Like modern-day professional sports teams, it's hard to keep a band together. In the fall of 1994 the eventual founders of The Peachbones met at Ashland University. Actually, Matthew Hoover met Ron Copenhaver's guitar before he met Ron. Soon the two began playing on the street, in the middle of campus, and anywhere else. Matthew discussed creating a band with him as the drummer. Ron quickly said, "No, dude. I've got a drummer. He's my brother Donne." The band decided it would committ to growing as musicians and friends, never being tied to one style or label. Ten years and two bass players later, The Peachbones are still at it. Their impressive 2002 debut album Big, Ohio is no longer in print. 2005 saw the release of Revenant, the band's sophomore effort. This site features material from Revenant, which comes from the band with stunning new ambition. With the roots-rock influence fading away, The Peachbones look to push ahead into the future with an ever-growing sense of musical exploration and experimentation.
See Also: introduction to The Peachbones.
We make our living playing live and we wouldn't have it any other way. Columbus, Ohio has been very good to us. Cleveland and Akron have also been nice. Since Ohio has a lot of major cities we mostly stay in the state. A classic Peachbones' moment was when Matthew trashed a Danelectro guitar on stage during the closing song (we covered Effigy".) After the show people came up to us with the shattered parts and has us sign them . . . you know . . . just in case.
We all love Neil Young. He's divine. We all listen to tons of stuff. Don and Andrew are more of the music historians. Don's a classic rock freak. Andrew is good for the little-known facts about bands like The Smiths or whatever. Hoover still keeps the roots rock stuff in his rotation, but is expanding out more and more. The Beatles, The Who, Pearl Jam, Idaho, Pete Yorn, Nick Drake . . . anything that's good. Pearl Jam, Audioslave, Foo Fighters are about as modern as we get.
Fender amps (a '64 Bandmaster, Bassman), tube overdrive pedals, some juno-6 & microkorg, delays, phasers, etc.. vintage drums (we used a Black Beauty kit for the second record).
Music, and the band as a whole, have always taken priority with this band. We make decisions and support each other, even if we would choose different as individuals. Don, Matthew, and I have been together for 10+ years. It's a weird kind of family. Andrew was a much-needed creative breakthrough. The guy is a freak!
