Artist description A one man art rock, kinda goth, very progessive music and picture experience. In a world where everything now sounds the same, here's something that is so completely different it will wobble your mind.

Music Style Progressive rock/Gothic

Musical Influences Pink Floyd, Peter Gabriel, David Bowie, new Model Army

Similar Artists Peter Gabriel, Pink Floyd

Artist History The story of noise626 began in 1991, when a then young guitarist named Ant Graham was asked by a more than unusual gothic rock band called Mime of Sin and Repent to join their merry lot. He did, and in the year that followed learned many things. He learned the joy of performing, and joy of writing music with a brilliant, if somewhat mad lyricist, the joy of playing with a truly astonishing band and how all of those things can go wrong. It was a great and terrible time. And in the end, it soon became apparent that he could no longer tread the boards with the Mime, but before leaving the band, he did have the opportunity to meet a wondrous keyboardist and bassist named Brent Heinze. This would prove very, very important as time went on. For eight years, Ant stayed away from his guitar, and instead tried his hand at learning how MIDI music worked on his PC; he, in fact, began recording an all MIDI cassette under the name Noise Inc that he had designs for as an underground release. But, his personal life took a turn for the weird, and he was never able to follow up on it. Woe is him. Cut to1999. He began writing songs again on his acoustic guitar. Not having any real ideas of releasing it, mind you. Just something to pass the time. He had always written poetry that was well received, but had never really thought of doing much with it (aside from a few spoken word shows here and there). For a year he wrote, until he had filled three notebooks full of random musings and brain droppings. Then, in 2000, during a chance meeting with the aforementioned Mr. Heinze, he accepted a gig to lay down some acoustic guitar tracks for Brent's band, Christus Christus, who had just gotten signed and who's leader, an enigmatic fellow named S. Murray Solida, wanted to try something different. And what started as a one off job playing a little guitar ended up as a membership in one of the most aggressively creative, mind altering and downright earth wobbling bands in existence, Christus and The Cosmonaughts (notice the name change). And, not only that, but he was given a chance to record an album on Solida's label, Ol' Scratch Recordings. Not one to look a gift horse in the mouth, he set to it, reworked the original name of Noise Inc to a more soothing moniker of noise626 and transformed a few scratchy acoustic recordings into something called Gothic Progressive Rock. Muscular and challenging like prog rock, but eerie and melodic like goth, The Art of Falling Forward, his first album, is in parts a moody collection of set pieces on faith, obsession, despair and love as well as a throwback to the days of the concept album/rock opera, with the title track being a four part 20 plus minute piece about a man in search of joy in stifling perfection. And that's just the beginning....

Group Members Anthony Graham and a host of machines that do as they are told (most of the time).

Instruments Guitars, Bass, Synths, Programming, eBow

Albums The Art of Falling Forward

Press Reviews "Gothic progressive rock" is how the press release describes Noise626's debut album. It's a fitting description for the work of Ant Graham too. Peter Gabriel is the obvious influence here, both in terms of Graham's weary, soothing and (at the same time) troubled vocal and the Genesis-like tendency to let songs meander into non-conformist song structure. To remind us that we are in the 21st Century, the odd trip-hop and electronic effects are thrown in adding to the mixture of acoustic rock (the pretty Mike Oldfield-like guitar patterns of 'Away') and lo-fi grunge (often used on the concept-led second half of the album). The first half of the album is very good indeed; whilst retaining the ability to stir emotions - whether it be hope or despair - the refreshingly original arrangements touch on a unique sound that is rare on modern day independent releases. An encouraging beginning." "This is a great CD for those of you who have lost faith in the next generation of Goth music!"

Location Colorado Springs, CO - USA

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