Artist description aggressive rock delivered with hard hitting certainty, soaring vocal melodies, and thunderous groove.

Music Style intelligent, aggressive punkish rock

Musical Influences fugazi, tortoise, misfits, nick drake, talking heads, J. Buckley, mogwai, etc

Similar Artists Mars volta, pretty girls make graves, submission hold

Artist History Tregenza formed in Felton, CA by drummer Mark Quinn and Kelli Hanson. Upon moving to Seattle, in 2000, they recently added Skye Wait to the band on bass.

Group Members Kelli Hanson, Mark Quinn, Skye Wait

Instruments vocals/ guitar, bass and drums

Albums Zona EP, Tregenza (debut)

Press Reviews What do you get when you take two hard-rocking Santa Cruzers, transplant them to Seattle and add a bassist who comes on like a human earthquake? The equation is complex, but the answer is simple: noteworthy power-trio of the week Tregenza, who kicked some ass at the Mediterranean last Tuesday night, only five days after they finished recording their first EP in Oakland. If it sounds anything like their live performance, it's going to do some serious damage. Although it's true that math rock bands that change melodies and time signatures too many times in one song wind up sounding muddled and wrecking potential hooks with hypercomplexity, Tregenza rocks hard through the realm of unpredictability with all its fancy stylistic shifts and dramatic starts and stops, thanks to a brutally hard-working drummer and a standout vocal performance from singer/guitarist Kelli, who has no problem switching up her vocal style, flashing effortlessly between the sexy good-girl whisperings of Blondie, the poppy rock-queen vocals of Gwen Stefani and the raging, neurotic warbles of Jello Biafra and that crazy chick from Sleater-Kinney. Check out "English Teacups" on their website, www.tregenzamusic.net. Mike Connor

Location seattle, wa - USA

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