Electro Quarterstaff

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Member Since: 12/24/2003
Band Website: electroquarterstaff.com
Band Members: Official Magistrates of Six-Stringed Sado-Masochism:
Josh Bedry
Drew Johnston
Andrew Dickens
Strategic Battlehound of Bonecrushing Nordic Blastitude:
Dan Ryckman
Bassosaurus Wrecks:
Marty Thiessen
Influences: Death/Thrash Metal :: Metallica ('83-'88), Gorguts, VoiVod, Ripping Corpse, Dim Mak, Lethargy, Human Remains, Demilich, Carcass (the Amott years), Suffocation, Morbid Angel, Monstrosity, Entombed, Death, Atheist, Watchtower, Spastic Ink, Coroner, Believer, Exhorder, Forbidden

Math :: Confessor, Breadwinner, Loincloth, Meshuggah

Rock :: Jesus Lizard, Thin Lizzy, Queen, Blue Oyster Cult, Wishbone Ash, Van Halen

Doom :: Trouble, Black Sabbath, Neurosis, Kyuss

Prog Rock :: Magma, King Crimson, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Yes, Gentle Giant, Frank Zappa

Jazz :: Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, Henry Threadgill, Thelonious Monk

Classical :: Bartok, Penderecki, Messiaen, Shostakovich, Stravinsky, Ravel, Rachmaninoff, Debussy, Mahler, Beethoven, Mussorgsky

Bluegrass :: Bela Fleck, Tony Trischka, Tony Rice
Sounds Like: Detailed, elaborate, epic instrumental progressive thrash metal that freely incorporates stylistic aspects common to technical death metal, doom, grind, prog rock, and modern classical in an effort to deliver direct, propulsive attacks to the senses. While we embrace a sprawling sense of complexity, we are untrained musicians and feel the application of musical theory is a burden on the creative consciousness and thus strive for an organic "feels good sounds good" approach to songwriting which eschews an exclusive reliance on technical skill and the typical Dream Theater douchebaggery. We're insatiable riffmongers determined to redefine the limits of creativity and are committed to the constant challenge of pushing structural arrangements further than what could be expected without embracing unnecessary emotional or musical cliches. We're amateurs on our respective instruments but confident in our ability to come up with some neat shit that isn't fucking repetitive or predictable.

Record Label: Willowtip Records
Candlelight Records (Europe)
Type of Label: Indie