Artist description Spawned from an affair of members of Pearl Jam, Foo Fighters, The Who, and Guided by Voices, the music of Lo-Fi Genius recalls the days when rock was simply rock (not rock/rap, not rap/metal, not emo/rap, and not the overbearing preaching of Creed).

Music Style Rock

Musical Influences Aerosmith, Phish, Foo Fighters, Guided by Voices, Pearl Jam

Similar Artists Foo Fighters, Guided by Voices

Artist History Since 1997, Lo-Fi Genius has been performing its brand of original rock around the Philadelphia area. The band has played at some of the area's best clubs including The Pontiac Grille, The Khyber, The Rusty Nail, Doc Watson's Pub, and The Grape Street Pub. In August 2000, the band released independently its first CD, "This Is Rocket Science", which was recorded at Indre Studios in Philadelphia. Founding members Jon Reiff & Mike Martin have been playing together since 1990. In September of 1996, they asked their friend, Doug Blose, to join a new project which became known as Officer Gordon (the name of the police officer who served them a citation for practicing too loudly). In 1997, Pat Colleran completed the band's lineup. In April 1998, in an attempt to finish a demo session in New York City, Jon took out his TASCAM Porta III 4-track recorder. One of the other members said something to the effect that Jon really knew what he was doing, to which Jon replied sarcastically, "yeah, I'm a real lo-fi genius." While the four members believed that they had finally found the "right" name for the band, it would take a few months before they would re-christen the band as "Lo-Fi Genius." In December of 2001, Lo-Fi Genius was one of four finalists chosen to represent the Philadelphia market in the 12 Bands of Christmas Contest (sponsored by Garageband.com, The Hard Rock Cafe, and Sam Adams)!

Group Members Jon Reiff - Lead Vocals, bass, songwriter Doug Blose - Lead Vocals, guitar, songwriter Mike Martin - Drums, songwriter Pat Colleran - Rhythm Guitar,songwriter

Albums This Is Rocket Science

Location Philadelphia, PA - USA

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