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Late ’80s melodies, touches of Pink Floyd tempos, lead guitar histrionics, and busy bass guitar.
Adolescent innocence forms the material for this admittedly pretentious concept album. While Chris was performing with Painted Blank, he and former high school bandmate Jon Leeson recorded the material they had performed together at many high school dances and all-ages community shows. Chris put his multi-instrumentalist hat on to record all of the instruments (with varying levels of success). Still, he learned plenty about the process of recording and production from his friend Matt Rogers, who kindly recorded the album.
PERSONNEL: Jon Leeson: voice, acoustic guitar, mandolin; Chris Trinidad: voice, lead guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, drum set
GENRES: Neo-progressive rock, album-oriented rawk
INFLUENCES: Pink Floyd; Def Leppard; wailing lead guitars; cheesy ‘80s power ballads
RELEASE YEAR: 1998
ALBUM CODE: IRK 1998 01
Inspired by Canadian alternative pop-rock of the late ’90s and early 2000s.
The sophomore effort from this group features Chris taking the drumming and keyboard chair, while Jon learns how to play bass guitar and sing simultaneously. Ras Contractor provided lead guitars.
All three loved harmony singing, and unusual song forms, and these became hallmarks of the group’s songs. A collaborative effort, this album shows an evolution in the group’s sound. Jon penned all of the lyrics, Ras provided arrangement ideas, and Chris shaped the overall sound with his production skills.
How much sound can a rock trio make? Find out by picking up a copy of this album.
PERSONNEL: Jon Leeson: voice, bass guitar; Ras Contractor: voice, guitars; Chris Trinidad: voice, drum set, keyboards
GENRES: Neo Progressive Rock; Album Oriented Rock
INFLUENCES: Rush; Live; The Police; The Smashing Pumpkins; Radiohead
RELEASE YEAR: 2003
ALBUM CODE: IRK 2003 01
Late ’80s melodies, touches of Pink Floyd tempos, lead guitar histrionics, and busy bass guitar.
Adolescent innocence forms the material for this admittedly pretentious concept album. While Chris was performing with Painted Blank, he and former high school bandmate Jon Leeson recorded the material they had performed together at many high school dances and all-ages community shows. Chris put his multi-instrumentalist hat on to record all of the instruments (with varying levels of success). Still, he learned plenty about the process of recording and production from his friend Matt Rogers, who kindly recorded the album.
PERSONNEL: Jon Leeson: voice, acoustic guitar, mandolin; Chris Trinidad: voice, lead guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, drum set
GENRES: Neo-progressive rock, album-oriented rawk
INFLUENCES: Pink Floyd; Def Leppard; wailing lead guitars; cheesy ‘80s power ballads
RELEASE YEAR: 1998
ALBUM CODE: IRK 1998 01