Deadweight (U.S. band)

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Name = Deadweight


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Origin = San Francisco, California
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Genre = Alternative rock
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Years_active = 1994 - present
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Associated_acts = Eric McFadden Experience Les Claypool's Fancy Band Cake Loop!Station
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Current_members = Ben Barnes - electric violin and vocals Sam Bass - electric cello Paulo Baldi - drums
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Deadweight is an alternative rock trio from San Francisco, California. Members include Ben Barnes (electric violin and vocals),Sam Bass (electric cello) and Paulo Baldi (drums). Deadweight began as a duo of Barnes and Bass who were graduates of San Francisco Conservatory of Music later joined by Baldi. [http://www.alternativetentacles.com/bandinfo.php?band=deadweight Band Biography at Alternative Tentacles website] Retrieved July 4 2007] Their first demo (1994) was produced by Jason Newsted of Metallica. Deadweight has toured both nationally and internationally and has opened for Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade. [http://www.uttertrash.net/deadweight.htm "Rock and Rosin, An interview with Ben Barnes of Deadweight", Bob Ignizio, UtterTrash.net] Retrieved July 4 2007] Deadweight's third album, "Stroking The Moon" (2003), was released on Jello Biafra's Alternative Tentacles label. Playing the violin and cello through a variety of guitar effects, their studio recorded material is surprisingly hard rock. Live performances display an eclecticism that has conjured a variety of descriptions by critics. Examples include, "(howling) like something out of Beethoven's most twisted hallucinations," [ [http://www.spokesmanreview.com/allstories-news-story.asp?date=051404&ID=s1519617 "Nightlife, music scene heating up in Spokane, Bar Code: Deadweight pulls like gravity", Isamu Jordan, www.SpokesManReview.com] Retrieved July 4 2007] "Eastern European Gypsy songs sung in the back of a big rig driven across tornado country by the ghost of the Marlboro Man" [ [http://www.sfweekly.com/1997-12-10/music/the-house-of-tudor/ "The House of Tudor", Silke Tudor, SFWeekly, December 10, 1997] Retrieved July 4 2007] and "Charlie Daniels in hell playing a combination of Bartok and Zeppelin." [ [http://www.sfweekly.com/1996-07-24/music/sfo3-1996/ "SFO3 1996", SFWeekly, July 24, 1996] Retrieved July 4 2007] Barnes has stated both Jimmy Page and Charlie Daniels are influences for their sound. Deadweight were winners of the SF Weekly's 1998 Wammy award for the category of "Beyond." [ [http://www.sfweekly.com/1998-10-21/music/wammies-winners/ "Wammies Winners", SFWeekly, October 21, 1998] Retrieved July 4 2007]

Discography

*"Opus One"
*"Half-Wit Anthems" (1999)
*"Stroking The Moon" (2003)

References

External links

* [http://www.loopthis.com/ Official site: Loop!Station] (Sam Bass)
* [http://www.paulobaldi.com/ Official site: Paulo Baldi]
* [http://www.emtmusic.com/ Official site: Eric McFadden Trio] (Paulo Baldi)
* [http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=deadweight Live Recordings at Internet Archive]