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West

westtheband

About Me

It started with a simple idea—something to do with shimmering guitars and glacial tempos. Or was it glacial temperatures? No matter. In the beginning there was a cold garage and vacuum tubes glowing blue in the shadows.

The idea came first, the drummer came last and late. Doesn't it always happen that way?

And then the writing. Always the writing, the shifting, the editing, the trash can, the beer cans. The definition. The family name.

Who are you? What is your name? Where do you come from, who was your mother, will you love me forever? Tell me your stories.
The songs tell the story. And the story is always changing...

Wait—did you hear that?...

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/5/2004
Band Website: westtheband.com
Band Members: Matthew, Tom, James
Influences: Low, Slint, Mogwai, Joy Division, Jawbox, Slowdive, Led Zeppelin, Don Delillo, Martin Amis, Fugazi, Bedhead, British Sea Power, Wire, Jesus Lizard, Catherine Wheel, The Cure, Jesus & Mary Chain, My Bloody Valentine, Jimi Hendrix, The Velvet Underground, Ride, Drive Like Jehu, The Afghan Whigs, Big Lazy, Calla
Record Label: Ruido Union
Type of Label: None

My Blog

This is an archived profile--check out our new band

I guess we could have done this two years ago, but this band doesn't really exist anymore. We added a few more people, wrote new songs, came up with a new name. Visit our new band's page.I Am The Empe...
Posted by West on Fri, 04 Jan 2008 08:11:00 PST

The band you didn't see last night

Thanks for everyone who came out last night. It was sort of touch and go there for a while though. The Wreckage canceled due to a hospitalization, and we weren't sure if The Narrator was going to show...
Posted by West on Fri, 26 Aug 2005 07:30:00 PST