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Quartet Offensive

About Me

Quartet Offensive is a band from Baltimore. They play music written by various members of the group, and sometimes play music written by someone not in the group. Sometimes they play music that is not written, which could be argued is written by everyone in the group. Check out the not-so-recently aired profile of the band from Baltimore NPR's the Signal here and the also-not-recent Baltimore City Paper article here .For booking contact Adam at [email protected] Offensive's debut album "Carnivore," released in 2009 is available now. Please see below for purchase info via paypal (for a CD copy) or iTunes. Album art and layout design was done by our good friend Nick Prevas .Buy Quartet Offensive's "Carnivore" on CD ($10, includes shipping) via PayPal:-or- buy "Carnivore" through iTunes ($7.99 for album):

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Member Since: 10/01/2008
Band Members: Quartet Offensive is:John Dierker-reedsEric Trudel-saxMatt Frazao-guitarAdam Hopkins-bassNathan Ellman-Bell-drumsThe Dirty Dollar and The Sheep Ate The Flower are tracks from the forthcoming album "Carnivore." The Dirty Dollar written by A. Hopkins, and The Sheep Ate The Flower by M. Frazao. Other tracks are live recordings. Heavy-Light by E. Trudel, M.B.S. by A. Hopkins, and Jelly by M. Frazao.
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The M.B.S. by Quartet Offensive from Nick Prevas on Vimeo .
Sounds Like: Free desktop wallpaper featuring original album artwork by Nick Prevas (click thumbnail and choose download, then enjoy us every time you use your computer):
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Baltimore Magazine on Carnivore

Baltimore Magazine had a short but sweet write-up of Carnivore in the August 2009 Best Of issue.  Here's what they had to say (us not actually being a quartet has been a reviewer favorite so far):Quar...
Posted by on Thu, 30 Jul 2009 22:53:00 GMT

Carnivore on Culture Now

A short but sweet one from the good people at Culture Now:Q.O. on Culture Now
Posted by on Tue, 14 Jul 2009 23:14:00 GMT

Something Else! Review of Carnivore

Some props for Baltimore!  Another nice review of our debut album, this time from Something Else!Something Else!
Posted by on Tue, 14 Jul 2009 07:19:00 GMT

Free Jazz-Stef Review of Carnivore

Here's a link to a really nice write-up of our debut record Carnivore by one of our favorite blogs, Free Jazz-Stef:Free Jazz Blog
Posted by on Tue, 14 Jul 2009 07:17:00 GMT

All About Jazz Featured MP3 (Free Download)

We were very lucky to be selected as AllAboutJazz.com's featured MP3 for today.  They chose Matt's tune The Sheep Ate the Flower and if you follow the link below you can download it for free.  Enjoy!A...
Posted by on Tue, 14 Jul 2009 07:15:00 GMT

The Dirty Dollar on Jazz.com

Jazz.com has given us a nice review of the first track on Carnivore called The Dirty Dollar.  On a scale of 100 we got a B+ for music-making.  Check it out here:Jazz.com Dirty Dollar Review
Posted by on Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:54:00 GMT

Carnivore on AvantMusicNews Albums of 2009 (So Far)

Hey Friends,Our debut album Carnivore was recently named one of the albums of 2009 (so far) by AvantMusicNews.com.  Some great albums on the list and we are excited to be mentioned next to them.  Chec...
Posted by on Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:31:00 GMT