Brothers Past

Infobox musical artist
Name = Brothers Past


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Origin = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Genre = Jam band, indie rock, electronica, progressive rock
Years_active = 2000 – present
Label = SCI Fidelity Records
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URL = [http://www.brotherspast.com/ www.brotherspast.com]
Current_members = Tom Hamilton
Tom McKee
Clay Parnell
Ilya Stemkovsky (2006)
Past_members = Rick Lowenberg (2000 — 2006)

Brothers Past are a progressive rock band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania who has been called "one of the most talked about independent acts in the nation."cite web|url=http://www.jambase.com/search.asp?bandID=2607&adv=1&display=bio|title=Brothers Past biography at Jambase.com|accessdate=2007-01-02] They have been featured in "Relix" and their self-released albums have been reviewed in "The Philadelphia Inquirer", "Philadelphia Daily News" and "The Village Voice".

History

The band formed in 2000 by Tom Hamilton (vocals, guitar), Tom McKee (keyboards, vocals), Clay Parnell (bass, vocals), and Rick Lowenberg (drums). They first released a live album, "Elements", in 2001 while regularly touring the Northeastern parts of the United States. They even performed every Thursday at Rex's in West Chester, Pennsylvania during their beginning.

For their first record for a music label, "This Feeling's Called Goodbye", the band was produced by Jon Altschiller (Dave Matthews Band, Phish).

Brothers Past has toured nationally across the United States, playing over 650 shows since their 2000 formation, including appearances at Wakarusa, Bonnaroo [cite web|url=http://www.bonnaroo.com/2006/index06.htm?http%3A//www.bonnaroo.com/2006/artists/artist_stages.htm%3Fhttp%3A//www.bonnaroo.com/2006/artists/stages/brotherspast/brotherspast.htm|title=Brothers Past listing at Bonnaroo 2006|accessdate=2006-01-03] and SXSW. [cite web|url=http://2006.sxsw.com/music/showcases/band/8248.html|title=Brothers Past listing at SXSW 2006|accessdate=2006-01-03] In the middle of 2006, it was announced that Lowenberg would be leaving the band to pursue environmental law and that Ilya Stemkovsky, formerly of OM Trio would take over for him. [cite web|url=http://www.jambase.com/headsup.asp?storyID=8693|title=New Brothers Past lineup|date=July 22, 2006|accessdate=2007-01-02]

Discography

*2001 "Elements" self-released
*2003 "A Wonderful Day" self-released
*2004 "statEPolice" self-release EP
*2005 "This Feeling's Called Goodbye" SCI Fidelity

References

External links

* [http://www.brotherspast.com/ Official site]
* [http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Brothers%20Past%22 Brothers Past] at the Internet Archive
* [http://www.jambase.com/search.asp?bandID=2607&adv=1&display=articles Band at Jambase.com]
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