Beth Kinderman & The Player Characters

Bio:

Beth Kinderman got her start as the prototypical girl with guitar, inflicting sad confessional folk songs upon various bars, coffee shops, and European cities. When she teamed up with the rest of the Player Characters, the path of her art changed for good. Nowadays, Beth Kinderman & the Player Characters are a geeky rock band that plays around the Midwest, challenging assumptions of what music for nerds can be. The PCs believe that topics like Firefly, Battlestar Galactica, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer are fertile ground for serious songwriting...that playing primarily for a fannish audience doesn't mean you have to compromise your vision...that fandom is overdue for a band that blends poetic lyrics, progressive rock's epic arrangements, and a punk sensibility. (And you don't have to be a geek to enjoy it either, but it helps!) Beth's first solo record, "All Of My Heroes Are Villains" is available for purchase through her website as well as via iTunes, CDbaby.com, and many other fine retailers. Beth Kinderman & the Player Characters' "Apocalypse Blues" will be released Friday, July 3, 2009 through the same channels. Check back then for more details! Better bio coming soon.




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Member Since:

January 12, 2006

Members:

Justin Hartley - drums, percussion, accordion. Beth Kinderman - vocals, guitars, bass, mandolin, synths, percussion, all lyrics & music. Dave Stagner - guitars, bass, synths, percussion, engineer & producer. Nikki Walker - vocals, synths, percussion.

Influences:

Jeff Buckley, Kate Bush, Tori Amos, Ani Difranco, Indigo Girls, Happy Rhodes, Stuart Davis, Leonard Cohen, Cowboy Junkies, PJ Harvey, Farscape, Firefly, Star Wars, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Battlestar Galactica, Babylon 5, comic books, really good roleplaying games, spirituality, all things wonderful and geeky

Sounds Like:

A folk singer discovering Rush, science fiction, and distortion pedals all at the same time.