Member Since: 9/16/2004
Band Website: r3music.com
Band Members: R-Three is singer/songwriter/producer Rhett Redelings who writes most of the words and music and furthermore sings, produces and plays most of the instruments, samples, percussion thingies and loops.
with the exception of (or in addition to) significant contributions from:
Brad Steffen: Keys, treatments, guitars, bass, programming and charter member of the "Without whom..." club. (1997-2004)
Elspeth Golden: Voice (2003-Present)
Bob Gaut: Live drums, song craft and bullet proof professionalism (2000-2001)
Peggy Gill: Voice (1999-2004)and
Dan Catlin - Loops, compositions, arrangements and MRC Records (2001-2003)
Charles Karp: Voice (2003)
Heather Redelings-MacDermott: "Corporate bitch" support vocal ("...Hive")
Erich Tisnado: Bass (1999-2001)
Doug Karpa-Wilson:piano and chatter (2001 & 2006)
Britton Daniel: "Bad weather" guitar (1999)
Matt Aaron: Violin (1999)
and Neil Finn: Samples, loops and inspiration (2000)
Kofi Glover - Bass (1997)
Sid Versaci - Synth arrangments and misc. profundity (1998)
Rhett uses guitars, basses and amplification from Fender , Line 6 and Peavey; sings into microphones from AKG, Audio Technica and Shure, makes plinky sounds on Roland and Korg synthesizers from the '80's & '90's and some modern soft synths 'n samplers and an upright piano and furthermore, records with Digidesign ProTools LE, Sony Acid, Sound Forge, Reason (kinda) and some other stuff.
Plus of which, he collects old speakers and tape recorders and such like that to further munch up sounds and also, he plays an Etherwave Theramin.... badly.
Brad Steffen played a Steinberger Spirit guitar, a Tobias Growler bass, records with Pro Tools LE, Ableton Live and Reason, has used the Kantos software, uses Roland and Korg stuff too and has some other goodies.
Erich Tisnado played a Guild Pilot bass through a Peavey amplifier and a SansAmp DI box (I think).
Influences:
The music of R-Three has either been influenced by or compared to the works of these people:
Joseph Campbell, Noam Chomsky , World Party, Beck, Marillion , Brian Eno, The The, Thomas Dolby, Chuck Palahniuk , Anne Sexton, Hedwig & The Angry Inch, Peter Murphy, Love & Rockets, Bauhaus, David Bowie, Skot Travis Tony Visconti Howard Zinn, Roger Waters, Moby, Tool, NIN, King Crimson, Kevin Gilbert , Neil Finn , Pink Floyd, The Psychedelic Furs, The Cure , David Sylvian , Can, Peter Gabriel, Karl-Heinz Stockhausen, Andrew Vachss , Salvidore Dali, Mark Isham , Tears for Fears, Joseph Campbell, T-Rex, Radiohead, Portishead , Beth Gibbons and Rustin Man , Talk Talk, Mark Hollis, Erik Satie, Spider-Man, The Smiths, R.E.M. , Miles Davis, Bobby Darin, Thomas Dolby, Duran Duran , Tom Waits, Genesis (pre-1985), George Michael, Nick Drake, Depeche Mode, Dead Can Dance, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Sting/The Police, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Glen Phillips Jansen, Barbieri and Karn, Roxy Music, Steve Hogarth, Joss Whedon , Steve Martin, The Ramones, George W. Bush , Pink Floyd, John Lennon, Michael Moore , William Orbit, William Shatner (who Rhett thinks is rad!)
Sounds Like: People say R-Three sounds like: Thomas Dolby, The Cure, Duran Duran, David Sylvian / Japan, David Bowie, Radiohead, Peter Gabriel, King Crimson, Moby, Brian Eno, Karl Heinz Stockhausen, PO 90, Fred Frith
What do you think?
Record Label: R-Three is currently a DIY kind of gig, you dig?
Type of Label: None