Spirit Caravan

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Name = Spirit Caravan


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Origin = Potomac, Maryland, USA
Genre = Doom metal Stoner metal
Years_active = 1996 – 2002
Label = Tolotta Records Tee Pee Records
MeteorCity Records
Associated_acts = The Obsessed Saint Vitus The Hidden Hand Wretched Earthride Place of Skulls Unorthodox Pentagram Valkyrie
Nitroseed
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Spirit Caravan was a Maryland doom/stoner metal band featuring the guitarist and vocalist Scott Weinrich.

Biography

Scott "Wino" Weinrich formed Spirit Caravan after the break up of The Obsessed. The remainder of the band consisted of Dave Shermann (formerly of Wretched) on bass and vocals; and Gary Isom (formerly of Unorthodox) on drums. Weinrich credits them for encouraging him to join the band and become active musically again, after he had abandoned his music career. [https://secure.washingtoncitypaper.com/cgi-bin/Archive/abridged2.bat?path=q:DocRoot/2000/001103/STONER "King of the Stone Age"] Washington City Paper November 3, 2000 (Retrieved November 29, 2007)] The band was originally entitled Shine, and they released a demo and 7" under this name. They were forced to change to the band's name when another band of the same name threatened legal action. [ [http://rockdetector.com/artist,7988.sm Spirit Caravan biography] at Rockdetector] They changed their name to Spirit Caravan, after an Obsessed song. The band had a lyrical emphasis on spirituality (though not necessarily religion) and global politics. The band split up in 2002.

After the band's demise, Weinrich joined Place of Skulls and founded The Hidden Hand, his current band. Sherman went on to found the band Earthride. Isom joined Internal Void, Pentagram, Valkyrie and Nitroseed.

Their song "Dove-Tongued Aggressor" was featured on the Tony Hawk's American Wasteland soundtrack.

Members

*Scott Weinrich: guitar and vocals
*Dave Sherman: bass and vocals
*Gary Isom: drums

Discography

Albums

* "Jug Fulla Sun" CD (1999 Tolotta Records)
* "Elusive Truth" CD/LP (2001 Tolotta Records)

EPs

* "Lost Sun Dance" 7" (as Shine) (1998 Tolotta Records)
* "Dreamwheel" CDEP/10"EP (1999 MeteorCity Records)
* "Darkness and Longing" 7" split with Sixty Watt Shaman (1999 Tee Pee Records)
* "So Mortal Be" 7" (2002 Tolotta Records)

Compilations

* "The Last Embrace" 2xCD/2xLP (2004 MeteorCity Records)

Compilation appearances

* "Lost Sun Dance" (as Shine) on "Stoned Revolution - The Ultimate Trip" CD/2LP (1998 Drunken Maria Records)
* "The Departure" on "Rise 13" CD (1999 Rise Above Records)
* "Wicked World" on "Sucking the 70's" 2CD (2002 Small Stone Records)
* "Dove-Tongued Aggressor," "No Hope Goat Farm" and "Re-Alignment/Higher Power" on "...And Back to Earth Again" 3CD (2007 MeteorCity Records)

References