Artist description 4 piece, emo punk band from eugene oregon

Music Style punk, emo

Musical Influences the ataris, NFG, unwritten law, saves the day, weezer, alkaline trio

Similar Artists the ataris, blink 182, new found glory, saves the day, A3

Artist History alterEGO is a 4 piece alternative, pop-punk, emo band from Eugene Oregon. Formed in the summer of 2000, alterEGO has quickly made a name for themselves. In May of 2001 alterEGO released their second full length CD entitled ‘the difference between me and you’ a follow up to their first release ‘student of the month’. Within days of the release of ‘the difference between me and you’ the first single ‘two years’ made it to #4 on the soundclick.com alternative charts. Ranking above well known artists such as; Save Ferris and Nerf Herder. Now alterEGO is hard at work practicing and playing local shows in anticipation of a summer tour along the west coast. alterEGO is made up of 4 members; Taylor Morden, (guitar, vocals) Jeffery Miracle, (guitar) Gary Roberts, (Bass) and Chiff “Spaceman Spiff” Roberts (drums). Taylor Morden has already made a name for himself as the trumpet player in two successful Oregon ska bands; Double-O-Seven and the Varicoasters. Opening for such acts as: FenixTX, Reel Big Fish, Sum41, and Five Iron Frenzy. Songs from Double-O-Seven have been featured as background music on the MTV shows ‘the real world’ and ‘making the video’. However, for Taylor alterEGO is in no way just a ‘side project’ His insightful and sometimes humorous lyrics and wacky on-stage antics help make alterEGO the non-stop crowd pleasers that they are. Jeffrey Miracle has also made a name for himself playing in other moderately successful local bands. Some of his guitar playing influences include New Found Glory, the Ataris, and Blink182. For brothers Gary and Chiff Roberts alterEGO is more than just a chance to spend quality time with each other. They also get to play the music they love. alterEGO was formed in the summer of 2000 when Gary and Taylor were living together in a house full of extreme drug addicts, they began writing songs to escape from the daily hassles that they were enduring. Gary’s brother Chiff was the obvious choice for a drummer. They played together as a trio for about seven months during which they released their first full length CD. Shortly thereafter they were introduced to Jeffery Miracle through a mutual friend. Jeff added new life to the old songs and the new songs they write together were even better than before. Recently, Jeff left the band to have a 'real job' in southern california, so we recruited Mat Foster from some other local band, and now were even more rockin!

Group Members Taylor Morden, Gary Roberts, Nao Horota

Instruments 2 guitars, bass, drums, vocals

Albums the difference between me and you, student of the month, amazing adventures EP, "Station!"

Press Reviews "alterEGO isn't very good" -Shoji Watanabe (oregon newspaper)

Location Eugene, OR - USA

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