Carl Nelson - Vocals, Guitar
David Click - Vocals, Guitar
Jacob Miguel - Vocals, Bass
Matt Judson - Drums
Influences
The great psychedelic groups of the 60's-70's:
Pink Floyd
Jimi Hendrix
Led Zeppelin
The Grateful Dead
Carlos Santana
The Mahavishnu Orchestra
The Velvet Underground
The Doors
Jefferson Airplane
etc.
More modern influences:
At the Drive-in
Brian Jonestown Massacre
Circa Survive
Coldplay
Deftones
Fugazi
Mars Volta
Mastodon
Nirvana
Queens of the Stone Age
Radiohead
Smashing Pumpkins
Sparta
The ever modern:
Miles Davis
My wife:
Amy Winehouse
And other more local groups:
Pattern Crawler
The Great Influence Machine
Loose Lips Sink Ships
Spacklebury
Strongshark
Pilgrims of the Age of Fire
Anni Rossi (LA/Chicago)
Light Pollution
Chimera Twilight
Aktar Aktar (Chicago)
Forever Days Forgotten (CA)
Casket Salesmen (CA)
Astral Guard was formed in 2006 by Guitarist/Vocalist & Songwriter Carl Nelson, with Jacob Miguel on bass guitar. After David Click joined the band, our heroes quickly realized they needed louder, sturdier equipment, and quickly. Mark Walters took up the task of hammering out ball-busting beats on the drumset, again destroying everything in sight. With the addition of mad scientist Douglas Pendleton on the synthesizer, the band has been exploring the vast expanses of the netherworlds in search of music that melts faces and explodes the senses into golden infinity spirals of immortality nectar.
In October 2007, our fearless warriors had a unique opportunity to take over a local recording studio in downtown DeKalb, Illinois. Remodeling it, turning it into a recording studio/full performance venue and renaming it "The Rising Sun Studios", this would prove to be a worthy home base, and a cornerstone in the town's music and art scene.
The summer of ..08 found the Guard taking a two-month West Coast tour, playing at a variety of historic venues, including Quixote's in Denver, CO, Winston's in Ocean Beach San Diego, The Whisky A Go-Go in West Hollywood, and Mt. Tabor Legacy Theater in Portland, OR. The band recorded their exploits in a DVD documentary, see blog for details.
As we reach the beginning of 2009, Astral Guard is working to mix and master their first album, and have plans to record their second full-length album at the Institute of Professional Recording in Minneapolis, MN. They also are continually seeking to find steady management/A&R/record label assistance.
Reach us at theastralguard@yahoo.com!
See our blog section for booking info, documentary info, check out our crazy pictures and 'training of the guard' videos, and let us know what you think!!
(all songs copyright Astral Guard 2009, all rights reserved...don't steal our shit!)
We're recruiting new members for our street team from our myspace friends. If you'd like to help out and get some free mindflow gear in the process join below!! If you have any questions feel free to comment back with your questions.
haha, yeah im gonna come out from california with a whole lot of 'dudes' and 'brotha's' and it'll all be good! hahaha, but yeah man im way into coming out there, i know people in texas and oklahoma that would be into helping me out too, hit salt lake city on the way back maybe...
BELMONDOS @ DARKROOM 2210 W Chicago...SUNDAY AUG 9TH...
Doors open at 7pm...We play at 9:30pm...
Lolla After-party...$6 w/ password "Highlife for the Lowlife"
Jacob and Astral Guard, just wanted to say thanks for having us play Stompkee, we had a blast and def want to come back next year and inbetween! Keep in touch, thanks again guys,
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