May 7th, 2009 - Tickets to Tokyo
Originating as a six piece collective called "The Giant Purple Teacups"
and recording one song that you really don't want to hear, Tickets To
Tokyo slowly refined their sound to be whatever the hell it is today.
Early on, a guitarist was let go and that girl with the microphone was
kicked out shortly after the band's first gig. For the summer of '07,
the band was just Evan on bass, Dan on guitar and Sheldon on drums.
There were many ups and downs, and Dan's garage was a really lame place to jam. Eventually someone decided it would be killer to find a synth player.
And it would have been. Too bad they never did. So the guys - being as smart as they are beautiful - decided it would be easier to find a new drummer and Sheldon thus bought himself a synth.
Also, this was handy because Sheldon's TV broke and he needed something to spend his refunded money on that wasn't another TV. Or booze.
At this point, things were looking pretty good. Except that TtT has had about 3048238942ninety93823 HUNDRED drummers since then.
And that brings us up to now. TtT has themselves merch - shirts, CDs, whatever they feel like, and play shows regularly. They also have a new drummer. For real. Again.
Nixie began at the bottom of a deep dark well in a valley of paradise. Wanting to create something like no other all-female band, the four members set out on a musical journey. Led by synth-driven sounds and bass-filled beats, the ladies opted to 'nix' the guitar in favor of a keyboard and microkorg synthesizer; the outcome being a fuller sound and wider range of creativity. During their first year, Kelowna-based Nixie had the privilege of playing at the British Columbia Interior Music Awards, the BC Summer games, and at world renowned festival Shambhala in Salmo, BC.
And so, dear listeners, a movement was born out of water and onto the dancefloor. You're next...
There were many ups and downs, and Dan's garage was a really lame place to jam. Eventually someone decided it would be killer to find a synth player.
And it would have been. Too bad they never did. So the guys - being as smart as they are beautiful - decided it would be easier to find a new drummer and Sheldon thus bought himself a synth.
Also, this was handy because Sheldon's TV broke and he needed something to spend his refunded money on that wasn't another TV. Or booze.
At this point, things were looking pretty good. Except that TtT has had about 3048238942ninety93823 HUNDRED drummers since then.
And that brings us up to now. TtT has themselves merch - shirts, CDs, whatever they feel like, and play shows regularly. They also have a new drummer. For real. Again.
Nixie began at the bottom of a deep dark well in a valley of paradise. Wanting to create something like no other all-female band, the four members set out on a musical journey. Led by synth-driven sounds and bass-filled beats, the ladies opted to 'nix' the guitar in favor of a keyboard and microkorg synthesizer; the outcome being a fuller sound and wider range of creativity. During their first year, Kelowna-based Nixie had the privilege of playing at the British Columbia Interior Music Awards, the BC Summer games, and at world renowned festival Shambhala in Salmo, BC.
And so, dear listeners, a movement was born out of water and onto the dancefloor. You're next...
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