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Athanasia is challenging the limits of the acoustic rock scene by incorporating heavy distortion riffs, ethereal swells and soaring lead lines over top of an intricate framework. Tight, sudden, ear-bending rhythm changes deny the listener of repose, and showcase the band's uncanny chemistry. The lyrics, at times haunting and introspective, fuse with vibrant melodies and together elevate the music above a graveyard of modern-day superficial pop. Athanasia is the brainchild of Sacramento native, singer/songwriter Geoff Krieger. In 2004 guitarist Aaron Shively reconnected with Geoff at the NAMM Festival in Anaheim, CA, and they began to collaborate on material that would become their first E.P. Over the next two years, the band changed their name several times and experimented with various members while pursuing their now distinct musical style. In mid-2006, the group decided on the name "Athanasia", and secured drummer Joey Gonzales. Joey's impressive chops and inclination to odd time signatures and complicated grooves proved to be the catalyst necessary to unleash the group's creativity and technical ability. If interested in booking, email [email protected]
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Member Since: 2/22/2006
Band Website: athanasiamusic.com
Band Members: Geoff Krieger - lead vocals & acoustic guitar/Aaron Shively - lead guitar & background vocals/ Joey Gonzales - drums/
Influences: the pixies, the smiths, the vaselines, the books, mice parade, mercury rev, the flaming lips, miles davis, muddy waters, ja rule, nick drake, elliot smith, travis, frank zappa and the mothers of invention, john scofield, steve gadd, chad wackerman, jaco pastorius, peter finger, peppino d'agostino, bjork, 50 cent, beer for dolphins, scott henderson, gary lucas, gods and monsters, bourgeois tagg, the kinks, arnold schoenberg, bach, jamie janover, nusrat fateh ali kahn, tim buckley, buddy holly, snoop dogg, freddy mercury, elvis presley 1972-74, allan holdsworth, the cranberries, jackson 5, rufus wainwright, chuck mangione, englebert humperdink, squarepusher, silverchair, ziggy marley, cytex, the chemical brothers, organic frequencies, the spheric lounge, imogen heap, johnny cash, richard buckner, chick corea and the electric band, sex pistols, ABBA, keith jarrett, john coltrane, mike jones, yes, the proclaimers, cyan and ben, driftwood, butthole surfers, alex degrassi, tony levin band, peter gabriel, rush, king crimson, traffic, led zepplin, ratatat, ms. john soda, joni mitchell, gary jules, ray charles, project z, arcade fire, prefuse 73, liquid tension experiment, pantera, nuno bettencourt, mr. metaphor, mc solaar, ravi shankar, lyle workman, michael brecker, jeff buckley, charles mingus, lauryn hill, failure, esbjorn svenson trio, benny goodman, paul butterfield blues band, the crusaders, bela fleck and the flecktones, nina simone, out hud, mary j. blige, panda bear, joy division, explosions in the sky, the four tets, the frames, the cure, the cooper temple clause, duran duran, tony royster jr., mos def, primus, jim henderson, al green, the allman brothers, danny elfman, prince, aha, rage against the machine, bobby mcferrin, air, brian wilson, cheb mami, clinic, dovetail joint, the faint, tv on the radio, morrissey, kyle kilpatrick, janes addiction, head automatica, goldfrapp, mellow, ssanjeeb sircar, resignation, m. ward, herbie hancock, mirah, sneaker pimps, temple city, of montreal, garbage, far, sigur ros, t-rex, tool, coheed and cambria, scatter the ashes, the deer hunter, jagga jazzist, tedeski martin and wood, carl verheyen, rufus wainwright, broken social scene, elbow, autolux, oranger, john fogerty, steely dan, cloudcult, 16 horsepower, the walkmen, pinback, tom waits.

Sounds Like: The Smiths, Rush, Dream Theater, Primus, Doves, Dave Matthews Band
Record Label: VESPER RECORDS
Type of Label: Indie

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Check out this event: Athanasia CD Release Party - Hard Rock Cafe - FREE

Hosted By: Athanasia When: Friday May 30, 2008 at 8:00 PMWhere: Hard Rock Cafe545 Downtown Plaza Suite C103Sacramento, California|5 95814United StatesDescription:Athanasia Click Here To View Event...
Posted by Athanasia on Tue, 13 May 2008 10:21:00 PST

Help Support Athanasias CD Release Party at The Hard Rock Cafe

Help Athanasia promote their debut CD, Count The Days by making the CD cover your default pic for your MySpace profile. We want to see how many of our fans will be there to support us at the CD Releas...
Posted by Athanasia on Fri, 09 May 2008 08:38:00 PST

Songs of Pain

 here is a poem I wrote on a cold night in march- Songs of PainI've always known the truthIt crashed into me like a wall of invisible bricks moving at light speedI never saw - I've never needed t...
Posted by Athanasia on Mon, 10 Apr 2006 03:39:00 PST