Audio Pilot
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Audiopilot is an Alt pop indie rock band based out of Los Angeles, Ca.Band/artist history
Audiopilot Artist Profile: In the late summer of 1995 the band Audiopilot was born. Two students, Jason Napier and Dony West, met while attending art school in Columbus, Ohio. Together they formed a rock band and called it Sink to See, there they began a songwriting partnership. Their guitar driven, emotionally melodic indie rock tunes, along with a little hard work, helped them garner attention on the local college scene. In January of 2001, the band uprooted from the Midwest and dropped onto the coastal town of Santa Barbara, California where they made their rock n' roll nest. Where the band ended up was living next to airplane runway where the band lived and rehearsed, the point of origin for the name Audiopilot. Initially being compared sonically to Radiohead and vocally and emotionally to The Smashing Pumpkins, the band were evolving and establishing their own identity and sound while paying dues, gigging incessantly and gaining notoriety opening for such acts as The Breeders, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, AM Radio, Summercamp, The Pen Fifteen Club and Ima Robot. It was there, too, that the band went into the studio to record their first demo. Making a name for themselves, but not content to rest on their Santa Barbara laurels, they brought the band back and forth from SB to Los Angeles in September of 2001. There they continued their musical endeavors on a more serious and focused level. After a year of writing, regrouping, gigging and living in between L.A. and Santa Barbara, Audiopilot recorded several new tracks in 2002, as well as their most recent self-produced work in early 2004 at the Compound Studios in Long Beach. In 2005 in Los Angeles, Jason and Dony are joined by percussionist Matt Sells and bass guitarist Steve Walter as the band begins work on a library of new songs, new recordings, and upcoming gigs throughout the new year, breathing new life into the group and taking all things to the next level. AP is a band of songwriters with old school rock n roll heart and soul with indie rock value, AP have longevity. A very close group of musicians bringing to life music that has been stirring inside them since the bands infancy. Lushly melodic, sometimes dark and evocative of mood, their music is fueled by emotional vocals and lyrics that paint elaborate pictures. Audiopilot make music which shows the many faces, feelings and emotions of the band. They are true to their musicianship, and always trying to better themselves and the world through music.Have you performed in front of an audience?Audiopilot can be seen playing in and around the Los Angeles area, as well as up to the Santa Barbara area. Playing such clubs as the Knitting Factory, The Velvet Jones, The Coach House, The Joint, the West End, The Coconut Teaszer, and the Martini Lounge. They have opened up for such acts as: The Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The BREEDERS, lapdog, butterfly Jones, the UFO club, Tarmac, Cerulean, and PEN15, as well many, many others!
Your musical influences
The Beatles, The Verve, The Smashing Pumpkins, Oasis, Radiohead, Hum, and Jimmy Eat World.Anything else?
www.myspace.com/audiopilot
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