Artist description Power-Noise-Prog. Heavy enough to pummel your skull, but intelligent enough to remain fresh with each listen.

Music Style Heavy Rock

Musical Influences Miles Davis, Schoenberg, Debussy

Similar Artists Black Sabbath, Soundgarden, Tool, Korn, Pantera.

Artist History Arose out of the heavy music wasteland of NYC

Group Members Alex Sheen-vocals, Wolf Knapp-bass, Dana deChaby-7string guitar, Walker-drums

Instruments 5 string bass, 7 string guitar, drums, voice

Albums Full Length CD

Press Reviews "Stretcher's 5 song EP is impressivly recorded and professional sounding. What first caught our ear was the band's songwriting narrative. Each song feels like a full, complete piece, with a full beginning, middle and end.Next we noticed the band's original phrasing and tempo-at once creeping and driving. And there's a sense of an impending audio explosion in each tune that keeps you listening and doesn't dissappoint.Their live material is remarkable for it's raw intensity and excellent musicianship. A very unique band"-Review from RoughEdge Magazine (by R. Scott Bolton)"To listen to Stretcher is to be reminded why rock and roll was once considered a tool of the devil. They're by no means a "Satanic" band, but there's something otherworldly about their music, something volcanic, disturbing, and, well, evil, like a prison riot in Hell. It's the power of dissonance harnessed, an ambitious new tonality unlike anything I'd ever heard before. What's more, Stretcher is tight, so tight that the two live tracks are, amazingly, practically indistinguishable from those recorded in the studio. That's no mean feat considering the open-ended, AOR format of their jams. Dana deChaby's wild guitar eruptions are less masturbatory than they are schizophrenic, and Wolf Knapp's basslines kick and stomp like the boots of the demon hordes. My advice: get on board now so that when you say someday that you liked Stretcher before they were big, you'll be telling the truth. The first step is to get your virtual ass down to www.stretcherband.com."(from NYrock.com)

Additional Info Fearsome Adrenalinear Energy

Location Woodside, NY - USA

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