Crown Ether (originally Subterraneans) formed in 2003 in the dingy streets of Sunderland, based around the musical nucleus of drummer Lindsey Rowell. When the band put out a myspace ad for a guitarist/bass-player, the were greeted one sunny Sunday by Phil Bailes, who had been attracted by the “hard to pigeon-hole†nature of the music that had greeted him on their myspace page. Though Phil himself still to this day is happiest channelling the early 90’s quiet/loud alternative music dynamic, his “everything from Abba to Zappa†mentality meant he slotted right into the band.With the departure of a singer and guitarist, Lindsey and Phil decided not to become another white stripes and began a rebuilding process that would find them their musical kindred spirits. Perez Bugby-Ainsworth, a multi-talented music teacher, was introduced via a mutual friend, and brought in to supply keys(and just about any other instrument to be fair!). Then when it looked like the long-winded search for a singer would reflect the cliché of many a fledgling band, they found Kirsty Walker, a self-confessed “psychedelic child of the sixties†who bowled them over with a recorded audition piece before even meeting up.Once ensconced in the studio , the band’s very different musical elements began to click together to form a potent compound. With Kirsty’s classic Grace Slick tinged vocals, Perez’s all encompassing musical atmospherics, Phil’s determination to write “something epicâ€, and Lindsey patent pending gothic surf style, Crown Ether represent a varied, yet focused musical picture; a sonic kaleidoscope if you will.
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