Artist description Three piece sonically gigantic band with strong jamming tendencies.The Welders strive to put 1000% into each live show creating a unique experience for every song - No song is played the same way twice.In the Studio, the Welders do it all - writing, producing, performing, engineering, mastering, and even manufacture (until DAM CDs were discovered) - The idea is to have complete control over every aspect of the music. Even the graphics and cover art are all done by the band!Vote for us at http://www.search4talent.comand review us at http://www.rollingstone.com

Music Style Funk/Jam Rock

Musical Influences Grateful Dead, The Kinks, Pavement, Kyuss, Queens of the Stoneage, Led Zeppelin, Phish, Radiohead, Pavement, Beatles, Stones, Miles Davis, Black Sabbath, Smashing Pumpkins, Ween, Chili Peppers, Fishbone, Bjork, Medeski Martin & Wood, Weather Report, John Coltrane, Digable Planets, anything else cool...

Similar Artists Grateful Dead, Phish, Pavement, Ween, Queens of the Stone Age, Kyuss, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Fishbone, Rheostatics, Beatles, Stones, Miles Davis, Black Sabbath, Bjork, Medeski Martin & Wood

Artist History Formed in 1994 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada by three musicians attending the University of Windsor, the three had jammed before but had been apart for a few years when, while drinking at the pub, the idea to form a band whose "gimmick" was to wear welding goggles and masks on stage gave birth to the Welders. The original idea for the music was to just do covers and try to combine songs (like Zeppelin's "Trampled Underfoot" combined with Stevie Wonder's "Superstition.") that sound alike. But when the jamming began, original material started to become more prevalant. By '95 the band recorded a seven song demo on cassette which was hailed by the local community. In the summer of '97 plans to record a rock opera were curtailed due to a malfunctioning reel-reel recorder, but the band was back in the spring of '98 with the "Country Trucker" single - the remnants of the summer of '97 recordings. A few months later, the band started recording their first full length CD. The album, entitled "Lost in Hell's Foundry" was recorded, produced, manufactured, and distributed by the band itself and now finds its way onto the electronic (free) record store shelf here at mp3.com.

Group Members Chris Carlone: Guitar/VocalsPeter Caira: Drums/VocalsJames Doherty: Bass Guitar

Instruments Guitar, Bass, Drums, occasional Synthesizer (Jen Synthetone SX1000)

Albums Rub-adub-dub - 1995; Country Trucker (single) - 1998; In Hell's Foundry - 1999; Propane and Pandemonium: The Welders Live at the Coach - 1995; The Metallurgy EP - 1999

Additional Info The Welders use Macintosh computers ONLY!

Location Toronto, Ontario - Canada

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