Music:
Member Since: 12/11/2006
Band Website: http://www.myspace.com/taciturnusviatic
Band Members:
Kurt Diestler
Drums, Lead Drums, Percussion, Sounds, Noises, Production and non musician-like interaction.
Kurt seems to like:
Hitting things really hard and fast, and calling it musical
VDrums, Other drums, various keyboard noises, Sennheiser, Ringo Starr tm sticks.(seriously)
Recording Gear
Fixing stuff that should be thrown away
Throwing stuff away that he cannot fix
Trikkes, Scientific stuff, gadgets, tools, recording gear, humor, art.
MJ Brady
Guitars, Basses, buzzes, out of key notes, and sophisticated song titles.
MJ prefers:
Fender, Ibanez, Digitech, Yamaha, Ernie Ball, D'Addario, GHS, and all the stuff they make for him to abuse.
Writing about and listening to music (www.proggnosis.com)
Composing meaningless songs that have no real purpose, but to give Kurt something to drum to.
Taking the art of apathetic procrastination to levels never unattempted before or since.
Murray Norris
Basses, Gear, non-present collaboration and participation.
Murray insists on:
Conklin, Ibanez, Line 6, Music Man
The art and warfare of Okie Dokie.
The endless pursuit of acquistions
Looking for more collaborators into similar things, presence preferable, local replies welcome.
Influences: Spastic Ink, Rush, Spiral Archetect, The Dregs, Max Webster, Shawn Lane, Bruford, UK, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Return to Forever, Loose Change, On the Virg, Andromeda, Event, Lemur Voice, Mind's Eye, 7 for 4, David Sancious, Chick Corea's Electrik Band, Terry Bozzio, Dave Weckl, Jeff Berlin, Neal Peart, Technical Progressive Metal that doesn't suck, pre-Steve Perry Journey, Dream Theater, Stanley Clarke, Barry Miles, John McLaughlin, Jean Luc Ponty, Nova, Gordian Knot, Didier Lockwood, Area, Al DiMeola, Bubblemath, Echolyn, Lenny White, Brecker Brothers, Tribal Tech, Garsed/Helmerich, Colosseum II, Gary Moore, Jeff Beck, Vai, Bumblefoot, Ze Morglbl Trio, Caldera, The R.A.C.E., Enditol, ELP, Tull, Electrocution 250, Brett Garsed, The Jarzombek brothers, ACT, Isotope, Counter World Experience, Greg Howe, Tipographica, Mongol, Koenjihyakkei, Zappa and extended family, Stanley Clarke, Pages, Nova, Yes, Kansas, Freak Kitchen, Martyr, Marco Minnemann, Gordian Knot, Didier Lockwood, Watchtower, Cynic, Aghora, Sieges Even, Anomaly, Elysian, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Unexpect, Counter World Experience, Stravinsky, Bartok, Grieg, Debussy, Strauss, Handel, Motzart, Brahms, Bach, Beethoven, The Fents, Jason Becker, Holdsworth, Thomas Lang, Cyril Achard, Joel Hoekstra, Benny Jansson, Ron Jarzombek, Bob Jarzombek, Sean Malone, Behold...The Arctopus, Caldera, Allan Holdsworth, Behold...The Arctopus, Spaced Out, Martone, CAB, Keep, Phil Keaggy, Scott Jones, Helmet of Gnats, Bad Dog U, Kick the Cat, Umphrey's McGee, Isotope, Kazumi Watanabe, Alexander Kostarev Group, Eleventh House, Kenso, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Hiromi, George Duke, Gentle Giant, Ronny Heimdal, Gino Vannelli's prog/fusion period, Jean Luc Ponty, Mindflowers, Ohm and Chris Poland, Kazumi Watanabe, Fragile, The Code, Igzit Nine, Sloche, Alex Masi, Ark, Lyle Workman, Jens Johansson, Adam Holzman, Samla Mammas Manna, Mats and Morgan, Freak Kitchen, Hectic Watermellon, Planet X, Symphony X, Brand X, Kings X ,Xsavior, the X's! All the musicians that labor in obscurity to push the envelope of progressive and fusion music to new heights, that deserve to be on the covers and in the articles of all of those muscians magazines that seem to feature popularity over integrity.
Sounds Like: Progressive Instrumental Technical Metal Fusion.
7/8ths is the first recorded demo of many to come.
The artists have over a full cds worth of material composed with a variety of styles, all heavy, instrumental, and challenging and are currently working on recording each song, with anticipation of much improved results as they gain more experience in the recording process.
Record Label: Unsigned
