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Bruce Fournier (Vocal/Rhythm Guitar) has been writing, recording and performing in Chicago quasi ad infinitum. He’s written hundreds of songs and verse, as well as short stories, drawing from a diverse palette of influences and inspirations. Bruce’s convictions are both strong and serious, their presence felt, but his sense of humor remains intact. “Every track should be quality, every performance the best you can give, no settling, but we can’t all be supermen, now can we.”
JD Kostyk, Lead/Rhythm Guitar/Vocals, who’s been with Voice box from the onset, is the driving, no, overdriving force of the group. His focus and compositions are inspired and his stage gymnastics a highlight of the live set.
Jim Quinn, Percussion, is the “wild card” of the live show. Jim brings a world music perspective that can settle or put Voice box on the edge, and in some cases, over it.
Del Hooks, Drums/Vocals, plays with power and positive attitude. He comes to Voice box with enthusiasm via Los Angeles. Del drives Voice box, and with Nic, the group’s rhythm section is one to be reckoned with.
David Bovyn, Bass Guitar/Vocals has been playing in working bands since 1996. From 1999-2007 Dave was the singer/songwriter/guitarist of Myllhouse. During this span he had the opportunity to gain a large amount of stage experience while playing all over the midwest and some of Chicago's most prolific venues. David is currently the lead vocalist, guitarist and songwriter for the rock band The Numbers, who just celebrated the release of their new album Sunny Side Up.
Influences
King Crimson, Miles Davis, Bella Bartok, the Orb, Pink Floyd, the Doors, Richie Hawtin,Theolonious Monk, Don Ellis, Ornette Coleman, Giovanni Hidalgo, Zakir Hussein, Stanley Clarke,Billy Cobham, Neil Peart, Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel, Adrian Belew, Mahavishnu John McLaughlin, Jim Morrison, Bob Marley,Richard D. James, Todd Rundgren, Arthur Rimbaud, Marvin Gaye, Marc Bolan, Terry Gilliam, Groucho Marx,Yes, Soundgarden
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Sounds Like
Voice box sounds like an amped up Velvet Underground pitted against the Who, peppered with the lyrical twists and turns into the shadows of the Doors, cut with the blade of early Genesis...they sound like nothing you've ever heard before... mixed with songs you know by heart.
Voice box is dark, visual lyrics and verse ensconced in atmospheric groove and sensuous sheets of boisterous power.
Founding member Bruce Fournier wrote and recorded the first album Instant Gratification of which the UIC Flame wrote: “Voice box cleverly avoids falling into ruts, with each song more refreshing than the next.” In the Spring of 2003, Voice box went live, becoming house band at Fred Burkhart’s Underground on Chicago’s north side and put many local gigs under their belt, including a rocking “Shea Stadium” set at Lilly’s and a fund raising event for the Hubbard Street Mural Project.
In 2005, The Din Room, Voice box’s second release was laid down literally on the fly from stage to studio with the group approaching the recording process, on a completely different slant than Instant Gratification, and succeeding. With a revamped lineup, Voice box hit the stages of larger, more demanding venues and dive bars supporting and headlining at, amongst others, the Red Line Tap, Reggie’s Rock Club and Music Joint, Gallery Cabaret, and multimedia performances with Chicago’s own Puppet Bike at the Peter Jones Gallery. Freelance writer, Kern Roush, after attending a Voice box performance, said, “On stage, Voice box shows a certain yearning attempt to draw light from the abyss of a pre-apocalyptic world.”
The band is currently hammering out their third album, At the Speed of Ten Machines, whose songs have been developing, simmering, in acoustic drum circles, rehearsal spaces, and full-blown, on-stage performances over a two year period and will feature some cream of the crop side-men supporting the vision of the band’s core to stunning effect. Recently, Voice box has filmed a segment for cable access, the ENE Chicago Rocks show, where they performed three songs and did a post performance interview. Cameraman Grant Strombeck also filmed the group performing a live version of “Al and Paco” - the result is electrifying. Grant said of Voice box : “ Those kids will be rich someday and I will still be looking for a gig!”
With performances at the legendary Kinetic Playground, the Abbey Pub, Reggie’s Rock Club, and beyond, Voice box is bringing it to the people. The sound is ever changing, but it is always Voice box.
“Even his intelligence seemed to be centered in the sound box, the harmonium which was situated neither in the larynx nor the chest, but in the middle region which corresponded to the Locus Empyrean whence he drew his imagery.” –Henry Miller Big Sur
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