Smashing Pumpkins, Dashboard Confessional, John Mayer, Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Dishwalla, Bob Dylan, Bright Eyes.
Local influences: Kalai, Joshua James, Tucker Roundtree, Terance Hanson, Tom Sienko, Matt Bakke, Rob Alvord.
Sounds Like
Music. Emotion. Love. Hate. And anything else in between.
The Eric Openshaw Band's tremendous undertaking is to give the Utah music scene a shot of new life and vivacity. With catchy riffs and hooks, The Eric Openshaw Band, fronted by imaginative vocalist/guitarist Eric Openshaw, plays a blend of alternative rock and pop, with its defining roots in blues and jazz. While the Eric Openshaw Band has been compared to a harder edged John Mayer or Goo Goo Dolls, the band continues to have an evolving sound that shines a new light on alternative rock.
When Eric Openshaw, having played music since he was just entering elementary when he began taking piano lessons, found himself without a band in the summer of 2005 in Salt Lake City, he had a desperate craving to continue his passion of writing and performing music. He first started playing open mics at coffee houses and restaurants, utilizing just an acoustic guitar and a developing sound that gained him local attention. But, Eric grew tired of coffee shops, saying “There are too many places out there for me to play to be singing my heart out at a coffee shop.” Eric immediately enlisted the help of his friends Thomas Sienko, a skilled drummer and percussionist, and Rob Alvord, a funky bass player, to back him up at concerts. With a backing band, Eric began to be more and more inspired, and has since written a plethora of songs, all with different themes and different textures that define what Eric is trying to convey to his fans. In the process, The Eric Openshaw Band has managed to gain an enormous list of venues they have played, and entertained, including: Sugarhouse Coffee in Salt Lake, The Avalon Theater (an all ages venue), Liquid Joe’s (a local bar), and Wired and Unplugged (a coffee shop in Snohomish, WA). The Eric Openshaw Band has also made appearances on the radio and television on KXRK (96.3 FM) in Salt Lake City, KVTI (90.9 FM) in Tacoma, and Park City TV and has had the opportunity, and privilege to share the stage with national touring acts, Facing New York and Bitter:Sweet. In addition to the playing experience the Eric Openshaw Band has in and around Utah, the band has released several singles such as Something Like That and Seattle.
Together, the band has recently finished their debut album with a release date of March 31, 2009. The album, titled This Stage, pays homage to Eric’s evolution as songwriter and as a person. The Album takes you on a journey through his mentality, his emotion, and this stage of his life, hence the album title. He states, “If you were to listen to this album, beginning to end, you would have insight into a simple musician and a simple person trying to understand himself and the world around him.”
Brian Staker of the Salt Lake City Weekly says that This Stage "is one of the most polished and assured [Utah] local debuts in quite a while."
The album’s instant recognition by it’s elaborate cover design, and it’s intricate weaving of song styles and moods, makes it an album that stands out within a genre that can often become limited.
The Eric Openshaw Band, born under the creativity of Eric Openshaw, points alternative music in a new direction where musical ideas are taken from a multitude of genres and influences, and pieced together with accuracy and precision. While the bands’ accomplishments are many, they know that they are just at the beginning of where this musical road wants to take them.
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Hey, we wanted to let you know our EP Electronic Love Affair is now on iTunes! you can preview our entire EP on our page Please check it out and let us know what you think :) and if you like it you can get it here http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/electronic-love-affair/id348323256
Whats Up? My New Album "Money And Weed" Is Dropping January 2010! The Whole Album is written, recorded, and produced by Me, TyDro. Please Support Independent Artist! Listen and Buy My Music If you feelin' It. Much Love ~TyDro
Wuss' up!! I'ma be kickin' off the NEW YEAR wit' my first show this THURSDAY (01.07.2010) @ SAINTs & SINNERs!! (3040s. & STATE) Come checc it out and support ya' boy!! Got a line-up of NEW TRACKs plus some SPECIAL FEATUREs on em'!! Anyway... if you don't make it out, no sweat!! There's more to come as long as I'm breathin'!! Anyway... hope everythang good so far in the NEW YEAR!! Holla bacc when you get a chance...
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THANK YOU FOR CONNECTING TO ME, BLINDSKUNK. Hope you get to checked out my Tunes and Videos ! http://www.blindskunk.com Electronic Musician & Visual Artist
Utah House parties are becoming unforgetable! Why? Because of the real Van Wilder!!! 'Livin' LOud Nicky!! Become a part of the movement! ! Check this out, Livin' LOud returns to S.L.C for the ultimate house party. His celebration return will speak for itself! It's true, he will be there! It's dead without him Utah. It will get reLOud with him! February 27th, 2009! Your crazy if you miss this one! By the way SICK ASS Toga Party popping off right now till 5am. Go to livinloud.ning.com right now for the full address to tonight's toga party. Click on the event posted for it. Sign up to get info. It's free so don't worry about that lol.
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We just released our first video today on Youtube! Please take the time to check it out and if you haven't already, subscribe! It would all be greatly appreciated and we at Lmto Films would like to wish you a merry Christmas and a happy new year!
Just stopping for wish you a Merry Christmas And happy New Year and that in this New Decade that is going to be begin I hope That every single of your projects can Become reality.
And, leave a my new poem
Phi Eridani
In all that ...
...Infinite where
... Golden sparks are created for stay in the eternity ...
...Universe where
... The most fragile star brings a sensation of life ...
...Planet where
... We are blessed of see everyday this sacred place ...
... Phoenician sky where
... The bird sings blessing the new day ...
...Sea where
... Every light reflection shapes itself like a diamond ...
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Thank you for connecting! I'm offering one free original MP3 download to my new MySpace friends. Just go to my profile and let me know the name of which track would you like to get and I'll tell you where to download it for free.
Hey!! How are you doing? I hope everything is great! Im so excited to let you know that I finally have 4 of my studio tracks up on my myspace; Typical AMerican Boy, Burning it All Up, Exit the Door and Here I go Again! PLease check them out and let me know what you think = ) Thanks soo much for your support and I hope have a great and safe holiday! <3 Allison Rose
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