Longwave, A Beautiful Noise, Eulogies

Longwave

Post-punk popsters Longwave got their start in 1999 when Steve Schlitz (vocals/guitar), Shannon Ferguson (guitar), Dave Marchese (bass), and Mike James (drums) congregated in a small New York studio to record some demos. The lineup had been fledgling for a number of years and Schlitz had been sitting on a stack of sweeping melodies, but once Ferguson left the sunny skies of California behind Longwave developed a space rock-tinged sound. Gigs in lower Manhattan melded the group's U2-inspired sound and also caught the eye of Luna Lounge owner Rob Sacher. Sacher founded Luna Sea Records soon after spotting Longwave and offered the band a deal...

A Beautiful Noise

a beautiful noise began with shonn simon and brent jackson back in 2001 in the skies above 5th and Hawthorn in san diego. Beginning with only a handful of songs, we soon found we had too many! Soon enlisting the talents of Jeremy Rather on drums, along with his sister Emily on keyboards we began to finely hone our sound. After an exhaustive search for bass, we finally came upon one Mani Garcia to fill in those duties. Several weeks later, a cellist was introduced to our sound, played by Lauren Niwinski. Thus completed a beautiful noise version 1. During this time the band performed all of it’s concerts as an instrumental act, while searchi...