dredg

Dredg is an American, partly experimental, Alternative-Rock-/Progressive-Rock-Band. It was founded in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1993. The band's name refers to the English verb to dredge, which means as much as " dredging of waters ". The band thought he was harder than other bands, and she liked the " profound " Name: " It's used in geology - you dredge rivers. We were heavier and we liked the thought of digging deeper. "

Band History

Dredg made ​​a name for himself through numerous appearances in her hometown of Los Gatos and various demos. The most famous demos are the Conscious and Orph - EPs. While Conscious is still very Sepultura and rap - influenced shows Orph, in which progressive direction the self-produced album will go leitmotif: Modern Alternative / Progressive music with world music influences.

The members of the band, especially bassist Drew Roulette, are also active as a painter. The 2002 released album El Cielo was Salvador Dalí's painting Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee around a Pomegranate, inspired one second before waking up and is thematically of lucid dreaming. Both thematically and musically much more complex than its predecessor, the Interscope debut album offers a crystal-clear sound, recorded at Skywalker Ranch. Through a wide range of guest musicians including Azam Ali to the achieving new limits is possible, without compromising the rock music in the background.

With the album Catch Without Arms from the year 2005, the Americans have distanced themselves from too great experimentation and heaviness. Also on this album you will find a concept that is not quite as complex but as its predecessor. The album deals with various reciprocities and in life just seems therefore a very personal album in the band's history to be. Issues such as alcohol problems and love to be addressed, but also self-criticism and dealing with this album ( see title track Catch Without Arms ) seem the band to be important.

The The Pariah, The Parrot, The Delusion named fourth album, the band appeared after multiple delays on May 29, 2009. Singer Gavin Hayes As reported in interviews that the lyrics on the album are strong comprehensive 18 pieces of Salman Rushdie's essay " A letter to the 6 billionth person " affected. The album was produced by Matt Radosevich. The album is divided into ten regular songs, four instrumentals and four spoken pieces, so called from the band Vocaludes. The first single from the album is the title information, which was originally written for the film Water Borne.

Discography

Studio albums

Live albums

EPs

Singles

  • 2005: Bug Eyes ( Promo only )
  • 2005: Catch Without Arms ( download only)
  • 2005: Stone by Stone ( download only)
  • 2009: Information
  • 2011: The Thought of Losing You
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