90's Alt-Rock Cover Band Urgently Seeks Members.

Milwaukee WI

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Hey, what's up? We're Longbox — and we're looking for more people for our '90s alt-rock cover band. And we're starting to think that nobody in Milwaukee besides us wants to play this music. We'd love to be proven wrong on that, though. So if you have what it takes, stop holding out on us! For starters, we're gonna play the go-to alt-rock bands (e.g. Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Smashing Pumpkins and Alice in Chains). But we also love all the OTHER stuff. The one-hit wonders. The follow-up hits or semi-obscure acts that you may not think of immediately. Bands like Toadies. Screaming Trees. Folk Implosion. Tripping Daisy. Chalk Farm. Green Apple Quick Step. Dexter Freebish. Harvey Danger. Nerf Herder. Third Eye Blind. Local H. Geggy Tah. Hum. Eels. Dinosaur Jr. The Caulfields. Kula Shaker. Superdrag. Ass Ponys. New Radicals. Collective Soul. Better Than Ezra. Archers of Loaf. The Nixons. The Refreshments. Fastball. Seven Mary Three. Candlebox. Nine Days. Our Lady Peace. Cake. Marcy Playground. Jesus Jones. Soup Dragons. And so on. In other words, the whole alt-rock family tree. And especially the "forgotten" tunes. The songs that make people stop in their tracks, and say, "Whoa! I haven't heard that song in like forever!" But WE NEED YOUR HELP. The folks we still need to complete the lineup are... • A rhythm guitar player/lead vocalist with good gear, and some solid vocal range. If you think you have the chops to swing Eddie Vedder's baritone growl on one tune, and then soar the way up to Layne Staley's high tenor tones, then stop slugging it out solo, and show us what you've got, already. • A lead player that can handle Stone Gossard's high notes, Kim Thayil's time signature changes and everything in between. Grunge, post-grunge, power-pop, and the whole glorious versatility of the decade. We're starting to think you don't exist, so COME OUT OF THE WOODWORK. • An agile utility player who can play the keys part on The Verve Pipe's "Photograph," the Vibra-Slap on whatever Cake tune we all like, and maybe even some fill-in rhythm guitar. We know you're out there. Stop hiding. This is gonna be fun, for Pete's sake. (Special consideration will also be given to women with vocal ability, since we'd really LOVE to be able to do ​some songs by The Cardigans, Republica, Belly, Letters to Cleo, The Sundays, K’s Choice, Whale, The Breeders, and other lady-led stuff from the era. PLEASE help us out on this.) Ultimately, age, gender and background are unimportant. The only thing we're looking for is a love for this music, and a desire to help us do it justice. If you have a practice space or are willing to pitch in on one, that would also be awesome. If you're interested, we'd love to talk with you some more. We also have some recordings of our past projects we can send you if you'd like to give US a listen. We're champing at the bit to get this thing off the ground, so HIT US UP.