Video for the song "Cancer Carnival"
Tim Bolkcom: drums
Dani Hill: bass
Will A Lerner: vocals, keyboards
Elliott Rosen: guitars
Many thanks Bort Schrader for his work as producer, engineer and badass musical gun.
Former members and friends who have contributed to past recordings and live shows: Larry Doran, Anthony Koutsos, Trevel Beshore, Peregrine Maese, David Majka, Amy Koucky, Stacia Carr, Erik Gibb, Symon Michael, Shawn Miller, David Nagler, Thom Soriano, John Abella, Jeff Black, Andrew Poisoner, Jay Crawford.
All artwork by Andrzej Karwacki unless otherwise noted.
Influences
Bowie Reed Pop Cave Waits Cale Gabriel Cars Doors Rush Van Der Graaf Generator Roxy Music Eno Nico Beatles Kinks Gainsbourg Brecht Debussy Chopin Day Night Sleep Eat Run Stroll Mimic Fear and Ouch
"The Nerve Meter" is a book of mad genius ramblings by Antonin Artaud, circa 1925. He was a French poet/actor/addict and writer of "The Theatre and Its Double" and "Fragments of a Diary from Hell," among others. The Nerve Meter is also a band from San Diego, CA.
Will A. Lerner and Elliott Rosen started collaborating when they were both in Portland, OR in 2005.
Will had been writing songs and performing under the name Nerve Meter for several years at that
point, most notably as a San Francisco-based trio issuing the European release "Poison Pen" in
2002. That band performed constantly in the Bay Area, and featured Anthony Koutsos (Red House
Painters, Sun Kil Moon) on drums, and fretless bassist Trevel Beshore. Around this time Elliott was
playing in the Portland-based post-punk band Truckless.
In 2007 Elliott and Will moved to San Diego. They quickly began working with producer Bort Schrader,
writing and arranging the songs they'd eventually be playing with the rhythm section of Tim Bolkcom
and Dani Hill. Tim is a New York transplant and budding music producer, and Dani is the singer/guitarist
for the Stonesy band Duchess. The four musicians reconnected with Bort to record a demo in the winter
of 2008. In summer of that year they started playing shows throughout the San Diego area. Will also plays keyboards with the San Diego band AM Vibe.
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Kimbo Rose Workman and the team from SCREECH OWL RECORDS!
I put in the CD you burned for me with the lady on the cover, and my mom won't give it back to me. So I need another copy, and the one you sent so we can request. Okay, I want them by tomorrow, because my mom honestly won't let me have my/your CD back, she loves Nerve Meter almost as much as I do.
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