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“We’re not anti-guitar, but we’re interested in exploring rock music that’s not exclusively driven by guitar riffs. You have to re-invent the way you write when you purposely omit the biggest element in modern music,” Holden Daniels says. “It makes you focus more on groove and energy, as opposed to guitar riffs all the time.”
Edmonton rock duo My Sister Ocean has created their own niche inside the overcrowded Modern Rock genre by not using any guitars for a majority of their songs. “We tend to use guitars like most bands use keyboards – for texture and ear candy, but not as a main element. In doing so, we’ve been able to create music that’s more rhythmic and sub-sonic than we used to when we had guitarists in previous bands,” the band’s drummer Eugenio explains.
“It can be limiting, but it’s forced us to re-evaluate what makes a song a song, and what we want to accomplish as songwriters,” adds Holden (as he prefers to be called).
The result: Foo Fighters meet Beck, without guitar.
Drug abuse, child abuse, neglect, hate, bumbling presidents, car crashes, overcoming fears, realizing dreams, and falling in love are just some the lyrical content listeners will identify with in the band’s songs.
The decision came in 2005 to proceed as a duo after realizing that as a trio or four-piece they were simply another “rock band” in a world full of Radiohead, Nickelback, and Coldplay clones. New successes came very quickly to the band after the switch. They released 2 EPs in Edmonton in 2005 and 2006, and started to get feature airplay across Canada. Then the band signed a distribution deal in March 2007 and released Nucularboy in July 2007. Album sales have been steady in Western Canada and airplay has gone from receiving features here and there, to Top 25 chart positions in some areas of the country.
A video for the single “Don’t Change The Station” was well-received on YouTube and garnered feature spotlights MuchMusic. Most people are very surprised to learn that the video was directed by the band frontman, Holden.
The band also had some coveted time-slots in music festivals in Western Canada including NestFest (Edmonton), the Kokanee Freeride (Jasper) and Meltdown (Grande Prairie). Opening slots for Danko Jones, Social Code, and Ten Second Epic have helped the band win over new fans at an impressive rate. The band also won 1st place in two Battle of the Bands contests in their hometown, and showcased at Canadian Music Week 2007.
The self-produced album has received some killer reviews, including a 4 star rating in the Edmonton Journal.
Holden also received an endorsement deal from Gallien-Krueger Bass Amps (Red Hot Chili Peppers, Tool, Guns and Roses) in February of 2007 after the company was impressed with the band’s unique sound. Ironically, it was the fact that Holden’s new amp sounded so impressive that he decided to also play guitar through it – changing the band’s identity from being a “bass and drum duo” to being more simply a “rock duo.” He now switches between guitar and bass several times during any given show.
Like a pebble in a pond that eventually becomes a wave, the band has started small and focused on aiming for what they wanted. Their experiment has led to more success in the last year than they’d seen in any previous band. The wave is getting bigger every day. Wanna swim?
Cliché analogies are another strength of the band.
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Member Since: 5/15/2006
Band Website: mysisterocean.com
Band Members: HOLDEN - Vocals & Bass - Born and raised in Edmonton. Endorsed by Gallien-Krueger.

EUGENIO PACILEO - Drums & Harmonies - Born and raised in Calgary

Born in rival cities, it's the Battle of Alberta every time we play.

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British Columbia:
Z95 (Vancouver)
CFOX (Vancouver)
Mountain FM (Whistler)
92.5 FM CJLY 250.352.3706 (Nelson)
98.3 The Max (Kamloops)
97.5 THE RIVER (Kamloops)
98.3 CIFM (Kamloops)
99.9 SUN FM (Kelowna)
Power 104 (Kelowna)
105.7 SUN FM (Vernon)
97.1 SUN FM (Penticton)
101.3 THE RIVER (Prince George)
94X (Prince George)
The Drive 102.9/99.1 FM (Cranbrook)
The Q (Victoria)
The Zone 91.3 (Victoria)

Alberta:
The Bear (Edmonton)
Sonic (Edmonton)
97 SunFM (Grande Prairie)
KYX98 (Ft. McMurray)
My96 (Medicine Hat)
ZED99 (Red Deer)
BIG 105.5 FM (Red Deer)
X 92.9 (Calgary)
CJAY (Calgary)
The Goat (Lloydminster)
101.3 KOOL FM (Bonneyville)
B93 FM (Lethbridge)

Saskatchewan:
The Wolf (Regina)
Z 99 (Regina)
Rock 102 (Saskatoon - call: 306-934.2222)
C95 FM (Saskatoon)
94.1 FM THE FOX (Yorkton)

Manitoba:
Power 97 (Winnipeg)
FREQ 107 (Winnipeg)
KX96 (Brandon)
94.7 STAR FM (Brandon)
93.5 FM THE EAGLE (Winkler)

