Artist description Bellyfeel is Tim Gebauer. Along with drummer Danny Hommes and guitarist Mike Speckhard and live support from bassist Chris Burke and DJ Hugs, the band creates a stunning blend of passion and technology that rocks the modern music fan. Combining techno drum loops, random whacked samples, gritty guitar, real deal drums and moody vocal stylings, Bellyfeel on record sounds fresh, complex and familiar.In concert the band appears more than familiar and fresh. They become a cohesive entity that transforms the songs into hypnotic carnival rides leaving you wishing you had purchased ten tickets instead of one.

Music Style modern rock

Similar Artists Pink Floyd, Radiohead, Jesus & Mary Chain

Artist History March 1995 - Tim Gebauer submits a home recording of Swallow for inclusion on KPNT Pointessential Volume One and the track is accepted. The band doesn't exist at this time.May 1995 - Based on the demo version of Swallow, Bellyfeel is excepted into the Crossroads Music Festival in Memphis and is forced into existence. Tim confirms a long standing relationship with Danny Hommes and asks him to fill the drummers seat. Mike Speckhard handles additional guitar and engineer Steve Higdon supplies needed technical expertise to ensure a dynamic performance.Summer 1995 - Bellyfeel opens for Filter, God Lives Underwater, Machines of Loving Grace, 1000 Mona Lisas and the very first show ever by friends Gravity Kills.Fall 1995 - Bellyfeel performs at Mississippi River Music Festival in St. Louis. Which earns the band a mention in Billboard Magazine's Continental Drift.May 1996 - Work begins on the first full length release at the band's warehouse space in downtown St. Louis.August 1998 - After two years of work Bellyfeel releases the aptly titled Long Slow Burn with a release party at The Side Door Club in St. Louis.Fall 1998 - Swallow is again included on KPNT's Pointessential Platinum.Winter 1999 - 105.7 KPNT The Point places the single Rot in the Cagematch feature and the song precedes to win four days in a row, beating tracks from Green Day, Social Distortions, Depeche Mode and Jimmy's Chicken Shack.April 1999 - Bellyfeel gets added to the playlist of numerous college radio stations across the country.May 1999 - Bellyfeel performs at Pointfest 11 with Hole, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Silver Chair, Econoline Crush and ten others.June 1999 - Rot is included on Pointessential 6

Group Members Tim Gebauer,Mike Speckhard,Danny Hommes andChris Bertke

Instruments guitar, bass, drums, radio, keyboards

Albums Long Slow Burn

Press Reviews ...one of the most exciting new bands to emerge from St. Louis in quite some time. The brainchild of singer/guitarist Tim Gebauer, who’s joined live by veteran drummer Danny Hommes and guitarist Mike Speckhard; Bellyfeel marry industrial-tinged hard rock with a looser, more organic feel to create a sound unique on the local scene. Riverfront Times

Location St. Charles, MO - USA

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