# HG changeset patch # User Brian Neal # Date 1557192543 18000 # Node ID b3919dd302c9dc2d79f62f35d9ee174408af0237 # Parent 8d42e2f19c5e10f3d7c8c776c543df5ef752368f Updated bio. diff -r 8d42e2f19c5e -r b3919dd302c9 madeira/templates/band/bio.html --- a/madeira/templates/band/bio.html Mon May 06 20:12:06 2019 -0500 +++ b/madeira/templates/band/bio.html Mon May 06 20:29:03 2019 -0500 @@ -6,30 +6,38 @@

Band Biography

-The Madeira began in 2004 in Indianapolis, IN. The -band features Ivan Pongracic on lead guitar, the founder of the 1990s -surf music icons the Space Cossacks; Patrick O'Connor on rhythm -guitar, the founder of the Indy space-surf mavens Destination: Earth!; -Dane Carter on drums; and Todd Fortier on bass. The Madeira have -released six CDs: “Sandstorm” (2005), “Ruins” EP (2006), “Carpe -Noctem” (2008), “Tribal Fires” (2012), "Sonic Cataclysm - Live" -(2014), and "Ancient Winds (2015). They've played all around the US, -including three California tours as well as shows on the East Coast -and in the South, though they primarily play in the -Indiana/Illinois/Ohio/Michigan/Wisconsin area. They headlined the +

+The Madeira began in 2004 in Indianapolis, IN. The band features Ivan +Pongracic on lead guitar, the founder of the 1990s surf music icons +the Space Cossacks; Patrick O'Connor on rhythm guitar, the founder of +the Indy space-surf mavens Destination: Earth!; Dane Carter on drums; +and Todd Fortier on bass. We have released seven CDs: “Sandstorm” +(2005), “Ruins” EP (2006), “Carpe Noctem” (2008), “Tribal Fires” +(2012), "Sonic Cataclysm - Live" (2014), "Ancient Winds (2015) and +"Center of the Surf - Live" (2018), all on Double Crown Records from +Bellingham, WA. We've played all around the US, including four +California tours as well as shows on the East Coast and in the South, +though we primarily play in the +Indiana/Illinois/Ohio/Michigan/Wisconsin area. We also headlined the third and final night of the 2009 Surfer Joe Festival in Livorno, -Italy, followed by a 10-day Italian tour. UK's Pipeline magazine, the -leading surf/instrumental-rock fanzine in the world, selected “Carpe -Noctem” Album of the Year in 2008, "Sonic Cataclysm" the Album of the -Year in 2014, "Ancient Winds" Album of the Year in 2015, and -“Sandstorm” and “Tribal Fires” as runners-up for the Album of the Year -in 2006 and 2012, respectively. NUVO Indianapolis Weekly paper -included "Carpe Noctem" in their April 2014 article "100 Best Hoosier -Albums Ever," among albums by music legends Wes Montgomery, the -Jackson Five and John Mellencamp. The band was also featured in a -full-page article in the March 2014 issue of the Guitar Player -magazine in the column titled "Now Hear This - Snappy Profiles of -Players You Should Know." +Italy, followed by a 10-day Italian tour. +

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+The Indianapolis weekly paper NUVO included "Carpe Noctem" in their +April 2014 article "100 Best Hoosier Albums Ever," among albums by +music legends Wes Montgomery, the Jackson Five and John Mellencamp. +The band was also featured in a full-page article in the March 2014 +issue of the Guitar Player magazine in the column titled "Now Hear +This - Snappy Profiles of Players You Should Know." The May 2019 issue +of the Vintage Guitar magazine featured the band in an article on the +current surf music revival, referring to us as the "leading lights of +the revival". UK's Pipeline magazine, the leading +surf/instrumental-rock fanzine in the world, selected “Carpe Noctem” +Album of the Year in 2008, "Sonic Cataclysm" Album of the Year in +2014, "Ancient Winds" Album of the Year in 2015, and “Sandstorm” and +“Tribal Fires” as runners-up for the Album of the Year in 2006 and +2012, respectively. +