Artist description Wedgee has been a favorite in Tampa Bay and beyond for the last few years because they are as fun to listen to live as they are on their award-winning CDs. Their fan base ranges from pre-teens to college students to grandparents, and their sound ranges from pop to ska to rock. Call them anything but typical!

Music Style Fun dance/radio style music ranging from ska to rock to power pop.

Similar Artists Smash Mouth, Goo Goo Dolls, Sugar Ray, Barenaked Ladies

Artist History Wedgee's founding members, brothers from Virginia Beach, moved to Florida and quickly picked up their bass player and keyboardist through an appearance on MTV in 1997. A year later, Wedgee won Spin Magazine & Geocities Best Unsigned Band Contest, spurned on by critical acclaim of their album "Radio Ready". 1999 was even better: After an appearance at Sunfest, the nation's largest waterfront festival, before 20,000 people, Wedgee then won VH1's Big Break Unsigned Band Contest and warmed up for John Mellencamp. In all, Wedgee has performed with around 50 major national acts, including Hootie & the Blowfish and Third Eye Blind.

Group Members Mitch Creasy: lead vocals & guitar; John Cannon: bass & vocals; Mark Creasy: guitar & vocals; Steve Dohring: drums & percussion; Johnny Garcia: keyboards & vocals

Instruments Electric guitar, acoustic guitar, bass, drums, keyboards

Albums (3) "I New Them When", released 1/1/00; (2) "Radio Ready"; (1) "4Ever Surf"

Press Reviews Great review from the New York Post's Dan Aquilante, who said, "Mitch Creasy's terrific vocals, hitched to a tight, original rock band make Wedgee one of the hottest prospects these days in rock music." Chris Blank of the St. Petersburg Times called Wedgee "Tampa Bay's Most Likely To Succeed...They've got a great ska-flavored rock sound, and the charisma to go with it." (See our web site for complete articles.)

Additional Info Wedgee Wear merchandise line, including t-shirts, boxers and "Pants On Fire" hot sauce

Location Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida - USA

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