Artist description Guitar-heavy grooves. Sudden stops. Melodic tinkerings. Dynamic, swirling segues. Fuzz bass. Heart-felt vocals. One reviewer had this to say, "guitar-driven indie pop, filtered through intellectual Dischord stylings...catchy guitar riffs...inspired singing...". -------------------------------------------------------------------

Music Style POST-PUNK INDEPENDENT GUITAR-ROCK power-pop, noise-rock, lo-fi, college -------------------------------------------------------------------

Musical Influences from Minor Threat to Miles Davis to Bob Marley and everything in between or otherwise. ------------------------------------------------------------------- The Ottoman Society's musical philosophy : each member brings his own "special dish" to the pot-luck dinner. Our varied influences and musical tastes simmer and stew in a sound which is fun, loud, and easily recognizable -------------------------------------------------------------------

Similar Artists most noticably : superchunk, fugazi, my name, weezer, jawbox --- with shades of : bracket, watt, minutemen, firehose, portastatic, led zeppelin, lagwagon, van halen(pre-hagar), sonic youth, pavement

Artist History Formed in 1998, the members of The Ottoman Society are definately not strangers to one another. All members have played together in various other bands dating as far back as 1989. The band took a break from live performance in May of 1999, to record their self-titled debut cd. Cd sales remain steady, as the band is currently (fall'99) playing much giggage and writing songs for their next release (due spring'99). The Ottoman Society would love to play YOUR show...e-mail us. -------------------------------------------------------------------

Group Members ************** J.B. - guitar, vocals ************* ****************** Kev - drums ***************** ************* Brand - bass, vocals ************* ************ Turner - guitar, vocals *************

Instruments Other than our main instruments (which are pictured, at left), we occasionally break out the harmonica, slide whistle, recorder, banjo, piano soundboard, tambourine, or laser gun. -------------------------------------------------------------------

Albums The Ottoman Society 1 (recorded June,1999) Too Much Time On Our Hand (out of print) -------------------------------------------------------------------

Press Reviews Brief reviews of our past shows can be found at the "calendar and notes" link above.

Location Anderson, IN - USA

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