Artist description Mother aspires to bring the elements of social awareness and unabashed optimism into the arena of popular rock music. They have assigned themselves a difficult task: couching both a positive outlook and the acknowledgement of social problems within songs that are pleasing to the ear, while maintaining a careful poetic sensibility in the lyrics. Compositionally, Mother songs range from locomotive guitar rock ("PowderKeg") to manic falsetto-wah dueling ("Alpha") to spatial album-oriented alternative ("Salutations"). Featuring the driving and atmospheric drumming of KII Kay, the demonstrative and simian bass of Steve DiStasio, the enthusiastic vocal talents of Tim Macauley, and the guitar artistry of Jon Grout, Mother hope to create, through their music, an affirmative, welcoming space where listeners of all kinds can come together, enjoy thoughtful and exciting art, and encounter ideas, problems, and each other.

Music Style accessible alt/rock

Musical Influences Smashing Pumpkins, Live, Radiohead, Soundgarden

Similar Artists Jane's Addiction, U2, Spacehog, David Bowie

Artist History Formed in summer 2000 in Seattle, Mother has performed at many of Seattle's rock venues, including Graceland, Paradox Theater, The Rainbow, The Sunset Tavern, Doc Maynard's and The Central. We've written 25 songs and have performed 30 shows. Our debut CD, titled State Your Intention, released on our own label Roaming Gnome Records in Fall 2002; available via Amazon. Our Spring 2003 Single, 'PowderKeg', received airplay on KEXP 90.3 FM and KBCS 91.3 FM, and our second single, 'Salutations', hit #41 out of 5,732 (top 1%) on Garageband.com. We are currently ranked #13 on GiantRadio.com's NW Top 20 bands.

Group Members Tim Macauley, Steve DiStasio, KII Kay, Jon Grout

Instruments Vocals, Bass, Drums & Guitar

Albums State Your Intention

Press Reviews "[Mother's] well-played, nicely-produced album 'State your Intention' (Roaming Gnome Records) is full of accessible, jangly alt-rock" --SoundsXP.com, August 2003 "This is a band that is accessible without being irrelevant or overcommercialized. A great change of pace." --Indie-Music.com, April 15, 2003 "Song to song, there is enough variety on this first LP to prove real musical chops" --West Coast Performer Magazine, March 2, 2003

Location Seattle, WA - USA

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