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About Me

Welcome to the When Thoughts Reside MySpace page!
When most people think of “college bands”, there is a stereotype of messy-haired guys playing poppy Indie grooves, rivaling the fame of Dave Mathews and Jack Johnson, at the local campus coffee shop. It's possible that this relaxed style of music is popular on college campuses due to the hectic university schedules of hard working students wanting a toned down outlet to their day. However, there are some students that demand more from their life than simply their studies, the cliché college experience, their free time, and their music.
Formed in the fall of 2005, When Thoughts Reside started as a few friends writing some music in a basement of a UW Stout dormitory, in search of creating a fresh, new image to the typical college group and lifestyle. As the metal-core band matured and progressed, members were switched around and the band experimented with different styles, and approaches to their music. With Adam Gunderson as the band's screaming lead vocalist, Andrew Ridgeway and Tom Wittrock shredding the guitars, Derrick Hageness bouncing the low end on baritone and bass guitars, and drummer Andrew Beckman commanding the rhythm section, the group had finally found its niche and attitude they desired. WTR played a series of shows over the course of 2005-06, appropriately yielding the creation and completion of the new EP entitled, "ELDORADO". "ELDORADO" shows the band's versatility and growing maturity with fast, catchy rhythms, danceable licks, and doom breakdowns, combined with a prominent and legendary minor guitar sound. The band has adopted the title "Menomonie Metal" in sound description in response to the sheer individualism of their sound and style in their small college town.
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Member Since: 11/4/2005
Band Website: whenthoughtsreside.com
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Sounds Like: Yes, Oh, YES!
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My Blog

Tyrannosaurus

We posted a new song called "Tyrannosaurus" from our new record - "Nature of the Beast". T-ran is one of 7 great tracks on the new disc. Listen closley and you'll hear the guest voice of Andy (Emili...
Posted by When Thoughts Reside on Sun, 17 Feb 2008 11:42:00 PST

NATURE of the BEAST

This winter WTR is going back into the studio our record our 2nd EP through Brad Johnson Productions in Maple Grove, MN. The title of the rocord is "Nature of the Beast" - with a tentative release so...
Posted by When Thoughts Reside on Mon, 24 Dec 2007 07:59:00 PST

Summer

Summer is finally here! I thought it could be fun to post a quick band update to let those who care know what we're up to for the next few months. First of all - after a year of no virtually no...
Posted by When Thoughts Reside on Fri, 25 May 2007 03:47:00 PST

Stout AMA - Battle of the Bands

Thank you to all the fans and supporters that showed up to Battle of the Bands tonight. WTR walked with third place and mystery box containing various cassette tapes, some gift certificates, a f...
Posted by When Thoughts Reside on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 11:15:00 PST

Video Blogs

Tune in once week - every Monday for a new When Thoughts Reside video blog right here on the band's myspace page!!! Episode one is available now - check it out and let us know what you think! <3...
Posted by When Thoughts Reside on Mon, 19 Feb 2007 11:26:00 PST

DVD

As yal' know - we just put out a music video 4 U 2 watch right here if you wanna. The video will be released soon to own on DVD - along with a bunch of other cool WTR gear - like photos + band interv...
Posted by When Thoughts Reside on Mon, 05 Feb 2007 02:54:00 PST

music video (the making) part 2

Here are the pictures of the making of our music video, with director andrew shoemaker of shoe productions, actors- sean grundhauser, jen husemann, and dan dague, When Thoughts Reside and special gues...
Posted by When Thoughts Reside on Tue, 23 Jan 2007 06:28:00 PST

Music Video

So we're in the process of filming a video for Aspartame The Surgon off of our new Eldorado EP. The band has teamed up with our good friend Andrew Shoemaker to direct the flick. We expect to have the ...
Posted by When Thoughts Reside on Wed, 03 Jan 2007 01:45:00 PST

Eldorado

So our EP is now available. In case you missed the swarm of adds and two MP3's on our main MySpace page - the title of the CD is "ELDORADO" - please message the band to get your copy. We'll be setti...
Posted by When Thoughts Reside on Wed, 06 Dec 2006 03:53:00 PST

CARWASH!

The carwash was a huge success - however it wouldn't have been without the loving support of our freinds. A very special thanks the Sean, Chase, Jen, Amy, Lydia, Collin, and the Beckmans for taking t...
Posted by When Thoughts Reside on Sun, 20 Aug 2006 10:23:00 PST