Aaron Tappan - Guitar, Vocals Brandon Warrick - Guitar, Vocals Matt Mehawich - Keyboards, Rhodes Piano Fritz Armstrong - Bass, Vocals Bradford Lenart - Traps
Influences
311, Umphrey's Mcgee, Phish, New Deal, MMW, System Of A Down, Disco Biscuits, Particle, Matt Costa, Dave Matthews Band, David Grey, Brothers Past, Parliment, James Brown, Oscar Peterson, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Snoop Dogg, Frank Zappa..............
Sounds Like
Umphrey's Mcgee, 311, Phish, The New Deal, Frank Zappa, Disco Biscuits, Pink Floyd, System Of A Down....
In June of 2005, the Rhombus converged on the city of Chicago to make sounds both familiar and fresh for fans fixated on fat & funky grooves - Our focus is on formulating music that will stimulate both your mind and body. . .
show-up to dance|stay in a trance|go home Rhombus-enhanced
Rhombus Lineup - Aaron Tappan - electric/acoustic guitars, synth, alto clarinet, vocals. Matthew "Keyz" Mehawich - Rhodes & concert pianos, synth, vocals. Fritz Armstrong- basses, vocals. Bradford Lenart -drums, percussion, synth. Brandon Warrick- guitar, vocals
Rhombus History - started in 1997 with Aaron and Bradford in high school in Chicagoland, and continued at ISU (Illinois State University) in Bloomington, IL in `98. They joined forces with Matt to form ILL GOTTEN BUTY - a popular area jam/party band - as they also played in the ISU Jazz Band. Soon after, Matt left for Colombia University (Chicago) to study composition and classical piano, while Bradford & Aaron played in a series of local bands and both studied music and Spanish. Post graduation, A&B played for several years in and around Chicago in the bands ATABA and LosDes Groove Orchestra. LosDes continues playing their heady material in addition to sharing a tune or two w/Rhombus; however - Brad plays piano - Aaron plays a bit of everything (guitar,keys,drums)! Fritz was originally drafted into ATABAs lineup on bass, and hung-out for what would become Rhombus. When Matt resurfaced in the summer of `05 working for the Chicago Jazz Ensemble (after Colombia), he wanted to jam! Soon after, Keyz joined the band and Rhombus formed. In the fall of 2007 they cemented their lineup by adding local Chicago artist Brandon Warrick.
Currently Rhombus is putting the finishing touches on their unnamed forthcoming EP.
***Please note***
We currently maintain an email list reaching 200+fans
and regularly communicate via: MySpace.com, JamBase.com, RhombusMusic.com, the Chicago Reader and Center Stage Chicago, Time-Out Chicago, Metro Mix, The Chicago Traveler, Planet 99, AOL City guide, ChicagoGigs.com, IM, text, and other methods.
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FGC’s only Chicago appearance of the summer is coming up on Friday July 17th at the Abbey Pub. This will be an Ages 18+ show with special supporting acts: Lobster Newberg and The Rubblebucket Orchestra. This Hometown Throwdown is a show not to be missed…hope to see you there!!
In the meantime, check out all three of our Summer Camp Festival sets on the Live Music Archive for free stream/download! Visit our MySpace blog for the links.
We also want to invite our Myspace friends to connect with us on Facebook. Click the links for the FGC Group and FGC Page, both great ways to stay in touch with the band and link up with other fans.
That was the best show I've seen yet! Flagstones didn't see you coming. Great show! You tore the place up. Can't wait untill next time. Brandon is a incredible addition to the band for many reasons.
great show over the weekend guys... loved to hear some of the songs from the past couple of years!!! Hope to see ya in geneva in a couple of weeks... Cheers!!!
wow! balls of funk on my face you don't say. brings back some warm memories. your right, i guess i should have looked at the schedule where would i be without your genius.winner winner chicken dinner.tanks.
lookin forward to gigging with you guys again finally this Saturday. We should break out a little Super Bad for old times sake, maybe a mutilation of The Night Has 1000 Eyes ?
