plankton

Description:

Name:

plankton

Screen Name:

plankton

Years Together:

5

Level Of Commitment:

Very Committed

Female-Fronted Post-Punk Art Rock

Hailing from Culver, Indiana, this unsigned trio is comprised of Matt on guitar, vocals, and bass, and Tina on bass, vocals, and guitar. They are currently seeking a replacement drummer for Eric, who has had an unfortunate back injury. We all know a ruptured disc is a long and painful road to recovery and we wish him the best. Interested parties please e-mail us at splatcatrecords@skyenet.net.

Matt and Eric were in a band together in 1992 when Matt met Tina. That band went bust, but Tina and Matt stayed together. Tina began to learn bass. Eric ventured on to Muncie to persue his education and play in several bands. Matt and Tina searched for a drummer to suit their music. For one reason or another, people never worked out.

Finally, on January 10, 2003, Eric played with Matt again - and with Tina for the first time. Right away they new they could have something special if they practiced hard. Festivals, battles of the bands, private parties, and a free public performance on the Fulton County Court House (Indiana) lawn sponsered by the Fulton County Public Library have all contributed to the band’s growth and progress. They have been working their butts off to craft their originals into a crowd pleasing set of shock, amazement, and yes, even the occasional offense.

So...what do you call THAT?

Boyd Nutting, owner of Club Cackle in South Bend, Indiana, described plankton as "Post-Punk / Art Rock."

Also setting plankton’s music apart, Matt and Tina switch off on bass and guitar. They both play drums in another band. Adding to that, Matt and Tina write all the songs, and do all the recording themselves in their studio, Splatcat Records, with Matt acting as the band's very ample engineer.

Influences:

King Crimson, Talking Heads, Beck, Midnight Oil, Laurie Anderson, Shellac, Throwing Muses, Pixies, Miles Davis, Thelonius Monk, Danny Elfman, Tim Burton, Wire, Firehose (not Firehouse!), Tool, Ella Fitzgerald, The Modern Jazz Quartet, XTC, Brian Eno, Joe Jackson, The Fall, Duran Duran...

Equipment List:

Fernandes Native X Guitar, Fender P-Bass, Peavey Predator Guitar, Vintage Harmony Catalina Acoustic Guitar, Ibanez Talman Acoustic/Electric Guitar, Applause Acoustic Bass , Casio Casiotone MT-100 Keyboard, a yet to be identified vintage 5 piece drum set,
Roland VS880EX, Fostex XR-55, M-Audio SP-5B Monitors, Studio Projects B3, (2)Audio Technica AT3525, (3)Shure SM57, Shure Beta52, Art DPS II Digital Pre-Amp, Alesis 3630 Compressor, Behringer MIC2200 Ultragain Pro, Behringer MIC2000 Ultragain, dbx Project 1 Stereo 2-Way / Mono 3-Way Crossover,
EXR Psychoacoustic Projector Exciter model SPII, Peavey TNT130, (2)Peavey subs - Black Widow equipped, Peavey PV1500 power amp, PreSonus BLUETUBE Stereo Tube Pre-Amp, Sunn Stage Lead, TOA MX-104, Vintage Fender Tel-Ray electrostatic Echo-Reverb II, (2)Bullfrog MS15

Members Of Band:

Matt and Tina. They switch off on bass and guitar. Both play drums. They are currently seeking a drummer to replace Eric, who was critically injured.

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