Artist description an ever-evolving quartet, mines the same territory as Clem Snide but with twangier licks and an inclination toward rumbling indie-rock melt-downs. The rhythm stick strung like a banjo adds happy bouncy rhythms to some mighty sad songs...

Music Style indie-rock

Musical Influences Clem Snide, Knife In The Water, Handsome Family, Dinasaur Junior, and many others

Similar Artists Clem Snide, Knife In The Water, Handsome Family, The Peewee Fist

Artist History the south ain't what it used to be. new urban and suburban lifestyles clash and blend with rural traditions. global awareness infuses town communities with the desire to create new combinations which will hopefully be greater than the sum of their parts. hailing from several small cities across the mid-south, the members of the great depression have come together in the adopted hometown of memphis, tennessee to combine a wide variety of influences (from bluegrass to blues, from alt-country to hardcore punk) into a dynamic new sound deeply rooted in the songs of the rural south. after a brief relocation to baltimore, maryland to record their first record (here's to your destruction) in december 1999 and undertake a five week tour of the eastern half of the u.s. in the spring 2000. they moved back to memphis in march 2001.

Group Members dale naron (vocals, guitar) and john whitaker (bass, harmonies) have been with the band since its inception in 1998. in moving back to memphis, they lost two members only to replace them with stronger and more creative counterparts. with Angel Horton(formally of The Satyrs) on the drums, and justin loyd on guitar and strum-stick, they recorded a new record (could be never) in july 2001 and are ready to hit the road for two months in the fall to support it.

Press Reviews "You may remember a band called Bicycle Thief that was playing around town about a year ago. If you're wondering where they went, the answer is: Baltimore. Guitarist/singer/song-writer Dale Naron and company have taken their dark, somnambulistic country rock to the city of Poe where they now play under the name (fittingly) The Great Depression. This Monday, however, they'll be swinging back through town for a show at the Map Room with kindred mellow spirits Lucero. They'll be bringing with them a new CD, Here's To Your Destruction, that sounds like a collaboration between the Cowboy Junkies and the Velvet Underground (more so than the former's) "Sweet Jane" cover). Lyrically, it's pretty standard stuff - loneliness, woman troubles, drinking - but Naron has a fine feel for atmospheric and writes songs that seep into your head like an opium-shrouded dream. This stuff ordinarily doesn't play well live, but the cramp and dark Map Room may prove me wrong. In the meantime, just in the time for spring showers, Here's To Your Destruction makes one helluva rainy day soundtrack..."

Additional Info We suggest listening to these song w/ headphones or just turned up very loud..........Thanks for listening, TGD

Location memphis, tn - USA

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