Artist description Mission Statement: Habitforming is intent on warming the hearts of millions through hefty car sales, minimal theme park touring, hoards of motivational tapes, and an over-abundance of cheap petroleum products that are just plain hooked on a feeling.... In an age of manufactured pop, rehashed rock, and unbridled pandering to the lowest common denominator, Habitforming insist on cultivating their own breed of alternative music. Untainted by the standard formula of today's music, which solely bases itself on prefabricated sure shots.

Music Style Rock n Roll

Musical Influences Everything in music in the last 50 years

Similar Artists N/A

Artist History Habitforming's sound can vary from slow crawling, melodic overtones to a more raw industrial strength, noisemaking. They use a melting pot of different textures, time signatures, swanky grooves, samples, vocal harmonies, and various tempos to lay their foundation. Dynamics are key for this band. Habitforming uses a lot of shapes and colors in all sizes. The San Francisco based band was born in late 1997 by through the musical bonding of Jethro DeHart and Damon Lee. Originally starting as just a recording project it spawned into something much more involved. The original trio was not complete until mid 1998 when drummer Justin Gubner was committed, at which time the band began putting its montage of recorded ideas into song form and ultimately piecing together what would be their debut CD, Habitat. The debut CD was released in Europe on the now defunct Italian label, Fedora, in the spring of '99. A successful 6-week European club tour followed. The band returned to the San Francisco to commence work on a new album. Recruiting NYC musician Brian Spector, to help with the recording/production, things began to take on a life of their own. Added into the mix was former Ten Inch God's drummer Lewis McLin to replace Justin Gubner, and a new incarnation of Habitforming was born. The foursome began to pile excessive amounts of recording gear into their rehearsal/recording studio, dubbed the Habitforming Organic Lab, intent on being as self-sufficient as possible. During the next year and a half, the band took on more ambitious projects. The band delved into Scoring/Performing pieces of music for Kunst-Stoff, the highly regarded San Francisco modern dance troupe, Myradance Company in Philadelphia, and the Amy Stewart Dance Company in San Francisco. The result of those collaborations was the all-instrumental release, Slow Motion Drifting, on the bands own label in late 2001. The album showcases the group's ability to create ethereal textures and dreamy landscapes. Aching to perform new material in front of a live audience the group set out on a series of club shows through out California in the beginning of 2002, returning to the studio for more writing and pre-production. To date, the foursome have more 20 songs in various stages of completion, which will ultimately be refined down to a 5 song EP entitled, Intermingle, later this year, followed by a full album release and club tour in early 2003. Since it's beginning the band has been involved in numerous arguments, disagreements, extended recording sessions, rigorous rehearsals, club tours via smelly passenger vans, and a multitude of psychiatric treatment. Each member has been successfully rehabilitated, using the Habitforming technique. To be continued......

Group Members Habitforming 's genetic makeup consists of: Lewis McLin on the trap kit, weighing in at 156 lbs. Brian Spector on guitars/Keys/samples and backing vocals, weighing in at 187 lbs. Damon Lee on electric/acoustic bass weighing in at 179 lbs. Jethro DeHart on lead vocals/guitars/harmonica weighing in at a mere 184 lbs., for a total of 706 lbs.

Albums Habitat, released 1998. Slow Motion Drifting, released 2001

Location San Francisco, CA - USA

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