Artist description Eclectic

Music Style alternative, diverse

Musical Influences Bowie, Pink Floyd, the Dead

Similar Artists Nevada Beach Front, Adrian Belew, Police, Clash, Dead, Bowie, Midnight Oil, Cure, Goo, Replacements, U2, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Bush, Nirvana, Government Issue, King Crimson, Beatles, Queen, Sunseri

Artist History Blacken the Bone was born out of Nevada Beach Front.The group started out as a 3 piece band looking for a singer, then stayed 3 piece as a couple members tried their hand at singing and ended upas a four piece - 2 guitars, bass, drums and shared vocals. The group played most of San Diego's venues and coffee houses as well as the now defunct Madame Wong's in L.A. The band broke up in 1992. The band's organizational support, photography, recording, sound engineering, and production was handled by Chris Rice.

Group Members Mitch Michieli (songwriter, drums) later moved to Seattle and joined 'Sixty-Six Saints' which released a single nation wide (Driver, Sundowner). He then moved to Denver and formed the band 'Jonestown' of which he was the frontman. Mitch remains in Denver.Rick Watling (songwriter, bassist) later studied musicat UCSD and played with the La Jolla Symphony. Rick now writes and plays bass for'Sunseri' with former UCSD veteran, Randy Graves, and ex- 'Wet Pets,' Mike Bedard and SofiaSunseri. Rick lives in Los Angeles.Chris Rice (sound engineer, producer, etc.) also played basswith 'Fred's Wet Pet' while he was part of BTB.'Fred's Wet Pet' did several gigs with Blacken the Bone and was led by Tommy Bednash of NevadaBeach Front. Chris now lives in San Francisco.Mike Sabo (guitar) later joined 'Perv' and toured Southern California. Mike now plays with the 'Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash' and lives in San Diego.Steve Sabo (guitar) went on to play with Pocket Venus from 1993-1994,with Succotash from 1994-1995, with Perv in 1996, and is currently playing with Trilateral. Steve remains in San Diego.

Instruments drums, guitars, bass, lexicon

Albums Blacken the Bone 1

Press Reviews "Who ate my pasta?" - Fishman."Who is the real Yoko here?" - Unknown. "Open up." S.D.P.D.

Additional Info In remembrance of Kimberly Bednash, all profits from CD sales will be donated to NARSAD (https://www.mhsource.com/advocacy/narsad/donate.html) to go towards researching depression and related problems. For more information log on to http://www.mhsource.com/narsad.html

Location San Diego, CA - USA

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