- Solon Bixler
Infobox Musical artist
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Born =January 4 1977
Instrument = Guitar, Piano, Drums
Occupation = Musician
Associated_acts = Great Northern, 30 Seconds To Mars, Earlimart,All Smiles , Sea Wolf
Notable_instruments =Solon Bixler (b.
January 4 ,1977 ) is a rock–indie musician fromFresno, California . He is a former guitarist for the bands 30 Seconds To Mars and Earlimart. He is currently the lead male vocal and guitar player in the band Great Northern.Early Life
Born in
Fresno, California to a musically inclined family, whose musical past included a band called The Wild Blue Yonder [http://thewildblueyonder.net/] , which included his parents and uncle. Solon started to play drums at the age of four. Music was heavily involved in Solon and his brother's lives. His mother passed away in the early 1980s. Later on his father remarried and had another child.Music
In 2001, Solon joined
30 Seconds to Mars playing guitar. He left the band in 2003 due to issues primarily related to touring. Since30 Seconds to Mars , Solon has played in a revolving array of bands such asAll Smiles [http://www.perfectporridge.com/2007/05/24/interview-with-jim-fairchild-of-all-smiles-formerly-grandaddy/#more-992] , Earlimart [http://www.epitonic.com/index.jsp?refer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.epitonic.com%2Fartists%2Fearlimart.html] and Sea Wolf [http://www.videostatic.com/vs/2007/week17/index.html#entry-33223954] . Over the years Solon and Rachel Stolte had been trading back and forth music recorded on their own four-track recorders. Eventually this led to creation of Great Northern. Solon, in order to get a band together, asked Davey Latter to join. Davey originally played bass but later moved to drums when Ashley Dzerigian joined.Great Northern Related Links
* [http://www.greatnorthernmusic.com Great Northern Official Website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/greatnorthern Great Northern] atMySpace
* [http://community.livejournal.com/greatnorthernca/ Great Northern CA] -LiveJournal Community dedicated to Great Northern with Solon as an occasional guest.
* [http://www.laweekly.com/music/diggin-your-scene/great-northern/15642/ Great Northern] -LA Weekly
* [http://community.livejournal.com/greatnorthernca/28722.html GN Q&A] - From theGreat Northern LiveJournal Community
* [http://community.livejournal.com/greatnorthernca/11280.html Great Northern finds inspiration on the road] azcentral.com interview no longer be available from the site
* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=rDEF1HSy-XY Great Northern's EPK] onYouTube Other Links
* [http://www.subterraneanblog.com/2007/04/18/video-premiere-sea-wolf-youre-a-wolf/ Sea Wolf - "You're A Wolf" video]
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