Our lead singer and founder, Jonathan Jordan, had a dream that he was in a big bus terminal/subway station-type place, and there was a guy handing out fliers for a band called West of Arizona. At the time, we didn't have a name, and that one seemed to be memorable and better than anything anyone else could think of at the time. So, here we are...

We play live in Southern Oregon. We currently mainly play bar gigs, because there really aren't a whole lot of other places to play live around Southern Oregon. We have fun playing live, but would like to actually play on the concert stage rather than in a night club now and again. One of our best shows was playing at KROG's RogueFest 1999. There were people lined up along the river for about half a mile to listen to the six bands that were there. All total, I think there were something like 1100 people there. It's cool seeing that many people out there all enjoying the music.

If we make what big? No, really. I don't think it'll change things a whole lot, except that then we will be able to play the concert stage instead of bars. We're a little older than a lot of your typical rock bands, so I doubt that we're going to go out there and radically change just because we've been "discovered".

The Internet, along with a lot of other technological advances (CD burners, computer-based recording systems, etc.) have changed things by basically making music more available to everyone and by making it much easier for musicians to have their music heard by more people. A few years ago, it would have been nearly impossible for us to have put out a CD the quality of the one we did this year, and now you can nearly do it in your living room with a couple thousand dollars worth of equipment. Of course, that also makes it more difficult for any single band to stand out from the crowd, since that crowd is now a lot larger, and they are all putting out much better quality demos. It's all a change for the best, though, I think.

That would completely depend on the contract and the label. In theory, yes, we would. But it would have to be a very well researched contract.

Personally, I've been influenced by Rush, Kansas, Yes, J.S. Bach, and Led Zeppelin. The other members of the band cite the Beatles, the Moody Blues, early Elton John, REM, Frank Zappa, Eric Clapton, Robert Johnson, and a variety of others.

Crater Lake, Oregon

Me: Kramer and Lady Luck basses, a Randall amp
Jonathan: Guild and Ovation guitars, Digitech 2101 signal processor
Dave: Sonor Drums
Chris: Gibson Bluesbird and Fender Stratocaster, Fender Twin Reverb amp
Plus there's a lot of odd foot pedals and whatnot, Mackie mixer, Peavey and Alesis amps, an Alesis gate/compressor, Digitech DSP-256 Signal Processor, etc.

We hope you enjoy the music.