Artist description What began as personal project of Mike's writing, recording, and producing of his own songs using his computer has turned into collaborative rock band.

Music Style Alternative Rock

Musical Influences Green Day, Unwritten Law, MxPx, Foo Fighters, Face to Face, Counting Crows, Nirvana, Metallica, Incubus, Dashboard Confessional, Bad Religion, and about a hundred other bands.

Similar Artists Green Day, Foo Fighters, Unwritten Law, & Face to Face

Artist History Mike Chen started writing the songs in the middle of his senior year in high school 1998. In the Fall of 2000, Mike hooked up with Matt Huff and Mike Young and started playing parties in Isla Vista, CA (UCSB), but never on a serious level. Mike Young's interest in the band eventually faded and left Mike and Matt without a drummer. Finally, in Janurary 2003, Mike and Matt hooked up with Casey Black and started to take things to a serious level. Awaiting Yesterday has full set of original songs and is looking to play anywhere and everywhere in the Santa Barbara area.

Group Members RECORDINGS: Mike Chen - vocals, guitars, bass, and drums. LIVE PERFORMANCES: Mike Chen - vocals & guitar, Matt Huff - bass & backup vocals, Casey Black - drums.

Instruments Guitar, Bass, & Drums (Good old rock and or roll)

Albums Natural Disaster

Press Reviews Rolling Stone magazine hails, "Absolutely riveting! It left me with chills! "Time Magazine raves, "Powerful and masterful, a poetic justice!" "Natural Disaster? More like National Treasure!" states USA Today. The New York Times contends, "I wept, I laughed, I danced, and then I wept again." BillBoard magazines pronounces, "Comparable to such classics as 'Where Do I Turn?'" The LA Times declares, "I can see a Grammy coming, bringing fierce destruction down upon the entire music industry." "Better than Ezra!” proclaims Entertainment Weekly. 7 out of 7 critics can't be wrong. Check it out! (Just in case you didn't know, and so I don't get sued, these reviews are all fake.)

Location Santa Barbara, CA - USA

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