The Slider is JESS LEEDY (Lead Vocals, Guitar, Saxophone) ERIK (e-rok) RICHARDS (Bass, Guitars, B.Vocals, Synthesizers, Drum Programming) DAVE BRANDON (Drums.) Slider has a unique blend of reggae/ska/hip hop/funk/punk rock! And their sound has been compared to bands like, 311/UB4O/SLIGHTLY STOOPID/SUBLIME/STEEL PULSE/GREEN DAYWe had our first gig at an outside Halloween party were we had about 300 people in attendance! The gig was a hit, and soon after Slider was playing festivals and the club circuit in Ventura and Los Angeles counties including Club Blue/Agoura hills, Seabee Day’s/Port Hueneme, The Joint/Hollywood, Pitcher House/Hermosa Beach, Nicolby’s/Ventura, and reggae Tuesday at the Sand Bar in Santa Barbara. Slider has finished a 16-song record entitled “CHINGASO STYLE” which is to be released on ITUNES in Jan 2007 as well as on compact disc in summer of 2007. Slider is a sight to see! Surfers with Sombreros are a sort of Westside story with a Latin/Beach vibe! Slider shows have been successful with very little advertisement, and has had big sales at the bar when they play. They have already started recording their second album entitled “BORRACHO” which songs are already in rotation in their live set. Slider is part of the SOMISSOUND family, which includes such artist as BECK, PETER DISTAFANO, ROSS SHIFFLET and DEBRAH ANDERSON to name a few. All the members in Slider have over 13 years of live performance and recording experience under their belt, and have shared the stage with bands like, GENERALPUBLIC/SUBLIME/STEELPULSE/PATOBANTON/ENGLISHBEAT/RATT/SPECIALS/NODOUBT/SAVEFERRIS/UGLYKIDJOE/LETSGOBOWLING/FISHBONE/TOASTERS/SKATALITES/MU33O, BAD MANNERS. Slider has a song featured in a surf movie put out by Surfing Magazine in 2006 entitled CALIFRAGALISTIC. Slider released thee songs on download.com and in the first week of being released two out of the three songs went to 1 in their categories and held that spot for over a week. After that they were featured as “Artist Pick of the Week! In February 2007 Slider will be shooting for a video in five different locations that include a live performance shooting at Nicolby’s in Ventura, ca as well as barrio, farm field, beach, and cantina footage shot in old town Oxnard. In May of 2007, Slider entered into the Battle of the bands at the Conejo Valley Days Festival, which draws over 80 thousand people in Thousand Oaks, Ca and took first place! The Slider also played live on the radio for 92.9 kjee Santa Barbara in June 07, and was flooded with calls about the performance. The Slider will headline The Majestic Ventura Theatre on July 20th, so look out for The Slider coming to a concert venue near you!!!!!!!!
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Hi The Slider, "Meet the Meatbats," the debut release from Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith's new group is a TOP 10 Jazz/Funk Album on iTunes! The CD is a sexy and loud, sonic funk experience that fuses together styles as diverse as funk, punk and 70's R&B! GET IT NOW ON ITUNES, along with Free banner and wallpapers downloads on the MySpace page! Please help spread the word with your friends and thanks for supporting Chad Smith's Bombastic Meatbats!!!
What's up guys?!?!?!?! Your show tomorrow night has been selected as part of our shows
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performers as well as the venue.
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P.S. New song up called "Freshhhhh" by me and my twin Tofu. stop by and check it out....tell me what u think:) Upload it to ur music player and get "Freshhhhh" Like Me:) Thousands have already added the song "Freshhhhh" 2 their myspace pages and it has made their traffic go up on their pages. Add the song to ur page for a couple of weeks and see how ur traffic sky rockets:)
You guys dominated the La Conchita Music Festival last Saturday! So much fun. The Slider almost caused another mudslide over there! Checkout the pics we added from your show!
Hey guys, your show on Friday has been selected as part of our shows that we will be featuring this week! Please check out our bulletins & blog for the promotion. Included are links to the pages for the performers as well as the venue.
Supporting local music in Ventura County -vcsound .com coming soon!
PERFECT & JUNIOR X alongside ZAMUNDA for their first combination!!!!! Brand new tune called LOVE WE NEED is OUT NOW !!! This tune combines Perfect with Junior X for the first time, alongside Zamunda.
Exclusively offered for digital download ONLY on itunes, juno, soundquake & amazon !!!!