Colin Gawel - The Telecaster Guitar, Vocals, Harp Joe Oestreich - The Thunderbird Bass, Vocals Dave Masica - Hand Me Down Drum Kit Mark "Poochie" Borror - The Gibson Guitar
Influences
The Kinks, Cheap Trick, The Replacements, The Faces, Bob Mould, The Smithereens
Sounds Like
AT LAST, THE LONG AWAITED VIDEO FOR "FIFTH OF JULY"
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Eight full-length albums and a thousand live shows into their storied career, Columbus, Ohio’s Watershed have done damn near everything there is to do in rock and roll. After dropping out of college, they recorded two albums for Epic Records and sipped champagne in long, white limousines. Barely old enough to drink, they stuffed themselves into a Ford Econoline, and they’ve been living off beer and beef jerky ever since. They humped their amps through the doors at CBGB ten times. They’ve played the House of Blues on the Sunset Strip. The Metro in Chicago. The Rat in Boston. They’ve shared the stage with Wilco, Ben Folds, Soul Asylum, The Damnwells, Cheap Trick, The Smithereens, Tommy Stinson, Seven Mary Three, Insane Clown Posse (no shit), and long list of has-beens and wannabes. Their catchy, three-minute rock gems have been featured on MTV’s Laguna Beach, Date My Mom, and Made, and they’ve been in rotation on radio stations from South Carolina to Seattle.
This summer Watershed will release Three Chords and a Cloud of Dust II, an unedited live album that captures the all the raw power of a sold-out show in their hometown. On tape Watershed sounds like a (gasp) rock band. That may sound trite, but these days rock bands—real rock bands, the kind that play Les Pauls and Marshalls, not Apple PowerBooks—are hard to come by. As Amplifier Magazine’s Tom Semoli writes, a Watershed show is “akin to the manner in which the Replacements and the Faces once bravely blurred the fine line between mayhem and total professionalism.” Their sets inevitably end with half the band flat on their backs and tangled in their instrument cables, the stage littered with guitars and cymbal stands and empty beer bottles.
In the Midwest, Watershed shows are legendary. But Watershed doesn’t log 100,000 hard miles and a hundred shows a year to be “legendary” any more than Cool Hand Luke cracked all those eggs because he wanted an omelet. No, Watershed takes the stages of musty clubs, belting their songs like their lives depend on it because they are one of the last rock bands standing. And that’s what rock bands do.
Thank you SOOOOOOO much for coming down to Athens !!!! That was most definately the party of the century! Not only are you my favorite band of all time, I'm proud to have called you my friend's for all these years. Thanks for doing me a solid. Hope to see you again later this year at the Hate Michigan Rally!!
Over 2 hours of rock and roll bliss!!! What a great show guys, you rocked your asses off for all of us, and for those who left early, thank you for making room for me up front for the best part of the whole show!!! Wish I could make it down south next weekend, I will be hating work more than ever!! Thanks for the greatest show ever!!
I asked Santa to bring me a Watershed show to Chicago in 2009. I was VERY good this year. And I had to sit on that pervert's lap, so, let it not be for nothing.... Is Santa allowed to ask for "favors"???
I love y'all! Thank you for 2 awesome shows...especially with everything that went on behind the scenes. Rock and Roll prevails again! Can't wait to see you guys in Athens...party down...maybe my secret dreams are coming true. Happy Thanksgiving!
you guys rocked all which was rocakable and MORE last night!! I especially liked that free zebra Joe scored for us at the end of the set (in addition to the 2 free drinks)! You guys should come to Philly though
Catherine and I have our tix for Cleveland and C-Bus and I plan on taking Bram, Dennis, Kevin and a few others along with us! We can't wait to see y'all! Be prepared...I've introduced Cath to some songs she had never heard before and she's got a few requests for you (He, He, He)
I've been listening to "Plan B" quite a bit lately. Probably because I can relate :) Athens is wonderful and I'm blessed with good company, but the "trickle down theory" hasn't reached me yet. When I told Catherine my money was kind of tight and I might not be able to make it she said she would help pay my bills in December just so I could go to the show
She is now officially your number one fan. I defer my title.
P.S. Can I sell copies of my book at your merch stand to pay her back?
