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Sweet Oblivion Sweet Oblivion
Savior Savior
He who fucks himself, fucks the world
Words some tend to live by, and that's the case with Downshift. Five guys from the midwest wanted to bring something new to the music scene, and herein lies what Downshift is...........Band/artist history
DOWNSHIFT IS: Davex (vocals), DC (guitars), Paul (bass), Cameron (drums), Micha (noise and FX)
In the summer of 1999 Paul, Dan, and Cameron were playing in a new school metal band called FI. While exploring new musical territory, the band broke up in June of 1999, and everyone went their separate ways. Some went on to form other pioneering new school metal bands like 1h87 and OGP. But, Dan and Cameron stayed in the basement and continued writing, recording, and exploring. Paul went on to join OGP. Dan and Cameron planned on starting something new with the material that they were working on, which would later become the backbone of Downshift’s set. Paul introduced Dan and Cameron to two other guys who were looking for a band, one happened to sing, and the other did tables and weird noises. After realizing how hard it is to find people to do these things, Dave and Micah were in the band. Now, all they needed was a bass player. Dan and Cameron were friends with a guy named Matt who played bass in a band called Dizzy, which, later, became Twitch. He was also looking for something new. Everyone talked it over and the lineup was complete, Dave (Davex) on vocals, Dan (DC) on guitars, Cameron on drums, Matt on bass, and Micah on tables and effects. Now, the hunger set in and the band worked hard to produce six audible songs to attempt to play in public. By October of 1999 Downshift was ready to play shows. They played with anyone and everyone they could. This experience showed them a few things. When people come to a show, that’s what they want, a show. The music does speak for itself, there needed to be a visual element as well. The band worked out an elaborate light show to accompany their hard-hitting music. With the desire in their hearts and the motivation in their minds, they lived Downshift. They pushed as hard as they could for a year and a half. In fall of 2000, the bands musical relationship with Simon went south. They needed a new, eccentric bass player. The first person to pop in their heads was the guy who basically got the band together in the first place, Paul. After a month of pleading with him, he agreed to join the band. Now, with Paul on bass, and new goals in mind, the band is working harder than ever, writing, recording, promoting, trying to see who will listen to them.
As of Janurary 2002, we have a new member...Jimmy from another local Omaha band called 1h87. Jimmy adds more low end to Downshift's sound, and is a welcome addition on stage as well...
DOWNSHIFT DISCOGRAPHY:
"Exit Lonely", released in 2000...this record is a six song EP the band recorded in late 1999 and early 2000...the release date for the album was Oct. 26th, 2000.
The "Savior Demos"...recorded in June of 2001, this two song single, including 'Savior' and a track called 'Sweet Oblivion' is a rarity, but is availible on www.soundclick.com and was on Napster for quite awhile...
Here's a list of the bands we've opened up for and should thank for being so fucking cool to us.......
Soulfly, Spineshank, Full Devil Jacket, The Union Underground, Tantric, Beautiful Creatures, Stereomud, Injected, VAST, Bender, Slaves on Dope, Professional Murder Music, Five Point O, Gravelbone, Shuvel....and i'm sure there is more that I forgot...sorry....
( right now is a good time to thank these people for putting up with our crap at shows: Trippin Default, Gauge, Narcotic Self, bellicose,heroic dose, venaculas, shiver, illicit, x-tend, evil, analog, noizewave, cheshire grin, creatures of habit, system failure, twitch, buzzo, forward tilt, ill dojo, jrz system, lower case I, man down, mushroom bruize, Slo Chyldrn, Wicked Me, Second Coming, Paria, Drawn In Sorrow, Idle Apathy, Illicit, Blood Cow, the Ranch Bowl staff, and Aaron.thanks guys..i know there is more, but I can’t remember all of it)Contact
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Hi There !
Check out our band Enerchy while you got the time here. Keep on rocking !
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Great sound musically. You are very talented musicians.
Damn you guys sound good. come check out our music. and be sure to check out our website. has lots of pics. be sure 2 sign the guestbook and let us know u stopped by. thanks industry elevyn
Good job, nice music.
I hope you can check out Death by Catapult sometime, because I think everyone "LOVES PORNO" in some way or another...
