The official website of Alan's Wrench-the fresh emotionally driven modern rock band from Newport Beach, California.
From Orange County, California comes one of the most successful independent rock bands in recent years. Alan’s Wrench. A band who Music Connection magazine hails as “modern rock that is radio ready”. Formed in 1997 by frontman and vocalist Dave Simoncic, Alan’s Wrench had consistently brought a new insight to modern rock n’ roll. An idea based not so much as where music is today, but where it’s going to be tomorrow. “Rock’s got a million faces, you just gotta find which one you’re gonna wear”, said Dave recently in an interview with the Journal Star. Find it they have. Alan’s Wrench, being a rock band in a predominantly punk area like Orange County, had excelled in creating a broad and diverse fan base. With their sophomore CD release in late 2002, “Room With A View”, and their newest CD (soon to be released), Alan’s Wrench has been winning over fans of all genres, bringing them back to shows over and over with their emotional form of rock n’ roll ...
Ape House: Power-Pop for the smart set: DC power-pop sensations Ape House combine rocking, yet smart guitar work, catchy vocals, top-notch bass and ferocious drumming. All good music fans know that Ape House was formed in Washington, DC in 2001 when home recording enthusiast J. Forté got together with local bass legend Steve Shook and former Love Slug members Gil Hegwood and GP Shook. While the band's initial plan was to secure a multi-million-dollar major label deal by the time they'd made their 5th public appearance, they wisely decided to build up some down n' dirty street cred first - and thus formed indie label Croftöne Records ...
U-Melt, formerly known as a440, combines rock, progressive jazz, blues, ambient, trance and fusion into their own organic progressive groove. If there is one band poised to explode on the scene, it is certainly the trailblazing quartet from New York City, U-Melt. Thanks in part to relentless touring up and down the East Coast for the past three years, U-Melt has forged a unique sound that combines infectious dance grooves with captivating compositions, soulful lyrics and virtuosic chops. After branching out to the Midwest with great success, they are ready to share their organic progressive groove with the rest of the nation ...
Amontillado: was a band that introduced the RE-PULSE style. The band has extinguished, but now we ended up with the understanding that RE-PULSE has always been something more than merely a musical experience. RE-PULSE cuold rather be described as a special state of mind; a way the external Universe is reflected within the realm of our concience. The ways of RE-PULSE can be applied to any sort of creative activities, be that music, literature, painting, or whatever ...
My Brightest Diamond (formerly: Awry) is Shara Worden, granddaughter of an Epiphone-playing traveling evangelist, fathered by a National Accordion Champion, and mothered by a church organist. Spanish tangos, Sunday morning gospel, classical and jazz were the accompaniment to her home life. Her first song was recorded at age three and by age eight she was studying piano, performing in community musical productions and singing in her Pentecostal church choir, in Ypsilanti, Michigan, where she spent most of her childhood ...