Artist description Zambonie is a 3-piece band out of K-zoo, MI. They deliever straight forward kick ass rock from the heart. Their music has a unique style of pop-smart melodies combined with amazing guitar and heavy drumbeats.The band has a very diverse background. Lead singer guitarist Erik Widman was born in the cold suburbs of Sweden where he learned to write agressive yet pop smart tunes. James beats the skins for the band. His hard hitting agressive style is the result of listening to Nirvana and Blink 182 for to many years. Kent picks up the low end with his "Big Poppa" bass! Kent likes to be reffered to as the "Prince of Darkness"

Music Style Alternative Rock

Musical Influences Bush, Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Oleander, Seplutura, Bach, Everclear, Shades Apart, Blink 182, Weezer, OK GO

Similar Artists Weezer, Foo Fighters, Nirvana, Blink 182

Artist History Years ago in the cold suburbs of Sweden, two brothers who had grown up on Euro-pop and Abba songs discovered alternative rock. Classically trained, Erik and Kent Widman turned away from their formal musical background and ventured towards guitar driven rock and immediately started writing music together. “I remember hearing ‘Smells like Teen Spirt’ for the first time” Erik recalls. “After that, I knew exactly what I wanted to do with my life”. Like an infection, the raucous music and enticing melodies of bands like Nirvana and Bush took over their systems and the seed that was to become Zambonie was planted. Meanwhile, thousands of miles away in the US, James Haldane was training as a drummer in mediocre Jackson, MI. While he learned about composers and how to play as a percussionist during the day, James taught himself about the art of rock drumming by night. The Widman brothers made the long trek over the Atlantic in time for Erik and Kent to finish high school and start college. James, Erik and Kent made their way to the same university and found each other at a perfect juncture in life. Each had matured and grown musically over the years, which left them perfectly poised to begin their newest musical adventure: Zambonie. More years, still, have passed and now Zambonie signifies what rock is all about: powerful music, amazing lyrics and addictive melodies. The band and its music are about much more than just that, however. The struggles and celebrations each member of the group has endured, individually and collectively, have piloted the natural maturation of their musical and lyrical writing. By writing songs are about relationships, losing a loved one, growing up or moving away, audiences have found it easy to make a connection that runs on a parallel with their lives. Today Zambonie has become one of the strongest alternative rock bands in the West-Michigan by writing pop-smart, energetic rock. The door of opportunity has never been more open for these young talented musicians. Erik quotes, “It’s easy to be successful when you love what you do, and we’re doing exactly what we love to do right now…spreading the good word of rock’n’roll”.

Group Members Erik - Guitar, vocals. Kent Widman - Bass. James Haldane - Drums.

Instruments guitar, bass, drums, kazoo

Albums Freak (Ambush), Growing Up, Michigan Mania 2000, The Nuts and Bolts Demo, Self Titled Virgin record (2002)

Press Reviews Cadilac News Nya Norrland (Sweden) VA (Swedan) Western Herald (kalamazoo), Kalamazoo Gazette (kalamazoo), The Shelter (Detroit)

Additional Info email zambonie_rock@hotmail.com

Location Kalamazoo, Michigan - USA

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