Artist description What is Skeptiks? skep-tic or <scep-tic>(skep'tik) n. 1. a person who questions the validity, authenticity, or truth of something purporting to be factual, esp. religion or religious tenets. 2. a person who maintains a doubting attitude, as toward values, plans, or the character of others. 3. (cap.). a. a member of a philosophical school of ancient Greece which maintained that real knowledge of things is impossible. b. any later thinker who doubts or questions the possibility of real knowledge of any kind. adj. 4. SKEPTICAL. 5. (cap.) pertaining to the Skeptics. [1565-75; < LL scepticus thoughtful, inquiring (in pl. Sceptici the Skeptics) < Gk skeptikós = -skept (os), v. adj. of sképtesthai to consider, examine (akin to skopeîn to look; see - SCOPE) + -ikos - IC] Cutting, sometimes dream-like lyrics set to vocal counterpoint with a feel that's sometimes classic rock, sometimes unplugged, sometimes spacey a la Peter Gabriel, sometimes even slightly gospel a la Ray Charles.

Music Style Eclectic rock and roll.

Musical Influences Annie Lennox/Eurythmics, Neil Young, Sara McLachlan, Joan Osborne, Bob Dylan, Elvis Costello, Sheryl Crow, Bruce Springsteen, Linda Ronstadt, Jann Arden, Jefferson Airplane, Gin Blossoms, Elvis Presley, Lisa Loeb, Beatles, Indigo Girls, Steve Earl, Tracy Chapman.

Similar Artists Imagine Chrissy Hynde singing with Tom Petty.

Artist History Janis Weiss and Eric Tamm met in the Raving Daves, the house band of PeopleSoft, Inc. in Pleasanton, California, in 1995. With fellow PeopleSoft musicians Glede Vaughn (bass) and Mark Fletcher (drums), they formed the Skeptiks to perform original music. After a while, bassist Glede was replaced by Kevin Beers. This Skeptiks lineup gigged around the San Francisco Bay Area for a year or two and recorded an album, Questing. A bit later, Weiss, Tamm, and Beers worked with a nebulous, revolving group of musicians known as Strangelove. Nowadays, as Weiss & Tamm, they do mostly unplugged-style music -- two guitars, two vocals -- on their own.

Group Members Janis Weiss, Eric Tamm, Kevin Beers, Mark Fletcher.

Instruments Guitars, harmonica, keyboards, bass, drums.

Albums Questing

Location San Jose, CA - USA

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