Ontario:
Q104.5 FM (Kenora)
103.5 HOT FM (Thunder Bay)
The Bear (Ottawa)
105.3 KISS FM (Ottawa)
93.9 BOB FM (Ottawa)
K-Rock (Kingston)
96.3 JOE FM (Kingston)
HTZ FM (St. Catharines)
The Edge (Toronto)
99.9 MIX FM (Toronto)
92.5 JACK FM (Toronto)
104.5 CHUM FM (Toronto)
Rock 95 (Barrie)
B101 FM (Barrie)
93.1 CHAY FM (Barrie)
Y108 (Hamilton)
The Rock (Oshawa)
The Wolf (Peterborough)
FM 96 (London)
Rock 101.9 (Cornwall)
K 106 (Sarnia)
Q92 (Sudbury)
The Fox (North Bay)
The Rock 95.1 (Windsor)
The Bull (Wingham)
89X (Windsor)
96.4 CHYR FM (Leamington)
105.9 JACK FM (Orilla)
103.5 KOOL FM (Kitchener)
MIX 97 FM (Belleville)

Quebec::
THE MIX 96FM (Montreal)
CHOM (Montreal)
CHOI (Quebec City)
Generation Rock (Sherbrooke)
93.7 FM RYTHME (Sherbrooke)

Prince Edward Island:
Magic 93 (Charlottetown)

Nova Scotia:
Q104 (Halifax) or call 902-451-1043
C100FM (Halifax)
CJLS FM (Yarmouth)
101.5 FM THE HAWK (Hawkesbury)

Newfoundland:
99.1 HITS FM (St. John's )

New Brunswick:
FOX (Fredericton)
106.9 CAPTIAL FM (Fredericton)
97.3 THE WAVE (St.John)
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ALL SONGS PRODUCED BY HOLDEN.

These songs speak to the soul of every post-grunge music fan who craves unique yet poppy melodies and lyrical depth. The sonic aesthetic is mostly bass and drums with vocals(the band being a bass and drum duo), but there are textures of electric and acoustic guitars, piano, mellotron, keys, and percussion that give the album a maturity and "instant classic" appeal that critics and music fans alike tend to enjoy. Produced by Holden, the lead singer and bassist, this album shows what can happen when 2 friends with over a decade of professional experience in other bands get together and create music without the pressures of a record label or anyone else. This is 2 experienced artists showing off their pop/rock chops with no apologies for the catchy melodic flavor or rubato basslines. At times self-indulgant but mostly accessible, this album is one of the few nowadays that can be listened from beginning to end without skipping past any less than ideal tracks. The band hand picked these songs after road-testing them for 2 years - they are the fan favorites.

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Record Label: BRASS & MUD / D2 / FONTANA NORTH / UNIVERSAL
Type of Label: Indie

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Beautiful Failures Live at the Starlite Room

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NEW SINGLE: BEAUTIFUL FAILURES

Beautiful Failures is the 3rd single off the nationally distributed (Canada) CD Nucularboy. It is also available worldwide on iTunes and other online music stores. Beautiful Failures is a familiar son...
Posted by MY SISTER OCEAN on Fri, 02 May 2008 01:32:00 PST

New video!!

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Mike Anderson Project Podcast Episode 6

Bored? Wanna check out one of the best Podcasts you'll ever hear? The Mike Anderson Project Podcast Episode 6 will help you kill time in style. http://www.myspace.com/mikeandersonproject If you are wi...
Posted by MY SISTER OCEAN on Tue, 27 Feb 2007 06:19:00 PST

Holden has a new endorsement deal!

MSO is proud to announce Holden's endorsement deal with Gallien Krueger. Gallien Krueger is a bass amp company from California. Holden's all time favourite bassist (Flea) uses GK. Here is Holden's blo...
Posted by MY SISTER OCEAN on Fri, 23 Feb 2007 11:56:00 PST

RADIOSTAR REGIONAL WINNERS!

As emailed to us from Park Warden at The Bear: FOR IMMEDIATE ANNOUNCEMENTThe local portion of the 14th annual National Songwriting Competition, "Candian Radio Star," is now over, and our Regional Winn...
Posted by MY SISTER OCEAN on Thu, 01 Feb 2007 10:43:00 PST

Fan group started by new Street Team member!

We want to thank Alexandra for starting this fan group... http://groups.myspace.com/mysisteroceanfans We've never had a fan page before... what do we do now that we have one? Dance of joy? You should ...
Posted by MY SISTER OCEAN on Wed, 29 Nov 2006 11:20:00 PST

MSO STREET TEAM STARTS TODAY!

Here's what Wikipedia says about Street Teams:   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_team   Well, the time has come for us to officially ask for help. But the cool thing is, it comes with pe...
Posted by MY SISTER OCEAN on Mon, 27 Nov 2006 12:58:00 PST

New Blog Entries at Blogger

http://holdend77.blogspot.com I hate having multiple blog spaces... Anyway, Eugie and I are posting daily at Blogger, so those are the ones to read to stay up-to-date!...
Posted by MY SISTER OCEAN on Fri, 10 Nov 2006 10:52:00 PST