Weszt live in Daytona Saturday 5-31-08

About Me

Biography
Weszt (pronounced "west") is a heart-on-the-sleeve, thinking person's rock band from the tropical, commercial sprawl of Orlando, Florida, USA. Relevant and challenging, they skate the tattered edge of modern rock with meaning and catchiness, flaunting daring lyrics, infectious melodies, and passionate performances that remind us that screaming, whining, and ego trips are poor substitutes for emotion. Often compared to the urgency and intensity of early +live+, Weszt cites Achtung, Baby era U2, The Doors, and Led Zeppelin as their major influences, and their live show reflects the energy and verve of all their great loves.
The quartets lead singer is their namesake: a difficult, moody, and, perhaps, mentally unstable guitarist/songwriter, who formed the band around his indie label debut, Darkness Shines, in the fall of 2002. Despite a successful release and seven tours, Weszt left the label in May 2004 and the band evolved into a mature and more self-aware group that debuted in April 2005 at the famous Hard Rock Live to an audience of hundreds.
Having cut their musical teeth with legendary indie producer, James Paul Wisner (Dashboard Confessional, Under Oath, Further Seems Forever), Weszts collective appetites were wet with greater indie success. They entered Wisners studio in April 2006 to begin tracking their most impressive work to date: a five-song rock manifesto entitled morningafterlife. Potent but less glossy than Darkness Shines, morningafterlife teeters on epic, slipping patient, contemplative yet enraptured verses between thunderous choruses and incredible musical moments. The underlying theme of the CD Weszt calls the existence resistance - a determination to not accept that where we are is where we should be. The CD was released in August 2006 and will be followed by an East Coast tour in October of the same year.
Since taking back the full-reigns of their careers, the band has been filmed for specials for the Discover Channel and TBS; been featured on the Hooters Calendar web site; shared the stage with 80s chart-toppers, The Fixx; performed for 12,000 people at the Bradenton Blast 2006; asked to open for Hootie and The Blowfish and Better Than Ezra; and invited to perform in New York City by the Xs, featuring Brett Scallions, former lead singer of multi-platinum selling band, Fuel. Weszt is determined, talented, and willing to do whatever it takes to bring their special brand of thinking persons rock to the world.
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My Blog

New Band Songs (lead singer’s blog repost)

Recently the band began adding a new song to our setlist called Die In You. Unlike the other songs in our set, this one is a 3/4 time, which is the time typically used for a waltz, something you don't...
Posted by Weszt live in Daytona Saturday 5-31-08 on Tue, 20 May 2008 05:36:00 PST

Helluva Weekend

Last weekend the band played hard on stage and off. We took on The Haven on Friday night and gave one of our best performances ever and introducing a slightly modified set list. Saturday we played a...
Posted by Weszt live in Daytona Saturday 5-31-08 on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 03:51:00 PST

Weszt Reviewed by Florida Today!

Florida Today (FLAToday.com) has just posted an amazing review of Weszt on their website. The band sends their thanks to Florida Today for the review and for posting one of the most memorable quotes r...
Posted by Weszt live in Daytona Saturday 5-31-08 on Fri, 10 Aug 2007 07:23:00 PST

New video on Weszt.com

Hey everybody! We had an amazing show in Gainesville over the weekend and we've posted a few video clips up on our main website @ Weszt.com/Video. Hope to see you all soon!W....
Posted by Weszt live in Daytona Saturday 5-31-08 on Fri, 10 Aug 2007 04:37:00 PST

Band Concert Reviews and Press

New press and reviews!PerformerMaghttp://www.performermag.com/sep.liverevi ews.0706.php"... The band's onstage demeanor is carefree whether it's playing fast and loose or changing the arrangement of ...
Posted by Weszt live in Daytona Saturday 5-31-08 on Fri, 27 Jul 2007 08:40:00 PST

Sunrise Finale (by Weszt)

Last night was expected to be a long night, but not quite this long. We were scheduled to play with two other bands, but one of the members of one of these bands got arrested in another city and becau...
Posted by Weszt live in Daytona Saturday 5-31-08 on Fri, 27 Jul 2007 08:40:00 PST

How come there was now news?

The band has been more than swamped in 2007 and has actually made strides to slow things down a little bit. The band played Gasprarilla in January and has just wrapped on an apearance at Sun Fest in S...
Posted by Weszt live in Daytona Saturday 5-31-08 on Fri, 27 Jul 2007 08:40:00 PST

Revised Weszt.com

We launched a revised version of Weszt.com this week. We'd been using a very old content management system (the software that lets us update things from anyway) that kept us from doing a lot of things...
Posted by Weszt live in Daytona Saturday 5-31-08 on Fri, 27 Jul 2007 08:40:00 PST

Weszt w/ Days of the New & Drowning Pool in Tampa @ The Gasparilla Fest!

Now its a day after our performance at Gasparilla and I just wanted to type out a few thoughts and details for our friends that missed the show. First off it was great to be on a huge stage again with...
Posted by Weszt live in Daytona Saturday 5-31-08 on Fri, 27 Jul 2007 08:40:00 PST

Bodogged

No, we didn't win but definitely had a great time competing in the Bodog Battle of the Bands! Many of our friends wanted an update so I am going to try to cover my take on how it all went down. ...
Posted by Weszt live in Daytona Saturday 5-31-08 on Fri, 27 Jul 2007 08:39:00 PST