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Described as an amalgamation of Sublime, Nirvana, Phish, and 311, Mind's Hideaway is a self-styled "Alterna-Jam" rock group composed of four members from the west suburbs of Chicago: Adam Boulton on drums, Graham Bridgman on vocals/guitar, Eric "Heff" Heffernan on guitar, and Nick Bajzek on bass.The band first came together with former bassist Bryan Knysch. The first incarnation of the band grew up in the same neighborhood with each other and went to the same high school. While all were active with music and knew each other throughout their lives, they never played together until the summer of 2002. Though Bryan left the band to pursue other interests in the spring of 2005, the band picked up bassist Nick Bajzek and has continued jamming, creating, rehearsing and performing their unique blend of alternative, punk, and jam-style rock n'roll. Alaskan Native Joe Day was added to the line-up in 2007, providing a rich texture to an already explosive musical genre. Recently the band has teamed up with producer Alex McIntyre on their latest effort, a 5-song EP entitled "Free Money." Along the way the band has also tweaked and added to their already expansive catalog, including four brand-new jams.Look for Mind's Hideaway in the upcoming months to make the Chicago bar and rock club scene. If you'd like to book Mind's Hideaway at your venue or for your private party, please contact Kelly O'Brien by emailing her @ [email protected], or you can email [email protected] You should create your own MySpace Layouts like me by using nUCLEArcENTURy.COM 's MySpace Profile Editor !

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Member Since: 9/24/2005
Band Website: Coming Soon: mindshideaway.com
Band Members: Graham Bridgman: Vocals, guitar Eric "Heff" Heffernan: Guitar, Vocals Adam Boulton: Drums Nick Bajzek: Bass Joe Day: Keyboard, Trombone, Vocals, Musical Genius
Influences: The love of music, the ups and downs of life, girlfriends (both real and imagined), chemicals that affect the brain function (both natural and artificial), our fans, and most importantly, our friends and family, to whom we owe everything. Other artists who have influenced our music: 311, Sublime, Nirvana, Phish, Weezer, Hendrix, Local H, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Umphrey's McGee, Chevelle, Tool, Jimi Hendrix, etc.Live @ Lunar 11/24/07

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Sounds Like: A crunchy blend of Sublime, Nirvana, 311, and Phish with plenty of Midwestern senisibility and suburban angst for good measure.
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My Blog

Reflection...

Mind's Hideaway would like to extend our highest gratitude to all of our friends, family and fans for making 2007 a successful year. Without all of our people, we would be hopeless (and sober).&...
Posted by mind’s hideaway on Tue, 20 Nov 2007 12:35:00 PST

Anticipation will be the death of me

Mind's Hideaway Crew:Hey, whatsup its Nick the Bass Man. Since we have a show today I wanted to bring up an interesting question posed by someone I work with: "So, what's it like to do a show?" Well, ...
Posted by mind’s hideaway on Fri, 23 Mar 2007 01:53:00 PST

Super Special Thanks

MH Crew: Sorry about the delay, but we had to pass an official "THANK YOU!!" to all of our friends and fans for a record-setting show at Lunar Brewing Company two weeks ago. According to the owner Cha...
Posted by mind’s hideaway on Wed, 07 Mar 2007 10:09:00 PST

Theme Song Up!!

MH Crew, We were a bit tired of hearing the same track whenever we opened up the page. Since we still don't have the mp3s for the new stuff, we decided to go with a classic. Enjoy "Theme Song." Still...
Posted by mind’s hideaway on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 02:57:00 PST

Thanks Everyone! Underground Lounge was a hit!!

Mind's Hideaway Crew,Thank you to everybody that came out Friday for the Underground Lounge show. Despite the small size and overwhelming smokiness, we pulled it off. Hope you enjoyed the three brand ...
Posted by mind’s hideaway on Mon, 08 Jan 2007 12:21:00 PST

On Pins and Needles

MH Buddies, Hello everyone, MH here. We would like to apologize for not keeping up with the Myspace site, first and foremost. It's a difficult thing to find time for, what with everyone struggling thr...
Posted by mind’s hideaway on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 01:03:00 PST

Cats and keyboards don't mix

MH Buddies:We're nearing completion on our new 5-song EP tentatively titled "Free Money"--catchy, isn't it? Most of the guitar work is done, bass lines were finished last night, and all we need to tak...
Posted by mind’s hideaway on Fri, 03 Nov 2006 11:36:00 PST

Thanks for the Cream Cheese

MH Buddies: A super duper special thank you to everyone that came out, especially Kelly O (who had to brave an auto incident) and our good friend Shazazarang...it's not a show unless you're there, bud...
Posted by mind’s hideaway on Mon, 16 Oct 2006 10:15:00 PST

New Shows, New Recordings, New shoes

Hey MH Buddies:Just dropping a little note to all of you...Mind's Hideaway is in the studio and getting ready to drop our new 5-song EP (title still in the works). You're gonna love it.Another reminde...
Posted by mind’s hideaway on Wed, 04 Oct 2006 11:39:00 PST

Upcoming shows

To our buddies, Whats up whats up. It's Nick. Just tweaked the site a bit. I think it's pretty jazzy. We need EVERYBODY AND THEIR NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR to come out to the Stage 83 show. It's been a slow ...
Posted by mind’s hideaway on Fri, 03 Feb 2006 04:06:00 PST