Choke The Word
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ABOUT

We're a dark progressive rock band featuring violin, cello, guitar, bass, drums, female vocals and a sampler. We write hard(ish) rock songs primarily using non-traditional arrangements, strange time signatures and less common modes. We won the Westword Music Showcase Award for Best Gothic Band 2011 and have been nominated again this year for Best Progressive Rock Band. We were the first band in Colorado to use crowdsourcing website Kickstarter to finance our album (which was recorded at a solar-powered studio and featured liner art by a quadriplegic Greek artist).

Screen name:
Choke The Word
Member since:
Mar 13 2012
Active over 1 month ago
Level of commitment:
Moderately Committed
Years together:
4
Gigs played:
50 to 100
Tend to practice:
2-3 times per week
Age:
47 years

Influences

Tool, A Perfect Circle, The Cure, Depeche Mode, Joy Division, Rasputina, Apocalyptica, Steve Vai, and Batman. We love Batman.

Members Of Band

Melati Olivia - Vocals
Cameron Hays - Bass, Sampler
Mike M. - Guitar
Grace Stean - Violin
Allison Allain - Cello
Chris Ortega - Drums, Percussion

EQUIPMENT

Too numerous to list.

MUSIC