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Chief Nowhere

Swimming through a sea of every lovely melody...

About Me

Sometime in the middle of the year 2006 in Los Angeles, California, bassist CJ Cevallos, drummer Andy Campanella and guitarist Colin Clark co-founded what is now Chief Nowhere. After one show as Necron 99 (named for a character in the animated movie Wizards) the primarily instrumental power trio changed it’s name to Garden of Earthly Delight after Hieronymus Bosch’s mind-blowing artwork. Shortly thereafter, old friend and keyboardist extraordinaire, Gabe Cohen joined the group and added a lovely bit of Hammond organ to the mix (Gabe had previously played with Andy and CJ in the band Imogene [www.myspace.com/imogene], with which they recorded an album and toured the UK). In the subsequent months, the band played locally and recorded a few demos and decided to simplify the name to Hawks & Hounds (inspired by a Dead Meadow song). And then they changed their name again to Chief Nowhere because there is this movie with that name and they didn't wish to seem like poseurs.Taking influence mainly from the heavy psychedelic bands of the late 60’s and early 70’s, the group weaves a tapestry of heavy riffs, groovy interludes, and space freak-outs in order to bring about a pleasurable experience to the listener while allowing the musicians themselves to have a maximum amount of fun. Hoping to release an album sometime in the summer of 2008, the four friends have entered Figment Sounds studio with producer Rob Campanella (the Brian Jonestown Massacre, Mia Doi Todd, Dead Meadow, the Tyde, the Quarter After, etc.) in order to create something that will take you places and hopefully stimulate your ears.In their off time, the Chief Nowhere boys enjoy goofing around, shooting the shit, listening to good music, tea parties, and fucking around.

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Music:

Member Since: 2/26/2007
Band Members: Andy Campanella - Drums/percussion, Guitar, Moog
C.J. Cevallos - Bass guitar, Guitar, Sax
Colin Clark - Electric and Acoustic Guitars, Echoes, Slide, Lapsteel
Gabriel Cohen - Hammond Organ, Electric Piano, other keys, and flute

Influences: Like everbody, there are many, many thousands really, including all the obvious ones. Even though we may not resemble some all that much (or at all), we love them anyway and they have influenced/inspired us. If name drop we must, then here are some that come from the minds of the different band members, both individually and collectively.......................Hieronymus Bosch, Led Zeppelin, Curtis Mayfield, The Move, Dead Meadow, Sam Gopal, Comets On Fire, Donovan, Mark Twain, MC5, The Mighty Boosh, The Rolling Stones, Funkadelic, The Beatles, The Byrds, The Volta Sound, Six Organs of Admittance, Kurt Vonnegut, King Crimson, David Bowie, Pink Floyd, The Who, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Kinks, AC/DC, Ennio Morricone, Dead Can Dance, Daniel Lanois, Traffic, Chicago (Transit Authority!), The Stooges, Vincent van Gogh, The Grateful Dead, Stevie Wonder, Blind Faith, J.R.R. Tolkien, The Pretty Things, Yes, The Asteriod 4, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, William Blake, Neil Young, Salvador Dali, Mia Doi Todd, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Imogene, Queens of the Stone Age, Lalo Schifrin, Timo Maas, Beck, Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Wagner, Gentle Giant, C.C.R., C.S.N., Global Underground, Hunter S. Thompson, Miles Davis, Dave Bruebeck, Nick Drake, Soundgarden, Edgar Allan Poe, Fairport Convention, Rage Against the Machine, Nine Inch Nails, ....22-20’s, Simon & Garfunkel, The Band, America, The Animals, Mamas & the Papas, Bad Religion, The Doors, Mars Volta, Jimmy Smith, Spindrift, The High Dials, The Black Angels, The Quarter After, The Stereo Workers Union, The Warlocks, Bob Dylan, David Attenborough, AIR, Herb Alpert, Herbie Hancock, Ennio Morricone, Joan Baez, Blind Willie Johnson, the message of Jesus Christ before some jerks got a hold of it, Black Sabbath, Innaway, The Redwalls, Daysend, Godsmack, Metallica, The Bravery, Wyatt Earp, Cat Stevens (before he lost his mind), The Clash, Cream, The Cure, Depeche Mode, Eagles Of Death Metal, Bert Jansch, Masters Of Reality, Eckhart Tolle, Hawkwind, PROBOT, Fu Manchu, Motorhead, Kyuss, Scream, Primal Scream, Roberto Clemente, LA Guns, Death Cab, Death from Above 1979, The Music, Violent Femmes, Phantom Planet, The Libertines and a bunch of other shit.
Sounds Like: what was going on in Moses’s head when he parted the Red Sea. Or just listen, the songs are up there.
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