Artist description Imagine Chet Atkins and Captain Beefheart meeting Sly Stone and The Nice at the corner of They Might Be Giants and Soundgarden; well, at this intersection is a warehouse with a 100 watt bulb arc-welded into a 40 watt fixture. While scores of bands are watching each other try to unscrew this thing, each saying, "we could do it better," EnginEars have "left the building," to explore the great expanse of imagination and inspiration.

Music Style Alternative Rock with a progressive pop edge.

Musical Influences You name it; King Crimson,Beatles,Coltrane, Rush, Yes, Pink Floyd, TMBG, Dregs, Captain Beefhart,Sly Stone,Gentle Giant, Be Bop Deluxe and so many others

Similar Artists King Crimson, Kansas, Rush

Artist History Ron and Bryan, started out together in a Phoenix Rock trio called Genocide, with Bill Webb in 1978. They were part of an ever changing line-up that became several bands, such as The Spiffs, Network, Mallard, Squid Farm and Logic,(which featured keyboard wizard, Mike Noel). Peder started playing original compositions in a progressive rock quartet called Relayer, Fall 1976 in St. Cloud, Minnesota. He did a short stint playing Mini-Moog and Farfisa organ with guitar rock giants, Atlantis, Fall 1981 (Thin Lizzy has never sounded the same). Pete then joined the ever popular Minnesota band, Mace, with business-savy drummer,Kent Huntstiger during the golden age of cover bands in the early 80's. In 1984, Peder joined progressive titans, Logic (featuring Ron, Bryan and bassist, Jim Wilkinson)and replaced Noel on keys and vocals.Wilkinson was relieved of his duties October,1985 and Logic became a trio called Art Lab. The bass parts were covered by Bryan's Taurus Pedals and Octaver and Pete's Mini-Moog and Clavinet. Additional household items such as egg beaters and children's toys were found to be viable musical instruments. There were no limits or artistic boundaries. The Art Lab went beyond the realm of audio and produced several primitively mind boggling video excursions, inspired by Ron's squibbs (some of which are featured on the band's IUMA web page). The addition of former Genocide bassist, Henry Chavez, resulted in a return to progressive rock roots under the name Free Hand. Several children, one trip to graduate school, and the advent of online music publishing found Pete, Bryan and Ron returning to the trio format and arriving at the name, EnginEars in 1997. Bryan's keen sound engineering and production talents, as well as the addition of digital recorder, samplers, drums and keyboards, have brought EnginEars to a new level of writing and recording. An endless pallet of sounds are now available, which could only be dreamed of in the days of reel to reel tape and miking acoustic drums. We are now in the process of finishing our first full length cd. EnginEars currently record at the Hum Factory in Phoenix AZ. The home web page of EnginEars is http://www.enginears.homestead.com/mainpage.html

Group Members Ron Fields - Percussion, Vocals Peder Dahl - Keys, Vocals Bryan McIntyre - Guitars, Vocals

Press Reviews The Rush Factor Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 00:31:34 EDT Great States, by EnginEars Progressive Rock Time changes, syncopated vocals, cool drums...this one has a lot of different flavours but you can hear the Rush influence! Very tight. http://stations.mp3s.com/stations/30/the_rush_factor.html----EnginEars Y2K: Incorporating dialogue and anxiety-producing sound effects (ticking clocks, yelping dogs), this theatrically predisposed band celebrates the coming apocalypse with slinky metal guitar riffs and a dramatically pulsing Industrial beat. –Listen.com

Location Phoenix, Arizona - USA

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