Artist description White-collar shirts, black sweaters, perpetual motion. Grandiosity is severely underrated in today's rock world. Founded in 2000, debuted to 500+ people at the stroke of midnight on 2001, dead within two months. The Dimlit Hallways were meant for stardom, fighting back the madding crowd, and surprising listeners into contrition--if only things could have been more mediocre, and the stakes not as high. In the end, they choked on their own good fortune, cracked under the pressure of too much potential, sparking like a roman (s)candle across an otherwise clear night sky and then splintering on impact. Its members went on to bigger (and better?) things, but none in their heart of hearts will ever recapture that feeling of being pushed in by 500 of its peers--credibility-or-death scenesters clamoring for musical epiphany or shoot-the-singer vengeance--and somehow, miraculously, pushing back. Yes, they played "Transmission" (and well), and James Martin's voice called-up echoes of Robert Smith and Ian Curtis at their most animated, and yes the twin chime of Sean O'Neal and Gabe Baldwin's guitars had pitch-perfect, post-punk rhythm and atmosphere to spare, and sure Brendan Hynes rumbled and twirled his bass like no one since Peter Hook, and of course Kevin Bybee's drums could rattle Berlin and still keep Greenwich Mean Time--but the Dimlit Hallways was more than just the sum of its parts. It was an anomaly: a band born for each other, who couldn't ride its own momentum without breaking up at full throttle. But by 12:30 of the first hour of the new millenium, amidst the dancers who had long since invaded the stage, it was clear the people fortunate enough to bear witness had a new anthem in the epic "Moving Pictures," and the band would go on to claim its rightful place in music history. If only. The Dimlit Hallways is dead; long live The Dimlit Hallways. In its wake: a three song EP (produced by Scott Garred of Silver Scooter), a fond legacy amongst the Austin scene, and a critically injured video director from Los Angeles. In Memorium: The Dimlit Hallways 2000-2001.

Music Style romantic revisionism

Similar Artists The Cure, Joy Division, Echo & the Bunnymen, The Wake, The Fall, The Smiths

Group Members James Martin, Sean O'Neal, Gabe Baldwin, Brendan Hynes, Kevin Bybee, Ben Cissner

Instruments guitar/piano/synthesizer/bass/drums

Location Austin, TX - USA

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