Cameron-Jim Morrison, Anthony Kiedis, Robert Plant, Colin Meloy, Van Morrison. The Postal Service, Death Cab for Cutie, The Decemberists, The Doors Jake: Black people. Keith: The guys that play on buckets outside of Wrigley Field. Clayton: Indonesian people
What does one say about one's own band? We play music, mostly original (although we do a cover now and then), and we like the music we make.
Things got going pretty quickly. Jake and I had Spanish together and always talked about starting a band. Keith and Cameron had already been in a band together and that one wasn't going the way they wanted and suddenly all the components fell in place.
Within a few short months we cut our first CD at Stray Dog Recording Co. It's five tracks long. We called it 'Feels Like Rain...' The next step was to play some shows and get some fans. So we did. We played shows all over, from outdoor parties in the suburbs, to venues like Double Door, Lot 4, and headlining at Elbo Room. We even had one hot week where we won two different Battle of the Bands events.
After promising for months, we have released our second CD, Trust But Verify, in 2007. We went back to the studio in the spring of 2008. Though we could not manage to get our sound guy to remember the name of the CD's first track (he just calls it Campaign, see below), we did manage to produce what we have collectively decided is our best studio effort to date.
This is getting a bit long, and if you're still with me here, then pat yourself on the back. We're a pretty new band so there isn't much to say. Enjoy the songs!
-Clayton
Email TheRedPeace@gmail.com for booking information, questions, comments concerns, etc. Or you can just drop us a line here, whichever works for you.
The Red Peace
1. The Gardenia Pressed in the Campaign Journal in the Rucksack of an Afrikaner Candidate for Mild Reform
2. ACIAH
3. Michigan Skies
4. Oceantide
Trust But Verify
1. Remember, June?
2. Matter of Fact
3. Foxboy
4. Constellation Nine
Feels Like Rain... EP
1. Feels Like Rain
2. Strange Flower
3. R.A.G.E.
4. Stand
5. Peace Of Mind
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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 below for the FGC Group and FGC Page, both great ways to stay in touch with the band and link up with other fans.
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2220592552
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Family-Groove-Company/6317562262
Have a great summer!
Hello, hello, hello, I hope all is well. Just stopping by to announce that our CD Release show will be on June 27th @ Beatkitchen. We're playing with The Yearbooks and Aktar Aktar. The show starts @ 1030. I really hope you can make it. You can preview some of the songs off our upcoming record on our page. Please let us know what you think and if you can attend. Hope to hear from you soon. -Doug
Hey there – Just stopping by with a quick reminder about our show at the Park West on Saturday May 2nd, our only hometown performance of the Winter/Spring in fact! The night begins with an opening set from Land of Atlantis, followed by co-headlining sets from FGC and Hot Buttered Rum (FGC plays first!). Hope to see you there!
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What up dudes? How was the weekend? We have our FIRST show in over 7 MONTHS on WEDNESDAY @ Double Door! Hope you can make it out to hang!?
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FGC’s got some exciting hometown area shows coming up. First up is a co-bill with Kyle Hollingsworth from String Cheese Incident at the Canopy Club in Urbana on April 10. On April 11, we headline the House Café in Dekalb, home to some legendary past FGC shows! Down the road on May 2, FGC returns to the beautiful Park West Theater in Chicago for a co-bill with Hot Buttered Rum. More info about all Spring shows at www.familygrooveco.com/tour.
And don’t forget to get your tickets to Summer Camp Festival, where FGC will be performing multiple sets including a special late-night appearance paying tribute to The Big Lebowski! www.summercampfestival.com.
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