Sliver

Sliver
Lester Prairie, MN, is the home of Sliver, a band whose goal is to fuse both extremes of the human mind and everything in between. Man is a creature of intelligence and thought but also aggression and pure emotional response. The music and lyrics of Sliver go hand in hand, tools in the hands of the performers with which they address the society in which they find themselves.
Philosophical Aggression
According to Sliver, music is a philosophical adrenaline rush. For Sliver, music is both thoughtful persuasion and a fist in the face. Socially conscious lyrics addressing the ills of society wherever they may be found are strapped atop the mammoth shuttle rockets that are the instrumental assault and vocal ferocity. Finding the true center of anger, embracing both sides intelligent, philosophical dissent and the undiluted lashing out of the everyman - and thereby embracing it in its true wholeness, Sliver rages on-stage and in studio with a dangerous collision of thrash and hardcore. The music is raw and bared to the bone but it is a controlled brutality, brawn fueled by brain.
Music and Beyond
Musical expression can be a pure entertainment or it can be something more. That something more is what sets Sliver's music aside from pure pop consumerism. Music, for Sliver, takes idea and expresses it in a way that pushes past the restrictions of straight dialog or the plain written word. Music is the pure soul expressed in a universal language just think of the interaction between mankind and aliens in Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Sliver realizes that music is both something pure and pristine but also deeply complex in a way past description. It is the placing of these two elements hand in hand direct emotional connect via music and social discussion by way of the lyrical word that gives Sliver its roots.
Inspiration
For Sliver, inspiration need not be a religious experience or the gift of the divine muse. The profound is to be found everywhere, if one but has eyes to see. The smallest thing can be the source for the greatest song and song is a deep manifestation of the heart and mind of Sliver's members. It is this meaningful world around us all that concerns Sliver, most especially its inhabitants. Society requires healing. Sliver isn't here to save the world, but the band is here to do its part to make the world better through the cleansing of righteous anger.
The Studio and the Shows
During its tenure as a band, Sliver has shared the stage with many a band at many a venue, not the least of which is pre-party action with Seether and Shinedown. In the studio, Sliver has already recorded an expressive and vivid CD - Blanket of Clouds - that displays the fervent immediacy with which Sliver touches its audience. Writing is nonstop and Sliver is always looking for the next hit to record.
Success
The bigger Sliver gets, the more they can share the music and the power behind it. The band is currently working with Tru Talent Music- a booking and management company that does more than its share of the work, as well as A&R Select, an independent A&R firm in Hollywood, CA, that is busy unearthing the big opportunities in store for Sliver.