infused
Infused is an indie alternative rock band from Central Pennsylvania. Infused was founded in the early 2000s out of the remnants of the band, Upstream. Infused has a diverse style of influences ranging from rock to blues to alternative. Members include Shawn Huss - vocals and acoustic guitar, Adrianna Huss - vocals, Rod Skelley - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, keyboard and drums, and Dave Carles on bass. Infused albums include Beyond Cohesion (2004), Believe (2010) and Fade to Gray (2011), Auto Epiphany (2021) and Divine Sunset (2022). Singles include Manipulate Time (2011), Never (Acoustic Anthem for Ukraine) (2022), Within (Empty) (2022), Within (Empty and Quiet) (2022), You're Not Going That Way (2022), Please Don't Abandon Me (Acoustic Version) (2022), You Will Stay (2023).
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
hawn Huss and Rod Skelley have been playing in bands together since high school in various bands including Occission and Upstream. We recorded a couple demos on 4 track recorders as Occision and as Upstream even went into the studio and recorded an EP. In the early 2000s, inspired by that Upstream EP, Shawn and Rod decided to try to put the Upstream band back together and even started practicing with the original drummer. The drummer then decided he was not into it anymore and decided to sell his drums. He sold them to one of Shawn's coworkers, Ed Longo, who played drums in his youth but had gotten away from it. Ed said he was interested in playing drums for Upstream and knew a bass player named Billy Fischer. Shawn, Rod, Ed and Billy changed the band name to Infused. After recording Beyond Cohesion in 2004, Billy and Ed had a falling out and Dave Carles was recruited to play bass. Shortly after that Ed passed away from an illness. The band was devastated, but has been continuing to write and record music.
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
Infused has played in various venues throughout the Central Pennsylvania area.
Your musical influences
Influences include Pearl Jam, U2, REM, Radiohead, Nine Inch Nails, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Smashing Pumpkins, the Cure, Jimi Hendrix, Jethro Tull as well as blues legends like Muddy Watters, Albert King, Willie Dixon and B.B. King.
What equipment do you use?
Rod Skelley plays a Fender Strat, a Taylor and a Martin. Dave Carles plays Yamaha and Spector basses. Shawn Huss plays Yamaha and Ovation acoustics.
Anything else?
Check out our website at Infusedmusictheband.com
