Ryan Poulson- Guitar/Volcals
Eric Buckmiester- Bass
Influences
Bradley Nowell,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
PINCHERS,
Bob Marley,
Slightly Stoopid,
Pepper,
Jack Johnson,
G-Love,
Jack Maness,
Bargain Music,
The Band Sublime,
Shannon Hoon (Blind Melon),
FUCK YOU UPS,
Matt Torres,
The Police, Gregory Issacs, UB40, a little Half Pint, alot of R&B, Most Reggae, and fuckin R Kelly
Straight out of Mesa AZ bringing you those feel good positive vibes Ryan Poulson, which was founded 2 years ago by Poulson and and Lead guitar player Tim Crandall, Ryan Poulson’s humble beginnings feature too many late night sessions on the couch with nothing but a tape recorder a case of bear and an abundance of great ideas.
Poulson met Crandall when his Family Moved into a suburban neighborhood in Mesa the two immediately became friends after realizing they both shared the same passion for music. Stumbling upon a frequent Jam session that Crandall and long time friend Matt Torres were having, Poulson became inspired enough to invite The 2 over to collaborate with him on ideas. While Crandall and Torres had been playing in a band together at the time, Poulson had never been in a band, never wrote or sang - rather, his interests ran deep in promotions/booking. But he was willing to give this a shot. Unfortunately in the summer of 06 Matt Passed away, which inspired Poulson and Crandall even more to set out and embark on the a dream all 3 of them shared, they were determined more than ever to do it for their Friend that passed.
With a far broader range of ideas, both musically and lyrically, they started writing songs with reggae inflections and a unique lead guitar sound that Crandall brought to the table.
"We would head out to the Liquor store (the local Circle K) grab a shit load of booze get wasted and play for hour’s until something good came out, then we had a little tape recorder that we used to recorded all are shit so we wouldn’t forget it."
In due time, Poulson and Crandall began performing locally, latching onto gigs that Poulson could scrounge up. The only problem -- the pair was still running short on material.
“ we had about 10 min of solid material, I (poulson) would be playing at Crabby Don’s and would have to freestyle about 30min of bull shit just to finish a set, so I got fired from my job and hit the writing hard and about 2 weeks later we had 12 songs and were ready to go with anything that came are way”
After 2 months of giging around Arizona, Poulson met up with old time friend Eric Buckmiester formally of Unsound(WHO HAS SHARED THE STAGE WITH THE LIKES OF SLIGHTLY STOOPID, PEPPER, YELLOWMAN, STEEL PULSE, LONG BEACH SHORTBUS, LONG BEACH DUB ALLSTARS, DUBCAT, THE MARLEY BROTHERS, BARGAIN MUSIC, AND MANY MORE) and asked if he would like to join him in his acoustic project, as expected Eric said yes, now with the two teamed up they bring a much better roots reggae sound and are expected to rise to top,
Once they had a full set Poulson thought they might as well go into the studio and record a CD so they had something to sell or give away at shows. Only problem was lack of funds, after a short stint at phase 4 studios, Poulson was contacted by Jimmy a local recording engineer that offered to record the 2 for free. So now there in the studio recording there full length album do out in august. Look out for there West Coast summer CD release tour comming in august
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what up poulson... back in town...no child this week so I will be comin to some of you boys shows...excited looks like your bookin a lot of shit lately...good for you... PEACE
RYAN YOU ARE THE SHIT BRO NICE WORK. THIS STUFF SOUNDS REALY NICE. YOU WILL TEAR IT UP SAT AND NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT AT SAN TAN BREWARY. RYAN YOU HAVE COME A LONG WAY BRO AND YOU SOUND MORE AND MORE LIKE A PRO AFTER EACH SHOW. GREAT WORK RYAN..
RYAN YOU WERE A HIT ON FRIDAY NIGHT ALL 250 PLUS LIKED YOU ALOT. I HAVE TO BOOK YOU ANOTHER SHOW AT SAN TAN BREWARY , BIG $$$ YOU DESERVE IT RYAN YOU WORK YOUR ASS OFF MAN. SO ALL THAT READ THIS IF YOU OWN A CLUB OR VENUE FOR A OPEN SLOT THIS IS YOUR PERSON FOR THAT . RYAN I WILL TALK SOON GREAT PERFORMANCE AGAIN..
