Artist description Oswego played a bunch of shows around the Washington, D.C. area from 1999 to 2001, and released two CDs on Spanish label Bcore Disc. The group included members of previous bands such as Kerosene 454, Kukim, and Most Secret Method, and future bands such as Dead Teenagers, Pines of Nowhere, and The Perfect Souvenir.

Music Style Punk

Musical Influences Mario Kart, Shakes the Clown, Negril, Tom Green

Similar Artists Quill

Artist History Oswego was born out of the ashes of boredom, lack of musical ability, and general misdirection. Besides that, it was born out of the ashes of Chris going to school, Kerosene 454, and Death Merchant. In the summer of the mysterious forest Chris Turco started playing with Darren Zentek. This marked the onset of Oswego. The two spent hours in the Easley Place basement. This was during the early percussive stage of Oswego when the only instruments were an iron skillet and two old New Balance. After a while the two had reached their limit and they called in Erik Denno to see what he could make of the whole thing. He grabbed a soupspoon and joined in. Things were starting to pick up. But it all turned around one night at Mike Markarian's house. We were all hanging out with Mike and he said "Man, what the hell are you guys doing? Playing around with a bunch of nasty old crap?" At that point we saw the faults in our efforts. We asked Mike and his infinite direction to come lead us down the right path. We repossessed our guitars, Darren dragged his drums out of cellar, and we started to rock. And rock never sounded so good. Silver Spring had up until that time been oddly overrun by bar starved jazz musicians. Who knew that it would take the efforts of these (up until recently lost) boys to clean up the town. Silver Spring is basically DC, so you can see that there was a lot of cleaning up to be done. The boys contacted a long time friend, J Robbins to help lay everything down for good. Inner Ear recording studios saw the first Oswego recording in the fall of the vile giblet. Shortly after this, Oswego came in contact with another long time friend Jordi. He said, "You know Spain needs...Oswego!" And Oswego said, "Yes!" What you now have in your hands is the product of said recording. Now Oswego's plans are wide open. Anything and everything can happen, and I've got a funny feeling it will.

Group Members Erik Denno (Kerosene 454, Dead Teenagers), guitar and vocals; Mike Markarian (Vita Bruno, The Perfect Souvenir), bass; Chris Turco (Kukim, Pines of Nowhere, Assembly of Devices), guitar and vocals; Darren Zentek (Kerosene 454, Glendale, Donora), drums; also featuring: Ryan Nelson (Most Secret Method, Beauty Pill) and Vin Novara (Crownhate Ruin, 1.6 Band), percussion.

Albums Just Getting Warmed Up CD/EP; Oswego CD

Press Reviews WASHINGTON CITY PAPER: "Oswego's tounge-in-cheek 'performance art' has been full of dither at the handful of dates the band has played in D.C. since it emerged last fall, throwing the wrench of surprise into the self-serious gears of the city's music scene. With a wry, warped sense of humor, the quintet turns its extensive and perverse knowledge of pop-culture flotsam into frenetic but calculated music." / HOUSE OF CHEN: "And, duh, how can i not even have mentioned yet, they were fucking AMAZING! i was trying to think of words to describe them as they played but i really couldn't do it, and then i got sick of trying cause i wanted to just sit back and listen and dance my ass off."

Location Washington, DC - USA

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