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Welcome to my dredg page.
This will be a somewhat informative page.
Thanks. ---Nick2k

LAST UPDATED: april 27th, 2004
~created on may 10th, 1999~

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s h o w - d a t e s	n e w s
p r e s e n t: <the month of poopoo> f u t u r e: ??xx @ los gatos borders acoustic ??xx @ poolside acoustic gig at casa nick2k	04/27/04 - the band is almost done recording the new album. then they will be heading to seattle. read up more on the official site... 07/16/03 - dredg is currently not on tour anymore...but you can catch the 5 new songs floating around on certain channels...... ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? there's nothing here to read...

m i n i - b i o

r e l a t e d ~l i n k s ~& ~i n f o

b a s s: drew b e a t s: dino s p e e c h: gavin t r e b l e: mark ::BIO/PRESS for leitmotif:: (courtesy of dear friend Brian Lillie)

dredg's official site... LINK read a wonderful review of leitmotif done by Pedro of The PRP... LINK a 'forum' (founded by graham) for the dredg populace to share recipes along with bits and baubles...you will possibly find obscene ranting by me on there...be warned. LINK a fan-based dredg site (founded by RJ)... LINK a newer dredg fansite emerged... LINK a new dredg fansite i've noticed... LINK interscope's dredg/touring page... LINK

a - j o i n t - c o l l a b o r a t i o n - i n t e r v i e w - w i t h - d e f j e f f r e y

Mark was interrogated by a crackteam of specialists in Mid-September 2000... You say your songs are inspired by nature. Do you imagine nature or place yourself in nature in some way? I heard you went to the desert to write - was that an example of this? It's not such an intentional process for us. Nature is similar to music in many ways but just a different sense being stimulated. The desert is just one of those places where it is easy to find peace and be able to right music. How did dredg form & how did your sound evolve to what it is today? We were all friends in high school and started playing covers together. We eventually thought, why can't we just write songs that we like. dredg has been a pretty mysterious faceless band. As your success increases do you want to maintain this? Yes. Are there any artists you would like to collaborate with? There's always those artists we would like to collaborate, it's just a matter of doing it tastefully among today's cameo craze. How much does each member of the band put into the writing process? What are each of your specialties? We write our songs together. Of course our specialties are the instruments we play but we trade ideas from person to person. Whats your favorite band you've shared the stage with? We couldn't name one: Queens of the Stoneage, Far, the Apex Theory, Alien Ant Farm, among many others. What are your 'all time' favorite bands/artists? Couldn't begin to list them... Is Gavin worried about sharing the same 1st name with that guy from Bush? Should we expect a new run of "I love Gavin" t-shirts? No, he's just going to change his name. You guys mentioned in the past that you're evolving in music and won't be playing the Orph-style anymore, does that mean Orph will never be re-released or played live again? 'Never' is a big word. We just have moved on from that stage. It was good for what it is, but we don't feel it is entirely us. Whats with the name 'dredg'? It's a request. Whats the story behind the guy on the cover of Orph? And what about the shaman in leitmotif? Both of these were pictures,which to us, fit ideas from the recordings they're on. Where do your song titles come from? Any examples? Anything that is relevant to the song's creation or overall feeling. We try not to use the chorus as the title. What are some of the more strange instruments we hear on the CD? The most interesting instrument to me is the first and last sound you hear. It is called a 'spirit catcher' and it consists of a wood spoke and large rubber bands. The sound is created by spinning it as fast as you can. We had two different sized ones and two of us stood in this big room with two mics to capture that sound. Got any hidden talents? We haven't found them yet. What direction are you taking with the new CD? Is it going to have a storyline like leitmotif? When is it coming out? More focused/more experimental, harder/softer, yes/no...don't know. Where would you like dredg to go from here? Away from here. *Many thanks to the band to set some time aside to play Barbara Walters with us.* *Mucho gratitude to Jeff for constantly inspirating brainstorms and putting this all together.*

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