About Me
It all started in the summer of '05 when Dan saw Dave's add in the money saver looking musicians to jam with. Dan called him and the two played back and fourth over the phone. Dave said that Dan, at the time living in Kamiah, should come down to Lewiston and jam. When the phones hung up Dan thought he'd never get to meet Dave..........wrong. It seems to have been an act of God, when Dan moved to town to go to college, little did he know, Dave lived right across the street from him on 7th Ave. One day Dan called him and asked to jam, the two hit and from that point on Dan bugged the fuck out of Dave like an annoying little girl. They needed to fill out the other parts of the band so they put up fliers, but they found out that didn't work, so Dan just walked around for a few weeks and asked random people if the knew any bass players or drummers. Total act of God, one dark, stormy night Dan was bored so he went for a drive and ended up at Hastings and asked to this guy if he knew any bass players or drummers. He was a punk bass player, Dan couldn't use that, but they were looking to get rid of their METAL DRUMMER Brandon. The two strangers exchanged phone numbers and Dan got a hold of Brandon and they eventually jammed. So...there was three, they needed a bass player. Dan went about finding musicians and auditioning them and they all plain sucked. Dan found that his classmate Wayne could play and convinced him to come try out. Wayne liked it and then Tattered Soulle was formed. We played some shows, the one day after the one on the 22nd Dave had to go on his separate way. We began looking for a new guitar player......and we still are.....know anyone?
Anyways, we kept playing for a wile and it was ok, we were getting recognized around town for being rock stars. As time went on our drummer Brandon had less and less time he was willing to spend on the band. after leaving the 2 other members hanging at practice with no drummer a week before an other show whit a fricken off the wall band, Awkward Silence Dan was pissed and Wayne had enough of his time wasted so he quit, just like Dave. Now Dan was really pissed, all his hard work down the drain. Brandon and Dan talked it out and continued jamming in their free time.
Nothing really happened over the summer, everyone just worked a lot and Dan lifted weights a lot and started training to fight more, but thats just what Dan does. Wayne eventually decided to come back and jam again, Brandon didnt show up but Wayne and Dan rocked out, eating ice cream and drinking Dads Root bear as they went, what a noisy blast.
Eventually, Brandon, Wayne and Dan were all together and the band started practicing again. Dans new friend Cory started playing again, and Dan started showing him the ropes. He started out playing background on the slow songs and is working his way up from there. The group started drawing attention from the ladies, every practice there was more and more people showing up to hang out with them and watch them play, they got 4 new songs down and things were going really good.
So, one day when Dan was in the gym lifting weights and he got to talking with his friend Ben Dawson. Ben has played in bands and could play all instruments, sing and scream really well. So Dan and Ben started jamming getting some vocals and guitar lines down. Then, the next practice they all rocked out and everyone that was there loved it and said it was “F***ing amazing!†So Ben was officially in the band and they would get a gig set up as soon as Ben and Dan got all the songs hammered out.Ben got really bussy so Dan stoped calling him for practice. But Dan was writing up all the music and lyric sheets. Ben will eventually get copys so he can start playing with them. They had one of the best practices the other night. The band worked some new parts into some of the old songs and worked on two new songs, a hard one and a soft one that Wayne, the bassist, wrote, they're really good. Brandon, the drummer started writing words to the soft one....it’s so cool... The band will start recording our next album soon. they’re really looking forward to it.So Dan ordered a fire wire mixer and when it arrived, he was really excited. Time to record, he thought. Well, Dan plugged everything into his computer and the darn mixer blew up on him in just a few minuets…crap!!!! That kind of set the band back a few weeks, but Dan just called the company and arranged an exchange free of charge to him.
Other good news for the band is that Brandon is getting switching department and his job and they will finally have time to play gigs, they already had to cancel a few shows because Brandon couldn’t get time off. Dan met a few guitarists that got to LCSC with him, they’ll just have to get together and jam and if they’re good enough they will be invited to play for Tattered Soulle.Time went on and it seems those guys were just posers, like many people in the LC valley, but no biggy. So Dan started planning shows and getting the band booked for gigs. So they were booked for about three months solid with a LOT of $Profits. And two days before their first gig of the year, Wayne quits because his friends don’t like the other two band members. It seems that Wayne also had a problem with Brandon because he was dating his best friends ex girl friend, great reason ha? Waynes quitting almost sunk the band and Dan had another psychological brake down. Dan didn’t know what to do so he prayed to God to fix the problems and the good Lord Jesus pull through for him and the band. Davey Lee form Awkward Silence was in town and Dan told him what happened. He immediately came to the rescue by offering to fill in. The two practiced for about 6 hrs hard on Thursday and Friday, come Saturday they ripped it up! The band sounded better than ever all thanks to God, a man that just wont lay down and die, and someone that would do anything to help a friend. Thank God and Thank you Davey Lee.
