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THE ESSENTIALS ARE IN THE PUREST OF FORMS A HARD ROCK POWER TRIO!!! THREE INDIVIDUALS OF NEARLY UNMATCHABLE MUSICAL CHEMISTRY & CREATIVITY THAT PRIDE THEMSELVES ON THEIR ABSOLUTE NO BULLSHIT, ALL KILLER, NO FILLER APPROACH TO ROCK& ROLL.HAILING FROM NORTH COUNTY SAN DIEGO,THE ESSENTIALS FIRST EMBARKED ON THEIR JOURNEY AT THE TAIL END OF 2003 EXPLODING ONTO THE RED HOT SO CAL MUSIC SCENE WITH THEIR UNIQUE SOUND AND INSATIABLE APPETITE FOR PLAYING ROCK MUSIC. THE WAVE OF POSITIVE ENERGY THEY CREATED PUSHED THEM DIRECTLY INTO THE STUDIO WHERE THEY FEROCIOUSLY ATTACKED THEIR FIRST RECORDING VENTURE THE FIVE SONG E.P. TITLED **EMPTY**. WITH A TENACIOUS " SLEEP WHEN YOU'RE DEAD" TYPE OF WORK ETHIC THE BOYS WERE ABLE TO FULLY COMPLETE A COLLECTION OF ELECTRIFYING FACE MELTING KICK ASS ROCK SONGS THAT IS NOW THE EIGHT SONG L.P. DEBUT ALBUM **ASHES TO ASHES** RECORDED AND PRODUCED AT DML STUDIO BY FORMER DRUMMER OF FINCH, ALEX PAPPAS. THIS ALBUM IS A TESTAMENT OF LIVING THROUGH "A HAZE OF CIGARETTES AND BOOZE". NAME THE VENUE AND THE ESSENTIALS HAVE PACKED THE HOUSE WITH IMPRESSIVE NUMBERS OF UNQUENCHABLE HARD ROCK THIRSTY INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE PROUD TO BE LOYAL ENTHUSIASTS . NOTORIOUSLY KNOWN FOR DELIVERING THE MOST HIGH OCTANE, PASSIONATE AND MEMORABLE LIVE PERFORMANCES ON THE SCENE.
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Member Since: 08/05/2007
Band Website: "we dont need no stinking website"
Band Members: JEFF PILSON
percussion, backup vox & female talent recruiter

TIM CHAVEZ
guitars, screams & whispers, magician

BRYCE MATTINGLY
bass, professional comic relief, triangle, harmonica and bouncer
Influences: the marlboro man, ted nugent, charles bukowski, the anarchists cookbook, d.b.cooper, rambo, max rockatanski, n.a. franko, arno kinsey, rody piper, the nearest h.a. chapter, smith & wesson, buddy holly, the night rider, boss hog, lemmy kilmeister, M.J. , the ramones, hank balz, king stahlmans bailbonds, maker's mark, indian larry, adolf coors, american psycho, harley davidson, israel defense force, ozzy, the macho man randy savage, tank abott, colonel sanders, jeet kun do, rerun, atari, bruce lee & his sister ugg lee, sabbath, peter north, k.i.t, up & cummers volumes 1-6, adalitas, g.i. joe, leo fender, clint eastwood, glenn danzig, dennis dennel, mad max, prince, jack the ripper, the entire cast of "the deadliest catch", taxi driver, steve irwin, charlies angels, klingons, neil diamond, marty mcfly, starsky(but not hutch), michael hutchins, texas chainsaw massacre, another state of mind, del taco, richard simmons, john madden, ray finkle, dahmer, the donner party, ansel adams, scarface, pablo escobar, evil kinevil, ink, old cars, fast women and most of all "YOU"
Sounds Like: a combination of slow love thrusts & a well deserved ass kicking
Type of Label: Indie

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