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The imagination of Question the Gas Price walks through abstract human thought, while paying tribute to the purest source of mental wandering, the natural world. Their innovation to modern rock is the power of ancient redwoods and the emotion felt when beholding the art of Bill Reid. The melody and message in the bands songs put the listener in touch with "the wind, the rain, and the sunshine." It preserves the feel-good atmosphere of music festivals, both American and international. In the expression of harmonic thoughts, Question conveys the spirit of nature and the sentiments of lovers and children; by this, they encourage us to question everything that bars us from our communion with such things.
The roots of Question spring from the Inland Empire of California. Raised in the San Bernardino mountains, Mat Troy (vocals & percussion), Dylan Werner (bass guitar), and Erik Ragsdale (guitar) met during junior high and high school in Lake Arrowhead. Ryan Kane (drums), from Riverside, joined the band later after meeting them through the Riverside music scene while he was attending the University of California, Riverside with band mate Erik. The most recent complement to the band is Jayson Madore (guitar), a Lake Arrowhead native, long-time friend, and former collaborator with Kane in the Riverside project "Estee Hook." Inspired by the musical wonderland of Southern California, the band has grown to produce their distinctive friendly yet intense sound. They draw many of their influences from early 90's grunge; yet their sounds incorporate the styles of bands like Red Hot Chili Peppers and Tool.
Overtones of their music and writing reveal a sampling of the bands politics: they promote a protective brotherhood with nature, and also wish that the listeners look with a skeptical eye at historical trends that destroy intercultural relationships. Question the Gas Price hopes that the listening experience they provide will continuously spark such thought patterns. Question the Gas Price prides themselves in having the most pretentious and inaccurate biography ever read.
