Aussie Bridger - Jon Lesher - John Riggs - Ben Mishler - Robert Cheifetz.
Influences
Jeff Buckley, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, King Crimson, Sigur Ros, Radiohead, YES, The Beatles, Stone Temple Pilots, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Depeche Mode, The White Stripes, The Flaming Lips, The Mars Volta, John Frusciante, Coldplay, Sondre Lerche, Elliott Smith, The VelvetTeen
DEATH OF THE EXHIBITION - by ADD MOSS
Produced by Aussie Bridger and recorded by Jonathan Lesher. DOTE is the most Hyper-charged and ecclectic recording to come out of Martinez, California in quite some time.
Performed by Aussie Bridger, Joey the Coyote and Jonathan Lesher, DOTE spans a running time of seventy-four minutes with a track listing of twenty-one songs. An array of influences are present on this Alternative Art Rock Record such as; Ween, Jerry Cantrell, Depeche Mode, John Frusciante, Marc Ribot, and The Police.
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ADDMOSS has been through many changes since their beginnings. Original band members Aussie Bridger, Joey the Coyote and Rey Gonzales exploded onto the scene with their first album "Moonbeams For The Larger Lunacy" (2000). The fresh, young freshman release had an impressive ecclectic selection of tracks from the rock epic "War Child," their twist on a classic waltz with "Feigning Fandango," and the pop tune "At The Beep." (Which featured FINGERTIGHTS Sergio Reynoso.) After playing just a few local shows Addmoss had built up a moderate following. The second recording "Orwell's Nightmare" (2001) showed promise of a strong local indie band on the rise with prog-rock epics such as "MoonWalk, MoonSault" and "Blunderbuss;" some funk with "Demograph March" and "All Pained of Fancy Free," and an etherial experience in "Tan Y Clogwyn." ADDMOSS toured "Orwell" a bit locally and participated in some music festivals. Unfortunately, difficulties and conflicting schedules caused the unfortunate end to the group soon after, with each member going their seperate ways. Aussie Bridger and Joey the Coyote remained close though and collaborated on each others own music, both creating a string of solo records. Aussie Bridger kept the name ADDMOSS focusing his new songs around a revolving door band ideal with guest performances, most notably, Joey the Coyote who has performed on and created album artwork on the last two records. "ADD MOSS is really about my musical expression which I think I learned through my solo efforts that when you play alone you sound alone. So I find it's almost my job through these songs to showcases the voices and talents I've found to their approriate medium." says Bridger. "Sacrifice of the Opalescents," (2003) feels guided and features a cohesive blend of songs which makes "Sacrifice" AddMoss' most mature effort. It features such gems as the pop-romances "Their Love" and "Live For Me." Some darker messages are dealt out in "If Not For You," and "Sojourn Song." There's still some of that old AddMoss sound in "It Turns To Stone" and "Bodmin Rock."
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The fourth release "Anima" (2005) is an entirely differen't beast. It tells the ancient celtic tale of Tristan and Iseult and their tragically epic romance. "It's really an interpretation." states Aussie Bridger. "I just wanted to excercise my romantic projections and failings through a fairy tale from the perspective of Jung's analysis and the insight of my own tragedies in love." Conceived as a rock-record from the Celtic fringe the album is noticeably organic from it's first track and steadily electrifies it's message towards it's demise in the tenth track "The Jasper Ring."
Work is still being done on "The Discarded One E.P." featuring ideas that failed to make it to "Anima" as well as the debut of Aussie Bridger's newest toy the lyrical six-string standard tuning bass. (The cover can be viewed in the pics section featuring a LLama drawn by Joey the Coyote.)
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YO!!! This Saturday is our CD Release party for our first Full Length Album "Aluminum Reggae" at Time out in Concord! We have been working on this album since march and would love for you to come help Celebrate it's completion! 12 SMG Tracks ready for your ears for only $5! Please come out and support us at TIME OUT IN CONCORD THIS SATURDAY Playing with our friends Shortcuts to Fame, Subliminal the Kid, Get Rich, and Fazzed Too!!!! Thanks for everyone's support in getting the Album to you and we can't wait to hear what you thnk about it! See ya Saturday!
P.s. The Ablum will be availabile on Cd Baby and iTunes this weekend for our friends in So-cal and everywhere else! Thanks again!
I hope to see you and all of your friends here! Hit me up if you want guestlist details. Thanks to all the many people who came out to the first Reggae show we threw! It was great seeing so many people from all over come together! See On the 23rd of October Again!
GAH! make something i can buy, all this pirated music is leaving extra money which is going to drugs and back alley gambling. You ever heard of Fa'n T'an? I know Bai Mao has. And he wants the $10 i would normally spend on your CD/digital download. Of course I guess i DO kinda owe him the money, so that TECHNICALLY makes it HIS money but my cat has been missing for a week. So we're square. I hope..... i really like my fingers. I'm just so damn good at Fa'n T'an, y'know? It's like, fuck you Bai, i got the cash, gimme the die. Y'know? He's got kids and shit. He's the irresponsible one. Anyways, moar muzik plox.
Hi Add Moss, thanks for the add request! "Meet the Meatbats," the debut release from Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith's new group, the Bombastic Meatbats, is almost here! The CD is a sexy and loud, sonic funk experience that fuses together styles as diverse as funk, punk and 70's R&B! GET IT NOW, along with Free banner and wallpapers downloads! Please help spread the word with your friends and thanks for supporting Chad Smith's Bombastic Meatbats!!!
Yo Austin, if you get around to reading this, it's John Walsh. This is the rap group that I do "Metaphorsemen". We lost a key guy but we're still trying to do things. Czech out the track "925" that's my solo. We have a recording studio at Detroit and Monument so if you ever wanna colab or a place to record or reherse or even host a show hit me up (and i'll get you in touch with the owner).
What's up guys? Heads up - we're playing an all ages show at Slim's with Barcelona and Meese on Wednesday the 12th of August. Doors at 730 - hope you can make it.
24 bangin tracks all the way threw...produced by asop (living legends) , elusive , adept , xcallibur, green tooth , don pro and soooo much more... this album is truly a needle in a haystack...limited time only... dont miss out...
ADD MOSS If you are looking for something to do tonight, Kaura is playing a secret show at Time Out in Concord to test out some of their live material. They hit the stage at 11PM. Hope to see you out there.
Hey Austin, my band WoMama will be coming
through the city on tour this June. We will be in SF on Friday June 12
at a club called Pier 23 Café. It's like world fusion hippy dance
music. Give it a listen and see if you might want to come out and check
out what I've been doing lately. It'd be nice to see some familiar
faces out there dancin'.
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