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About Me

The story: 3 guys in a basement. actually 3 basements. Singer/guitarist John Fogg had returned to civilization after a several-year jaunt to the creative black hole of Cedar City, and began inviting people over to jam in his basement. Many cool people responded, including drummer Scott Gustaveson, and for convenience purposes the jam sessions moved to Scott's basement. Many more cool people revolved through these jams until bassist Jeff Caron joined the fray, and the music moved to its present resting place in Jeff's basement. By that time the jams had become songwriting sessions, and the band's sound had emerged and evolved into its present state. The time had come to find a name. After much ninja combat and several WWE-style cage matches, the band still remained nameless. Countless monikers made the semifinal name lists, only to be crushed hopelessly and helplessly in the fierce competition for the final slot. Honorable mentions for top contenders: Eunuchorn, PWN, MildDirection, and Apparition H. After slaying all challengers with the sword of 'we're tired of fighting about this name thing,' the Elemental was selected and crowned with the honor of representing the band. From that day hence, the Elemental has brought its signature unpigeonhole-able sound to shows across the world, and beyond....

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/5/2006
Band Website: theElemental.com
Band Members: John Fogg- vocals, guitar

Jeff Caron- bass

Scott Gustaveson- drums

Influences: Cocteau Twins, Wolfgang Press, Dead Can Dance, His Name is Alive, Muse, Interpol, Clan of Xymox, Sonic Youth, The Jesus & Mary Chain, The Cure, Lush, Curve, American Music Club, This Mortal Coil, Ether, Idaho Syndrome, Skinny Puppy, Front 242, A Perfect Circle, Catherine Wheel, Deftones, Sebadoh, BRMC, Editors, Grant Lee Buffalo, Massive Attack, Ours, She Wants Revenge, Portishead, VAST, The Verve, Sundays, Lloyd Cole, Echo & the Bunnymen, Freur, Underworld, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Peter Murphy, Love and Rockets, Metallica, Pantera, Tool, Rush, Dream Theater, and your mom.

Sounds Like: We'll let you decide that.
Record Label: Eden’s Watchtower Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Long overdue update- Bella Morte show, CD release & more

Wow- it has been WAY too long since I updated this- sorry folks. One of these days it will be possible to focus all of my energy on music and music-related things like this blog, etc... but for now th...
Posted by Elemental (got SIGNED!) on Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:18:00 PST

Presale tix for June 5th show at Velour

Eek- it's been a while since I've been able to update. Sorry. Tickets for our next show at Velour on June 5th are available at a discounted rate on our website: www.theElemental.com. This show was goi...
Posted by Elemental (got SIGNED!) on Tue, 27 May 2008 02:57:00 PST

LIQUID JOES TONIGHT!

With all of our efforts to promote tonight's show, we caught the attention of some of the folx from The Red Paintings, who put together this amazing flyer for us. We are quite flattered by the ...
Posted by Elemental (got SIGNED!) on Wed, 07 May 2008 02:11:00 PST

RECORDING FINISHED! New release date, etc...

Finally! Last night we wrapped up the recording sessions for the album, and even got started (barely) on mixing. Vocals went smoothly down for the remaining tracks that will end up on the album, and ...
Posted by Elemental (got SIGNED!) on Wed, 07 May 2008 01:56:00 PST

Studio blog, album name, guest artists, etc...

Wow- I keep putting off my "weekly" update of this blog- I think it's been two or more weeks. I'm either really busy, or really lazy. I won't say which. Vocals have been coming along well- we too...
Posted by Elemental (got SIGNED!) on Thu, 01 May 2008 03:47:00 PST

Preview tracks, studio blog, upcoming shows & other news!

This last week we ran 2 studio sessions for vocals, and things went really well. While we are not finished with vocals recording yet, we are well on the way to having them done and done right. I poste...
Posted by Elemental (got SIGNED!) on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:58:00 PST

Elemental website launch

Ahh! Finally! With hosting issues aplenty, and more delays than I would have liked (all my fault, of course) we are pleased to announce the launch of our new website: www.theElemental.com I've posted ...
Posted by Elemental (got SIGNED!) on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:28:00 PST

Studio blog and website preview

Recording- Making progress on vocal tracks- we got through four songs in our truncated recording session, and things are going well. So far my favorite is "Low Blue Flame" whi...
Posted by Elemental (got SIGNED!) on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 10:59:00 PST

Studio blog update, Website launch info, and oh, yeah- SIGNED TO EDENS WATCHTOWER RECORDS!

Studio work on our album is coming along nicely- I think we finished the guitar tracks- I just keep wondering if I should go back and re-do anything, or if I did, if it would be any better. It is driv...
Posted by Elemental (got SIGNED!) on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 04:23:00 PST

Studio blog & other news

We are nearing completion on the instrument tracks- one more session should do it for guitars, and then it’s on to vocals and guest artists. We have some guests scheduled to appear that we are v...
Posted by Elemental (got SIGNED!) on Thu, 20 Mar 2008 04:08:00 PST