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About Me

Bright Channel has been described as inspiring and revelatory, dark and elegant, shimmering and roaring. One thing is for certain, Bright Channel's music defies categorization. This is a rock band with a wide variety of musical influences and a clear vision for the future. Since forming in June of 2002, this 3-piece has steadily grown a loyal fan base on the strength of their live appearances. Their signature sound consists largely of swirling, melodic guitars lapping against a wall of pounding rhythms. Encompassing the best of shoegaze, post-punk, indie, no-wave, brit pop and space rock, Bright Channel is forging ahead with a new sound that is highly stylized and unique. Their much anticipated debut album was recorded by acclaimed engineer Steve Albini in a 5-day recording session in the Spring of 2004. Released in September '04 on Flight Approved Records, Bright Channel's self-titled debut captures the ethereal, raw power of the band live. "Self-Propelled", their self-produced second album for Flight Approved, was released in February of 2006. * Bright Channel CD's and other related projects available for purchase at flightapproved.com/store *I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace)

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Member Since: 2/2/2005
Band Website: flightapproved.com/brightchannel.html
Band Members: JEFF SUTHERS: Treble & Vocals, BRIAN BANKS: Drums, SHANNON STEIN: Bass
Influences: my bloody valentine, sonic youth, joy division, bailter space, flying saucer attack, spacemen 3, spiritualized, the cure, echo & the bunnymen, jimi hendrix, dinosaur jr, brian jonestown massacre, jesus & mary chain, siouxsie & the banshees, the jesus lizard, swervedriver, big black, sebadoh, melvins, lemmy, the animals, nick drake, django reinhardt...
Record Label: Flight Approved Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

false alarm ...

So, you may have seen our name on the Monolith Festival roster this year. We had hoped to piece together a Bright Channel set and start playing live again, but it became obvious after a few trial runs...
Posted by Bright Channel on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 07:49:00 PST

Time Out ...

We are sorry to announce that Bright Channel will be going on indefinite hiatus. Thanks to everybody who has helped make this such a great ride. Flight Approved Records will be bringing you more mus...
Posted by Bright Channel on Sun, 26 Aug 2007 11:36:00 PST

Free Tickets to BBQ show!

Hi all --- if you're planning to come to our August 5th Larimer Lounge BBQ show, print yourself some free tickets and save yourself some dough! Click HERE for printable tickets from our website. The...
Posted by Bright Channel on Mon, 02 Jul 2007 04:08:00 PST

Time out for new music ....

Hello folks ... just a quick update to let everyone know we are taking a few months off to record our third Bright Channel record, due out in spring/summer 2007. No gigs for the time being, but chec...
Posted by Bright Channel on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 09:22:00 PST

Details on SXSW 2006 shows ....

We are heading down to Austin next week for a couple shows during SXSW this year. The first show is Wednesday March 15th at the Little Radio party which should be really amazing. We're on at 2:45pm ...
Posted by Bright Channel on Sat, 11 Mar 2006 09:30:00 PST

THANX TO EVERYONE!!!

Thanx to everyone who has been so kind and supportive of our music. Extra thanx to those of you who came to our release show and everyone who purchased our new record. Thanx for making everything we ...
Posted by Bright Channel on Sun, 26 Feb 2006 05:10:00 PST

New Album out February 28th, 2006!

The second Bright Channel CD, titled "Self-Propelled", is due out this month! Our CD Release party will be at the Hi-Dive in Denver on Feb 24th with two of our favorite local bands, Moccasin and Mono...
Posted by Bright Channel on Mon, 06 Feb 2006 01:30:00 PST