Artist description Two guitars, bass, and drums rock and roll with the emphasis being "the song".

Music Style rock and roll, pop, alt-country, hayseed power pop

Musical Influences The Replacements, Uncle Tupelo/Wilco/Son Volt, The Rolling Stones, Superchunk, Chuck Berry

Similar Artists The Replacements, Uncle Tupelo/Wilco/Son Volt

Artist History In the early 1990s Nate and Corey played together in a band called The Petting Zoo in Kirksville, MO. After the unfortunate demise of that band, Nate and Corey somehow ended up both relocating to the Kansas City area and decided against their best interests to make music again. At one of their record store appearances, Nate and Corey ran into an old high school friend of Nate's, Dave. It just so happened that Dave played drums and it just so happened that over a few beers we discovered that Dave's tastes in music were as good as his taste in beers. After playing together for a few months, auditioning numerous bass players, Dave convinced his friend Elizabeth, who had been on hiatus after a stint with the Kansas City band Neverready, to try out. She, too, had similar tastes in music (and in beer), and the band was born in the fall of 1998. In July of 2000, The Welterweights lost Dave Orvis as their drummer, in Spinal Tap fashion. In September of 2000, Mark Gardner agreed to play drums for the band. In August 2001, continuing the Spinal Tap trend, Mark left the Welterweights, and in September 2001 Jeff Thomason agreed to play drums. We're still making up the history.

Group Members Nathaniel Williams - guitar, vocals, principal songwriter/ Corey Heider - lead guitar, some vocals/ Jeff Thomason - drums and percussion (Sept. 2001 to present)/ Elizabeth Schoch - bass, some vocals (through April 2002)/ Mark Gardner - drums and percussion (September 2000 to August 2001)/ Dave Orvis - drums and percussion (through July 2000)

Instruments guitars, bass, drums, some harmonica

Albums Here Goes Nothing, The Dress Rehearsal EP, Old Beats the Alternative or Blocksucker Cues Special Promotional EP

Press Reviews "The music here is hard 'n' melodic alt-country/rock and the influences are widespread: mostly Whiskeytown and early Uncle Tupelo with bits of the Bottle Rockets and a shot of the heyday Replacements tossed in." - Timothy Finn, The Kansas City Star. "Obviously, The Welterweights know how to choose their fights, and on the strength of this EP the band should move up a few notches in its quest to be among the scene's hardest-hitting champions." - Andrew Miller, PitchWeekly

Location Kansas City, MO - USA

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