Strike City

Description:

A dynamically apocolyptic band with huge amounts of short delay and clever crescendos. Powerfully and provokingly beautiful. They were usually pretty fucking dark and mind-bending. Unfairly compared to Slint and Rodan. Early on they covered "Prophesy Theme" by Brian Eno from the film Dune and later "Back in New York City" by Genesis from "the Lamb Lays Down on Broadway" album w/ Shelby McDowell III on vocals. A free CD recorded by Kevin Ratterman was given away at the door of their last Show. RIP. -Aron Conaway

Band Members:

Mark Campbell: drums
Matthew Gardiner: bass
Tyler Trotter: guitar/synth/samples/vibes
Michael Oerther: guitar
Shawn Trail: mallets/drums/djembe/perc/pianet

Other members include:

John Smith: drums
Patrick Luebbers: sample guru
Pete Petersen: piano
Aron Conaway: Occasional Visual Stimuli & Graphic Design

Influences: Pink Floyd, Philip Glass, Brian Eno, Steve Reich, King Crimson, This Heat, Cheer-Accident, CAN

Played shows with:

Arch
Scaramongo
Tyrone
Seluah
Parlour
Your Black Star
The Children
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
Last House on the Left
the Swords Project
Entertainment
Lynx
Fin Fang Foom
Mono
Mercury Program
Cheer-Accident
and others