LA WEEKLY review of THE SIXTH CHAMBER ~Despite their intricately tangled guitar riffs and pummeling heaviness, the Sixth Chamber are more than just another hard-rock band. The local quartet claim that they're influenced by Edgar Allan Poe, the Black Panthers' Bobby Seale, Timothy Leary, defense attorney William Kunstler, Henry Miller, abnormal psychology, shamanism and "consciousness alteration" just as much as they are by psychedelic rock and Black Sabbath. They say they're inspired by the movies of Roman Polanski — and yet the cover of their new self-titled EP (on Novokkane Recordings) features sensual artwork by imprisoned Charles Manson affiliate Bobby Beausoleil. Clearly, there's a lot going on with this ambitious group. Sevan Kand howls with a wild-eyed, from-the-mountaintop kind of rock evangelism, firmly supported by drummer Michael Ferrara and bassist Joshua Soto's mighty bedrock of Led Zep–style rhythms. Guitarist Rahne Pistor slathers "Secret Lovers Land" with a wash of exotic slide guitar and deft psychedelic licks, while Kand croons ominously until the song is swept out to sea on a rising metallic tide. It's all good stuff — even if it's not clear how they really feel about Sharon Tate. (Falling James)~
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Influences are primarily psychedelic rock, hard rock, early punk, groundbreaking alternative music, individual freedom, Edgar Allen Poe, William Blake, Alan Watts, experimental music, Timothy Leary, LSD, peyote, psilocybin, consciousness alteration, radical defense attorney William Kunstler, Neal Cassady, Allen Ginsberg, Salvador Dali, William Burroughs, Alfred Hitchcock, Roman Polanski, Aldous Huxley, Jean Cocteau, Eric Burdon and the Animals, Aleister Crowley, The Doors, Ken Kesey, Dr. Richard Alpert, Hunter Thompson, Bobby Seale, The Kinks, Fidel's 26th of July Movement, abnormal psychology, Makhno, Paul Krassner, Geza X, David Bowie, Black Sabbath, flamenco, Andy Warhol, Henry Miller, shamanism, mysticism and counterculture.
THE SIXTH CHAMBER - Often accused of being one of the most original sounding heavy rock bands in Los Angeles, The Sixth Chamber continues to slash and burn down its musical path of mind-altering riffs and passionate, soul-wrenching songwriting narratives delivered via blasting vintage tube amplifiers, heavy rhythmic drive and soulful, belty vocals.
The band has been described by the LA Weekly as a new "wild-eyed, from-the-mountaintop kind of rock evangelism" capable of sweeping unsuspecting listeners away on its "rising metallic tide."
Vocalist Sevan Kand sings in a soulful, bluesy style inspired by vocalists from late 60s/early 70s rock and R&B. Some influences include Robert Plant, Jack Bruce and Al Green. Kand was born into a bohemian musical family, and his voice was used on recordings by gothic rock pioneers Christian Death as a small child.
Guitarist Rahne Pistor is a descendant of the Iommi, Hendrix, Blackmore school of distorted blues and psychedelic rock guitar, and is known to add a mystical flare to his lead guitar. Pistor relocated to Los Angeles a few years ago from New Jersey, where in his teenage punk days he played bass for a year or so in a band with members of The Misfits and Samhain.
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Just a reminder to check out Versailles this month on tour. We are traveling to Phoenix, Albuquerque, Little Rock, Joplin, Austin, and New Orleans. June 19th through the 28th
Too bad we're playing over at the relax bar tonight. It was cool meetin you the other night ronnie rahneee at the troubadour, man we gotta get a show going together
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