Ryan Flagstad - vocals/keys/guitar Josh Veselsky - bass Jamie Cassedy - slide/lead guitar Dan Siegfried - drums
Influences
Radiohead, The Smiths, Pixies, U2, Elvis Costello, Television, Pink Floyd, Talking Heads, Wire, the Velvet Underground, Kings of Leon, The Strokes, My Morning Jacket, Richard Ashcroft, Travis, the Cure, The Church...
Sunday Morning Chameleon is a Chicago-based rock quartet. The band released its self-titled debut EP in December 2005. Though the band was relatively unknown at the time, Chicago’s influential rock station WXRT 93.1 FM honored Sunday Morning Chameleon as one of the Top 5 releases of the year by a Chicago artist; Sunday Morning Chameleon was the only unsigned act to be included in the “Top 5 of ’05.” A few months later, the band was asked to write a song for the full-length feature film Chasing October. In May 2006 the band recorded its new track, “The Lengths.” Chasing October was released in theatres in March of 2007; its soundtrack includes four songs by Sunday Morning Chameleon.
Sunday Morning Chameleon returned to the studio in early 2007 with producers Brian Deck (Modest Mouse, Counting Crows, Iron and Wine) and Sean O’Keefe (Fall Out Boy, Rachel Yamagata) to begin work on a new record. The band’s sophomore EP, More Human, was released in August 2007.
thanks for the request gentlemen. really enjoyed the guitars on "follow the light" and the drums on "impulse disorder". maybe our paths will cross in the city, take care.
Imagine a Chicago with no Metro or Double Door or Schuba’s. Imagine a Chicago with no Royal George or Bailiwick or Athenaeum. Imagine a Chicago where local music is only heard in the suburbs and theater is limited to Wicked and Jersey Boys.
Scary thoughts. But if the City of Chicago’s City Council doesn’t hear your voice by Wednesday, May 14, they’ll become reality.
On that date the council will vote to approve an ordinance that has the power to stifle creativity in Chicago’s musical, theatrical, and general cultural scenes. With no public discourse or commentary, this proposal has been approved by the City Council Committee and is on the fast track to be pushed into law. It is up to us to let our elected officials know that Chicago’s creative scene is too rich, too varied, and too vital to be regulated in such a blanket fashion.
The details:
The “Event Promoters” ordinance requires any event promoter to have a license from the city of Chicago and liability insurance of $300,000, but that’s just the start:
* The definition of “event promoter” is so loosely defined it could apply to a band that books its own shows or a theater company that’s in town for a one-week run.
* “Event Promoter” must be licensed and will pay $500 - $2000 depending on expected audience size.
* To get the license, applicant must be over 21, get fingerprinted, submit to a background check, and jump over several other hurdles.
* This ordinance seems targeted towards smaller venues, since those with 500+ permanent seats are exempt.
* Police must be notified at least 7 days in advance of event.
For the complete ordinance, check out Jim DeRogatis’ blog on the Chicago Sun-Times.
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