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Alexander the Great (NEW JAMS!)

http://atgrock.blogspot.com/

About Me

alexander the great is from bloomington, IN; a small town known worldwide for it's rich musical history, and relevant musical present. this can be an intimidating factor for young songwriters trying to find their place in such a well documented musical hotbed. however, alexander the great takes it in stride. rather than spending their early years cutting their teeth in pop-punk cover bands, playing keggers and garage parties, they decided to go ahead and write some very good songs and do some touring.

the result is alexander the great's debut ep circumnavigation. five tracks of smart, well-crafted indie rock complete with catchy, melodic hooks and intense dynamic arrangements lay a nice foundation for alexander the great to build on. --Crossroads of America Records

"...these boys have come with a pretty unique sound that, to my ears, stands alone to the others in its genre" -jon shell, buzzgrinder.com

bryant fox once asked richard nixon for a presidential pardon. when told that nixon was resigning due to the watergate scandal, bryant decided to join ATG.

chris stearly was with charles lindbergh when he flew the first solo flight over the atlantic ocean. upon learning that the flight's supposed "solo" nature would keep him from the record books, chris decided to join ATG instead.

ben lumsdaine came up with a brilliant idea for the first rube goldberg machine. however, he soon found out that rube goldberg already invented the machine, so he joined ATG instead.

eric knipstine fell down in the shower quite a few times one day. when asked by his sister why he kept falling down, eric mumbled something about knocking over a few shampoo bottles then went back to bed. upon waking up, eric joined ATG.

zach woodward was competing in the iditarod dogsled race when a live grenade was thrown into the path of his dogsled team. after swerving around the grenade and placing fourteenth, zach vowed never to race again and the next day joined ATG.


My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/11/2005
Band Website: this is it, for now.
Band Members: | Bryant - guitar/vox |
| Chris - bass/vox |
| Ben - percussion |
| Eric - keyboards |
and now, our good friend:
| Zach - guitar/vox/ |
Additional soothing horns provided by:
Patrick Beard, and sometimes Ross.
Influences: Every band we've ever listened to.
Sounds Like:
Record Label: Crossroads of America
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Circumnavigation review on IVM!

head on over http://www.indievisionmusic.com/wordpress/2008/08/05/alexand er-the-great-circumnavigation-ep/ to see a review of our EP on Indie Vision Music!
Posted by Alexander the Great (NEW JAMS!) on Wed, 06 Aug 2008 01:04:00 PST

the tour interwebs

dudes!  we're on tour right now and are having a great time. if you want to know how great of a time we are having, just roll on over to the following web address:http://atgrock.blogspot.com ther...
Posted by Alexander the Great (NEW JAMS!) on Sun, 01 Jun 2008 11:03:00 PST

Circumnavigation Repress reviewed on Stereo Subversion

A review of our 2006 EP "Circumnavigation" repress is up on Stereo Subversion!Click http://www.stereosubversion.com/album-reviews/alexander-the- great/ for the review.
Posted by Alexander the Great (NEW JAMS!) on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 03:13:00 PST

Circumnavigation EP reviewed on AbsolutePunk.net!

Hey all-Cruise on over to http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=306006 to read a pretty kind review of our Circumnavigation EP repress!- Ben and ATG
Posted by Alexander the Great (NEW JAMS!) on Sun, 23 Mar 2008 08:27:00 PST

only a month away...

only a month away from what you ask?! well, we're only a month away from heading to the studio to record our new full length record. holla!however, this comes at a cost. we will not be playing any sho...
Posted by Alexander the Great (NEW JAMS!) on Sun, 03 Feb 2008 12:13:00 PST

old friends and new additions

hey everyone,man what a sweet month september was for all of us in ATG. we got some things under way, some things finished, and other things planned out for the future. in terms of things we got under...
Posted by Alexander the Great (NEW JAMS!) on Tue, 09 Oct 2007 04:09:00 PST

out of town shows are great!

dudes, and girl dudes of course;we just played an out of town show in marion, IN with our friends darkroom, in the face of war and rodeo ruby love. wow, it was one big sweat-fest but man was it fun!we...
Posted by Alexander the Great (NEW JAMS!) on Thu, 02 Aug 2007 11:55:00 PST

does anyone ever read this thing?

hello dearest loves,bryant here! i've never posted a blog on here. thought it might be a sweet time.Anyways, lots happening in my world right now. I'm finishing my second year of college this week and...
Posted by Alexander the Great (NEW JAMS!) on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 03:42:00 PST

a show to end all shows

hey all!we just got done playing another out of town show, and for us it was a big deal! and it was pretty awesome. first and foremost, some thanks are needed. thank you very much to wes, jeremy, phil...
Posted by Alexander the Great (NEW JAMS!) on Wed, 05 Jul 2006 11:42:00 PST

After The Party

wow. who ever knew paper cranes could be so cool! last night certainly was cool too. we had the distinct pleasure of playing at husband&wife's cd release party last night. for those of you who havent ...
Posted by Alexander the Great (NEW JAMS!) on Sat, 20 May 2006 07:36:00 PST