peggi: voice. percussion. general cool factor, just add ice.
colin: guitars. backing vocals. never had one lesson.
micah: bass. voice. keys. ambience. FX. samples & loops. plays with all appendages. hears voices.
billy: drums. percussion. rock steady groove engine. holding it down.
Influences
a few of our favorites include:
modest mouse radiohead weezer jimmy eat world foo fighters
red hot chili peppers green day distillers
filter janes addiction the killers hole audioslave the white stripes alanis morrisette nirvana beatles
muse cheap trick no doubt u2 yeah yeah yeahs the strokes incubus coldplay pixies.
Sounds Like
Radiohead and Foo Fighters buried the hatchet over merlot and red bull vodka's served by Alanis
Definitely not plain. Nobody named Jane....what gives ?
PLAIN JANE is a band where the girl sings like a guy and the guys play like girls with hormone problems. Well, not exactly, but close. However, this is a good thing, since the sound squall created by this group gloriously roars, foams, arcs, and subsides in a fuzzy ocean of garage electro-pop-alt-rock. Here's a math problem to consider: Joan Jett x Radiohead + The Killers - (fame + money) = PLAIN JANE. Hailing from a well-to-do "suburb of no city" in the middle of a state-size cornfield, PLAIN JANE is just another anomaly on the list....or are they ? Untainted by things from the big city like "art" and "culture" yet secretly craving cultured art, the members of PLAIN JANE looked for inspiration within and without to cure their ennui. When that didn't work, they formed a band and started writing songs - identified by their strong and emotive female vocals, intense yet tight rhythm section, chunky laid-back guitars, and atmospheric blips and whooshes. So far, so good....sew buttons. PLAIN JANE is based out of Bloomington, Illinois, and plays throughout the Midwest. That's right, we'll capitalize what we damn well Please.
Here's a sneak peak of our first hit "I'm So" ...don't miss the end...
* Our unique style can not be put into a genre. Call us INDIE...ROCK...ACOUSTIC/ROCK..AMBIENT..doesn't matter. By the end of the show - you'll love that lingering melodic ringing in your head..one smile will say it all... "The Unemployed Architects"
*We're just LIKE YOU! All of our songs have a semi-different style and flavor. From our melodic hit "I'M SO" to the dark & grungy "AFTERMATH"
and the ying and yang of love ''TEST 5" and "COMPLETELY CLOSED". So page through each track and you'll definately see what we mean!
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If you're not doing anything on February 21st. We're coming down to Bloomington, to play at IBC. w/ Bloody Mess and the New Disease! And also, Adam Shadows and the Eeridescents. 21+, FREE, 9pm.
Last year we donated over $4000 to the Salvation Army. This year we'll be donating proceeds to the YWCA Mclean County's sexual assault program. Come on out and celebrate with us and central Illinois' finest bands: Pokey Lafarge, Chicago Farmer, Dirty Hands Band, Peter Adriel, and The Spelunkers!
Doors are at 7pm and the show will start at 8pm.
The Places We Lived has received 2 year end Best of lists so far:
