Artist description The Pillbugs are champions of psychedelia in it's purest form. The goal of the band is to go forward by going backward and with the mindset that we will take psychedelic rock and roll to newer places. We indulge in many sounds and instruments while keeping the music fresh, fun and memorable. We like to take advantage of the fact that music is played primarily on 2 separate speakers. Along with incredible stereo separation you'll find songs with strings, horns, backwards guitars and sounds, sitars (all real, analogue and genuine) combined with the more traditional rock and roll instruments. All that genre stuff aside, we'd like to point out that SONGWRITING is king. That is the main focus of our group; to write great "gotta hear THAT again" songs.

Music Style Psychedelic

Musical Influences The Beatles, The Kinks, The Monkees, Pink Floyd, The Who, The Beach Boys, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, The Doors

Similar Artists The Beatles?, The Monkees?, Syd's Pink Floyd? The Dukes Of Stratosphere?

Artist History The Pillbugs (Toledo, Ohio) formed in 1996. We just released our 2nd CD, THE 3-DIMENSIONAL IN-POPCYCLE DREAM, in March, 2003. We released a double CD-set in 1998. The discs have since sold out. We have fans all over the world who visit our website www.pillbugs.com and purchase music. We have been very active as a live orignal band and we've also opened for some fairly big names (Bad Company, ELO, Peter Frampton, Cheap Trick, Meatloaf, War, King's X, Foreigner, Gilby Clarke, Dead-Eye Dick). We write and record a new song every week that is also briefly featured on our website.

Group Members Mark Mikel - vocals, guitars, keyboards David Murnen - vocals, percussion Mark Kelley - bass, vocals Scott Tabner - guitars Dan Chalmers - drums

Albums THE 3-DIMENSIONAL IN-POPCYCLE DREAM (2003) ; THE PILLBUGS (1998)

Additional Info info@pillbugs.com

Location Toledo, OH - USA

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