EC'S MOUNTAIN ROOTS
At its origin in 2003, ELCTRIKCHAIR [ elec.tric.chair ] the progressive death metal band, from Denver, Colorado was rooted in five Colorado generations. ELCTRIKCHAIR founders, Andrew Jacob and Robert Francis Rodriguez are siblings and represent their sixth creative and musically talented rocky mountain generation.
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Currently residing in the mid-west, EC continues to capture the imagination and attention of misfits, fans, musicians and artistic scholars around the globe.
ELCTRIKCHAIR refers to its growing worldwide fan base as ‘Condemned.'
FIRST ORIGINAL NEW GEN THRASH BAND
At its evolution into progressive metal, EC led the New Generation Thrash movement. EC's masterfully written artistic infusion is a clever blend of metal genres, neo-classical runs, samba and jazz from the 1930's.
XENOPHOBIA EC'S LATEST ALBUM RELEASE
XENOPHOBIA can be purchased at FYE, Relapse Records, Hot Topic, Hastings , Best Buy, Wal-mart, Independent Records, Angelos, Vintage Stock and music outlets worldwide. Add XENOPHOBIA to your metal collection, NOW! Unless of course you're a xenophobe. In which case, you won't like it.
NATIONAL TOUR HISTORY
EC performed in every large and small venue Denver had to offer then attracted the attention of fans and respectable venues throughout the state. Since that time, EC has toured the U.S. performing at major venues and tiny watering holes known and appreciated solely by the unsung heroes of America 's workforce its unemployed, disenfranchised and least appreciated intellectual citizens. EC has performed for huge crowds at major American metal fests.
INTERNATIONAL PERFORMANCE
In front of a packed house, EC was welcomed to Vancouver , British Columbia 's Picadilly Pub.
CUTTING-EDGE METAL ORIGINAL
Witnessing an ELCTRIKCHAIR performance is more than a metal show. The metal historian thumbs through his pages with excitement brought on by metal giants like icon, Steppenwolf, DIO's Rainbow, Black Sabbath and Slayer. But EC throws fans a welcome curve, by adopting a sound that some equate with Darkest Hour from our nation's capital, Washington , D.C.
Diplomacy and underground music's new world order give ELCTRIKCHAIR its trademark sound resembling the pinnacle of musicianship; Munich's Necrophagist and Sweden's Opeth.
HISTORICAL METAL INFLUENCES
Despite an endlessly broad search for similarities, metal magazine reviewers find historical metal signatures in EC's music and recognize a refreshing diversification of respected and appreciated metal influences.
VIRTUOSITY AND CURIOSITY
Curiosity remains as to where this new found metal sound will lead. Fans of avant grade, experimental jazz masters , Mr. Bungle, know all too well how misunderstood and unrecognized virtuosity remains and just how explosive the progressive ear remains.
FRESH, ORIGINAL, NEW, UNIQUE, MOZART-PICASSO
ELCTRIKCHAIR, is unrestrained metal, strangely exciting, unavoidably interesting, Mozart-Picasso original. EC fans of all ages feast on technical brilliance, incredibly well crafted and time perfect double pedal drum beats that motivate an insatiable stream of energy that emanates from EC's mysterious and uninviting underground cove.