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dRowNing suSan

dark electro pop and other craziness!!

About Me

dRowNing suSan is musical madness…exploring audio horizons and styles without boundary and influenced in whole by the world around us and the media we're force fed….it’s everything you’ve heard before yet flipped upside down and backwards…it is dark, it is moody, it’s angry and sad, it’s everything beautiful and ugly all at once…..it’s an animal pacing in it’s cage, waiting to pounce….it’s noise wrestled into some sort of order...sometimes it's even music.dRowNing suSan is largely the auditory musings of Buffalo, NY native Mark Gerster in collaboration with various other artists. The band circa 2008 introduces Vincent Sparacino to the mix, adding his particular musical flavor to our already odd sound. Contributions are also anticipated from Charlotte producer, Jilil Secret, and some additional parts from the usual suspects surrounding the dRowNing suSan camp in Buffalo, Joseph Kester and William Chudy...maybe even Brian Bray, who knows.

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Member Since: 7/29/2006
Band Website: download.com/drowningsusan
Band Members: dRowNing suSan is the auditory musings of mark r. gersterLIVE SHOW::: MARK GERSTER on vox and synth, MICHAEL GERSTER on drums, WILLIAM CHUDY on synth, samples and backing vox, JOSEPH KESTER on guitar and backing vox2008 RECORDING COLLABORATORS so far include: vincent sparacino, jilil secret and gabrielle medinaPrevious recording contributors include william chudy, brian bray, joseph kester, joe dipasquale, tony tenorwicz, dave ahrens and heidi casillas
Influences: Duran Duran / Peter Gabriel / Depeche Mode / Skinny Puppy / KMFDM / Sneaker Pimps / Garbage / A-ha / Bjork / Echo and the Bunnymen / The Faint / New Order / Fischerspooner / Hard Fi / The Birthday Massacre / Jesus Jones / Longwave / Madonna / Peter Murphy / Royksopp / Muse / Pop Wil Eat Itself / MC900ft Jesus / Simple Minds / Nine Inch Nails / Pig / Sister Machine Gun / The Cure / Tears For Fears / Xymox / The Smiths / Inspiral Carpets / Timbaland / Underworld
Sounds Like: STEPPING ON YOUR CATS TAIL or THE SOUNDTRACK TO A 4AM NIGHTMARE or even A SINGULAR MOMENT OF CALM TONAL WASH or perhaps even THE END OF THE WORLD... whatever...
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Live Set

Thanks to everyone who came out for the show....It was good to see you all....thanks for endulging the need to make noise!Posting photos and video today and tomorrow...I'll go back and rotate image an...
Posted by dRowNing suSan on Sun, 13 Jul 2008 03:28:00 PST

LIVE TONIGHT AT MIDNIGHT

For those that missed getting tickets or simply missed the reminders:We'll be playing live tonight, July 11 at CLUB INFINITY in Williamsville.OUR SET TIME IS 12 MIDNIGHT...witching hr.....looks like w...
Posted by dRowNing suSan on Fri, 11 Jul 2008 09:29:00 PST

LIVE SHOW REMINDER....THIS FRIDAY!!!

Just wanted to take a second to remind you all / invite you all to our first live show in a long, long time on Friday, July 11th at Club Infinity (716.565.0110 - 8166 Main Street  Williamsville). I ...
Posted by dRowNing suSan on Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:47:00 PST

dS - THE LIVE SHOW! Really?? No way?!? OMG, Hell is freezing over....

You heard it right....live show.... Rehearsals begin this week for DrowningSusan's live set. We said it'd never happen...shows what we know... The technology seems up to the task...and the pieces seem...
Posted by dRowNing suSan on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 11:58:00 PST

What Were Listening To: May-June

So this edition is long delayed, as pointed out by some of you... :-) Here's what we're listening to through May and June: Favorite Band or Album Picks so far this month: Breathe Carolina (see m...
Posted by dRowNing suSan on Fri, 30 May 2008 01:56:00 PST

New Drowning Susan collaboration...

Drowning Susan is currently working on a musical collaboration with our new friend, Circe Madina. Should be a cool combination...  Check her out here: http://profile.myspace.com/index.c...
Posted by dRowNing suSan on Fri, 30 May 2008 01:08:00 PST

WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR?

See this film!!!!!!!!!!!"Who Killed The Electric Car?" narrated by Martin Sheen...this is all a true story.... EVERY AMERICAN SHOULD SEE THIS FILM.. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT IS WRONG WITH OUR SOCIETY PEOP...
Posted by dRowNing suSan on Fri, 23 May 2008 10:54:00 PST

The New....

so yes, it'd seem i've been dragging my ass here lately. shockingly, not true....honing my craft, learning a trick or two you might say... 4 songs that are now on the verge of what i like to call fini...
Posted by dRowNing suSan on Tue, 13 May 2008 08:33:00 PST

What We’re Listening To....

So in order to give some perspective into what’s going through my convoluted little mind musically, we’re going to start a new feature here&.woo hoo!   "What we’re listening ...
Posted by dRowNing suSan on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 08:51:00 PST

It hast returned.....

back in buffalo and settled and jobless...woo hoo.studio is up and running again...2 news songs shortly...demos of course but in a crucial formative stage.soon...next week i thinks....till then....
Posted by dRowNing suSan on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 05:15:00 PST