Plaid Anxiety
Plaid Anxiety is the newest sound to come out of Baltimore, MD. Combining uncommon styles of music, this trio refers to their music as Industrial Grunge Pop.
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This is the world of Plaid Anxiety, a trio based out of Baltimore, MD with a new style of music unheard of until now. Plaid Anxiety combines uncommon styles of music together forming what they like to call "Industrial Grunge Pop". The electronic backbeats mixed with heavy synth and bluesy, grungey guitar riffs create the perfect background for the screaming melodic vocals. The Sound Of Plaid Is Coming...Band/artist history
Formed in early 1994 by singer/keyboardist Ted Carroll and guitarist Adam Kussrow, "ANXIETY" began amature recordings of original songs by combining the uncommon styles of industrial electronica with blues and grunge to be backed with screaming, melodic vocals. They produced song after song, homemade album after album, and even played a few shows in their home town of Baltimore, MD. Due to their new & different sound, gigs were scarce, but the home recording continued over the years. The word "PLAID" was added to the front of the band's name to emphasize the crossing patterns of music.
Ted's influences consisted of modern industrial rock such as Nine Inch Nails and electronic pop such as Erasure, whereas Adam's influences focused more on the bluesy styles of Miles Davis and the distorted rock of Jimi Hendrix....even a bit of Nirvana's grunge fell in the loop at some point.
After recording a personal library of over 200 songs, PLAID ANXIETY recorded their first CD in early 1998 in The Nuthouse Recording Studio under engineer Joe "The Nut" Prahme. This debut, PLAIDITUDE, was a collection of the band's better material. Several other CD's were compiled shortly thereafter to create a 15-Disc "box set" entitled PLAID ANTHOLOGY, completing the library to one collection.
In late 2000, a young guitarist named Chuck Lamar was abducted into the band as a lead guitarist for live shows. His heavier influences including Limp Bizkit and Linkin Park were just the edge the band was looking for, and was soon added as a studio member as well.
Now in 2002, the trio called PLAID ANXIETY continues to work on new material and plan live shows as the warnings are constantly posted......
THE SOUND OF PLAID IS COMING...........................................Have you performed in front of an audience?We have played a few shows in the past, but will increse over the next few months. We usually play in local clubs in Baltimore, MD. We love playing live and every show IS a "special moment".
Your musical influences
Ted Carroll is mainly influenced by electronic music like Erasure and any techno band as well as dark gothic music like the Doors or Nine Inh Nails. Adam Kussrow is mainly inspired by classic rock such as Jimi Hendrix and classic jazz such as Miles Davis. Chuck Lamar is inspired mainly by more modern heavy alternative like Limp Bizkit and Linkin Park.What equipment do you use?
Kawai Superlab keyboard, Roland Juno-60 Synthesizer, Boss DR-5 Drum Machine, Sequential Circuits TOM Drum Machine, Boss SP-202 Sampler.Anything else?
PLAID ANXIETY is growing stronger every day with a sound waiting to be heard. Keep your ears open. The Sound Of Plaid Is Coming........
Baltimore, MD
USA
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18952
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