Playing prolifically for the last 3 years in Vancouver, Ponderosa has been working hard to establish an identity. The band has opened for such notable acts as Insipid, Billy and the Lost Boys, The Manvils, The Doers and Hot Little Rocket. They were semi-finalists in CiTR's Shindig 2004, and have been featured on CiTR Thunderbird Radio Hell and chartattack.com.
Ponderosa is all somewhat indescribable, but the words operatic plaintive cowpoke epic wailing fireside sing-along come to mind. They are old-school blues rock and punk-prog-country; tight, inventive and refreshingly eccentric in a world of clone music. They have been compared to The Who, Pixies, Skynyrd, Violent Femmes and the Stooges.
Some well-known venues the band has appeared at include The Piccadilly, The Railway Club, Richard's on Richards and The Plaza. They have just released their debut LP Attack of the Rosa! on Neverlost Records........ "If you get a chance, be sure to check out the latest release by Ponderosa titled Attack Of The Rosa. It's low-fi, loud and totally excellent. In the age of overproduction and studio wankery it's great to hear a band who just plug in, turn up and kick it out. Available at a music-nerd record store near you." - chartattack.com 2005. Find @ Zulu/Scratch/Scrape Records in Vancouver, or Whyte Ave. music shops in Edmonton.
Hi there ponderosa first of all we'd like to say thanks for being our myspace pal. We wanted to make sure you knew the reason incase we suddenly vanish off of your friends list. The movement we've started for indie artists has grown significantly and consumes all of our time these days. We seldom sign into our myspace account and this is making several people believe that we are ignoring them. We are not ignoring anyone, we wanted everyone to know that. What we're doing has become so busy we just don't have the time for myspace any longer, so in all honesty we are probably going to just close our myspace account.
Many people wanted to use us in the future so if you were one of those people make sure you bookmark the link below so that in the event that we do close our myspace account you won't lose contact with us. I wish you the best of luck in your music career. Thanks again for being our myspace pal.
We have also built a pretty big music community which you are welcome to join if you want to meet new artists like yourself!
Hey Friends!
We wanted to let you know we will be releasing another new song this saturday from our upcoming June 2nd release titled "to those who wait..." Our cd release show will be Saturday June 2nd in Fort Langley. (details below) We would love to see you there.
From our Hearts to Yours
Swingset Champion
Hey Friends!
We just wanted to let you know we will be releasing a new song first thing saturday morning. We will also be playing a sweet show that night at The Basement and would love to see you there. Come by and check out the tunes and give us some feedback.
From our Hearts to Yours
Swingset Champion
remember our cd release show is coming up!
June 2nd. check out our myspace for details.
Thanks again friends.
guys I haven't called you yet, but we're definitely down for the show in Regina at Ohanlon's on the 27th. best of luck on the road. gimme a shout if ya needs anything more from us.
THANKS FOR BEING OUR FRIEND!
