ION (CAN)
U2 meets Keane Indie Pop. Heavy on vocal harmonies (three singers)and strings. Edge-like guitar riffs, Coldplay like piano and song structure.
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Going Home (Reprise) Going Home (Reprise)
A little gospel tinged accapella track from 'POSITIVE'.
ION (CAN), are a five member band from Ontario who write ,play and record their own music.
They have released a 10 track debut cd "Positive" in 2006.
Order the new cd online at
iontheband.ca
Members are as follows:
Paul Vanhuisstede - Lead guitar/vox.
Mike Nederveen - Guitar/vox.
Tim Kieft - Keyboard/vox.
Dan Hartman - Bass.
Bert Nyenhuis - Drums/percussion.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Band/artist history
The band ION actually started in 2004 on the 407 highway just north of Burlington,
Ontario, Canada. Singer/guitarist Paul Vanhuisstede was giving keyboardist/singer
Tim Kieft a ride to a hockey game in Toronto. Paul had been mainly just writing songs for the
past year, and Tim, who was in a praise and worship band and was interested in playing
more ˜non-praise-and-worship" type music, got to talking and decided to start playing
together. Soon after, Mike Nederveen, who had been in the praise and worship band
with Tim, was added to the fold as another guitarist/singer. This version of the yet
unnamed ION lasted for about a month before Paul recruited his old bass player from
their previous band NVS. Bert Nyenhuis, however, had since changed over to playing
drums and so another ex-praise-and-worship band member Dan Hartman was brought in
to play bass. The name ION, was thought up by keyboardist Tim, the meaning of the
name is open for interpretation, including a group that is electrified by gaining another
member, but the main idea of having our "eye on the prize", or our "eye on Christ" seems
the most fitting for us as a band.
The goal of the band was unanimous. With an effort to write accessible Christian music,
with emphasis on strong songwriting and relevant lyrics, ION does not want people listening to them only because they are
Christian,but rather because of the quality of the songs and lyrics.
As of January 2007, the debut cd POSITIVE has sold over 700 copies and all this with out any shows!
We hope that the Lord will use ION as a tool for His word, and that you will be inspired
through our music.Have you performed in front of an audience?We have played a few little shows, we loved it.
We usually play private shows, we're not really into the club scene.
Your musical influences
Ion is heavily influenced by U2, more specificaly, the "Unforgettable Fire to Joshua Tree" era. Three lead singers adds an interesting element to ION that is quite different from most bands.What equipment do you use?
Home studio is a Yamaha 16 AWG, instruments:
Guitars: Martin, Fender Strat, Gibson.
Bass: Ibanez.
Drums: Roland V-Drums Digital Kit.
Keyboards: Korg and Yamaha.
Amps: Marshall, Traynor, Hartke, Yorkville.
Effects: Line 6 DL4 delay, BF-2 Flanger.Anything else?
New cd is done! Order the new Ion cd "Positive" online at:
http:www.iontheband.caContact
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Comments (7)
hey guys...loving the tunes, sounding awesome...i have a copy of Positive and if there is another album i will buy it! for sure keep it up...
nice stuff
also check 2nd Place Driver
grtz
Glory sounds great keep it up guys
Well, i just had a first listen of "Glory". Incredible. I love it...keep pumping out music like that, its awesome. Keep me up to date on how things are going, and any other new songs you guys come up with
I've never heard of Ion before but you guys are amazing! We love you out here in Arkansas!
