J.R.: Electrical guitar, Vocals-
Evan: Lead vocals, Guitar, Keyboards-
Bob: Bass, Vocals... And swell guy in general!
Freddy: Drums, Vocals-
Jeremy: Guitar, Vocals-
Influences
Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Relative Humidity,Green Day, Pink Floyd, Stevie Wonder, , Phish, Fugazi, James Brown, Cafe' Ta Cuba, Los Lobos, Sound Garden, Rolling Stones, Dead Milkmen, 7 Seconds, Weezer, and a lot of other stuff too.... Just listen to us and find out for yourselves.... :) :) !!!
Stateside Stereo hails from Houston, TX, where 3 of the 5 members grew up as best friends. Fred Doty (drums), J.R. Rodriguez (electrical guitars), and Bob Said (bass) have been playing together since high school in non-sound-proofed practice garages while angering and upity old neighbors. Jeremy McKeon, hailing from New England, joined the band as lead guitarest. His driving solos helped encourage the band soon-to-be Stateside Stereo to invest in a sound-proofed practice space. The final addition to the Stateside Stereo lineup was Evan Matzen as lead vocalist. Evan, like Jeremy, was a southern import from New England.
Stateside Stereo, although relatively new to the music scene, has played in venues like Fitzgeralds, Rudyards, and Dan Electro's. Their music is a pleasing combination of driving rock with flowing, catchy melodies, and sometimes angst-driven power. Always attempting to push the boundaries of rock music, Stateside Stereo's music is fresh and appealing to all music-going age groups, although the boys recognize that their rapping abilities are not up to snuff. Because of the band member's professional status in Houston, many of their audience members are in their late 20's to mid 30's, and have strong and fruitful beer-purchasing prowess.
Stateside Stereo hit the studio at the end of December, 2006, to record their Stateside Stereo EP, featuring four new songs. They hopes to enter the studio again in 2007 to record a full-length album.
Stateside Stereo's stage show is second to none. Their live act is just as polished and finessed as their recordings. Most importantly, though, Stateside Stereo is fun: The band has fun, the audience has fun, and the bar owners have fun. Their original music is natural, unforced, and unposed. They aren't trying to sound like anything other than themselves. The music is up-tempo, upbeat, and even the "slow" songs have a drive and passion. That's what the music is: it's joyous and passionate! Stateside Stereo genuinely loves playing together and that feeling is infectious in their shows. They want you to move with them. They want you to sing along and have just as much fun Rockin' Out as they are having. Nobody knows how far this will go or if circumstance will break them apart. But what could be better than losing yourself in Rock and Roll for a while? Rock On!
Stopping by to wish you a fantastic week!!! Hope all is going great with you!!! Check out my newest single Whipping Post on Texas radio NOW!!! I also hope to see you out at Rowdy Bucks in Crosby Texas Saturday November 28th 2009 9:30 The show will also be streamed live from www.susanhickman.com Check it out if you cant make it!!! Hope to see you there!!! Love, ~Susan Hickman www.susanhickman.com www.reverbnation.com/susanhickman www.twitter.com/susanhickman
Thank you again to everyone who came to Dan Electros last night! We appreciate the continued support and are glad that we actually got to play this time around... :)
Please feel free to comment on the new songs/set we played last night. We added 4 brand new songs and 1 that has only been played once before.
Evan - nice work on vocals man. Good to see you're gigging around, keep it up.
Just tried out for a Guns N' Roses cover band, playing bass. Hopefully I'll get it, it's been too long since I've been on stage. Close to getting some open mics with my buddy. Anyways, holla
No way you guys rocked!!!! Thanks for sticking around and listening to us play. It was a tough crowd not much interaction, but we will def. let you guys know if we are coming to town!
