Colonel Rhodes played its last show in July of 2005. We had a great run of things but it is over now. The three founding members have a new project called Watery, Domestic and everyone should check out their page and add them as a friend. www.myspace.com/waterydomestic.
OLD BIO:
Champaign-Urbana's Colonel Rhodes formed Fall 2003 when guitarist/vocalist Seth Hubbard and violinist/vocalist Louise Wasilowski began collaborating and playing occasional shows in the CU area. Keyboardist Megan Doyle oftentimes joined them.
Months later and with a handful of songs under their belt, the trio added a rhythm section – drummer Matthew Campbell and bassist Shane Cochran. The band began calling themselves Colonel Rhodes and soon landed a handful of shows including dates with Juliana Hatfield (Zoe Records), The Beauty Shop (UK’s Shoeshine Records), and Volcano, I'm Still Excited!! (Polyvinyl Records). The original lineup performed throughout the spring and summer of 2004 and played their final show on August 10th in Bloomington, IL. Parting amicably, Louise and Megan left the band for other adventures shortly thereafter.
With the addition of vocalist Elizabeth Holt and guitarist Loquor the Magnificent only a few weeks later, Colonel Rhodes again underwent an evolution of sound that was more fundamental than the inclusion of the rhythm section. Holt brought along with her a classically trained voice that dramatically complimented Hubbard's vocals and the band's music while Loquor brought a derivative playing style and an assortment of prefab guitars and equipment that diversified and expanded upon what – UP UNTIL THEN – had been sound of Colonel Rhodes.
The retooled band played their first gig on September 19th at Champaign’s acclaimed club The Highdive alongside Chin Up Chin Up (Flameshovel), The Sunshine Fix (spinART), Saturday Looks Good To Me (Polyvinyl Records), and Murder By Death (Eyeball). The show opened a variety of doors and friendships, which eventually led to shows with Lucero (Tiger Style), Shearwater (Misra), Catfish Haven (Thrill Jockey), and others. Colonel Rhodes had officially arrived and they were ready to enter the studio.
In October 2004, Colonel Rhodes began recording their debut EP with engineer Adam Schmitt (Hum, Velvet Crush, The Beauty Shop, The Blackouts). Recorded over a weekend in two 13-hour sessions, This Is Public seamlessly captured the early songwriting of Colonel Rhodes, coalescing beautifully with the drenched out delay and reverb Hirschfeld had brought to the band.
Meanwhile, Hubbard had struck up a correspondence with Chris Hansen at Save the Plastic Records who then put him in touch with Nathan Reusch of The Record Machine. Hansen passed along demos to Reusch, and soon after got together with Colonel Rhodes to help release their debut EP.
Exciting times are ahead for Colonel Rhodes. The band is continuously reinventing their sound. Plans for tours of the Midwest are in the works, in addition to a steady output of shows in the Champaign-Urbana area.
Are you tiered of the neighbors complaining about the loud music, the noise ordinance violations, or you just want to be more courteous to the people around you? Nargile Lounge is now a rehearsal spot in the daytime. Practice privately on a stage with all the amenities of a live music venue. We will be open by reservation only from 9am-8pm everyday for rehearsal. You can lock down a weekly practice time or just pay by the hour. If you are 21+, a bartender will be available to serve you. We accept Cash or Visa/MasterCard/Discover/American Express for payments. Payments must be made at the same time of your reservation. Reserve by phone or in person Monday-Saturday during normal operating hours 9pm-2am. Advanced reservations are recommended.
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NOW BOOKING BANDS! If you are a local band (19 years old and above) with a draw of 25 + people or more - send us a myspace message to book a show. We will be booking bands on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and some Thursdays. If you are interested in being updated on Nargile Events, please send your email to booking@nargilelounge.com and we will put you on our email list.
How's it going? Hope you are well. We have been working very hard through the summer (sadly gone now it is raining pretty hard in typical London fashion;-(, and the album is almost done. We just put some new tracks and new versions on the page and we hope you will stop by and check them out.
We also just out a couple of the tracks on Garageband.com. they have a competion type chart, deteremined by user reviews, and also by star ratings you give when you listen to songs on their player. If you have a sec check it out by clicking the link on our page under the comment box (the badge that says 'track of the day') If you go there to listen to our tunes you can rate them and help up up the charts;-)! It's a pretty cool site. You can listen to lots of unsigned artist and write reviews. they have a prize draw every month for reviewers, so if you do a few you might win something.
Meanwhile we'd love to hear what you think of our (nearly..) final versions of the first 4 tunes.
"When I listen to Woodale, I kick myself for not thinking of hooks like this myself. They do pop the way it's meant to be done." - Aaron Marsh (Copeland)
good luck on your reinvention, call me when the shows come around. ps i will be back in jan, . mr seth, and we must all hang out! gonna miss you guys!!! <3
damn shame. great, great band. i will be there in spirit and at exactly midnight i'll raise my bic lighter in honor and drink mightily from my highball.
