. "Everything's Rosy" was mostly recorded at Chris and Jason's practic pad/house. It was enginneered by James Bess (of Dumbwaiters) and Steven Seachrist for the price of tape and beer. Chris and Allison hijacked the band to her homestate of Minnesota to live, play, and record. In 2006, they met Sam and John. Sam's on bass and Johnny pounds the drums. Alameda has performed fun gigs recently in the Twin Cities at the Uptown Bar, Acadia Cafe, Varsity Theater, O'Gara's Garage, Station 4, the Red Sea, Hexagon, Toybox, and Jungle Red. The band has also played these fine Florida establishments: Pegasus Lounge, New World Brewery, the Emerald Bar, Covivant Gallery, Brass Mug, Yeoman's Road, the Orpheum, Neptune Lounge, James Joyce Pub, Harbor Club, State Theater, Masquerade, Tavern On The Green, Skipper's Smokehouse, Stone Lounge, Club Detroit, Oak Barrell, the Rubb, Gyland's, Voodoo Lounge, the Liar's Club, Red Star, Recovery Room, and the Ritz. The band is currently working on their second album. Please take a listen to our songs and come out to a show. Rock on!Alameda's Friend Space
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Record Label: Facefirst Records
Type of Label: Indie