| Depswa | |
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| Origin | Modesto, California, United States |
| Genre(s) | Alternative rock, alternative metal |
| Years active | Mid-90s – present |
| Label(s) | Geffen Records |
| Website | www.depswa.com |
| Members | |
| Jeremy Penick Dan Noonan Jesse Nunn Ryan Burchfeild Steve White |
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Depswa are a four-piece alternative metal/nu metal music group originating from Modesto, California. Modesto is the County seat of Stanislaus County in the US state of California. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative; known primarily in the UK as indie) is a genre of Alternative metal is an eclectic form of Heavy metal music that gained popularity in the early 1990s alongside grunge. In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Geffen Records is an American Record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operated as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label Alternative metal is an eclectic form of Heavy metal music that gained popularity in the early 1990s alongside grunge. Nu metal (sometimes named new metal or nü metal) is a musical genre that emerged in the mid 1990s which fuses influences from grunge and Alternative Modesto is the County seat of Stanislaus County in the US state of California. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean.
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History
The beginnings of Depswa came together in the mid-90's with vocalist Jeremy Penick and bassist Ryan Burchfield, under their original band name "Carcinogen". By the late 90's, Penick and Burchfield had moved to Los Angeles and added guitarist Dan Noonan. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West The band would then rename themselves as "Depswa".
The band released their debut EP in 2000 titled Faithless, and by October 2001, had added drummer Gordon Heckaman into the fold. An extended play ( EP) is a Vinyl record, CD, or Music download which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify
Depswa had generated some significant interest around a number of major record labels. The music industry is the business of Music. Although it encompasses the activity of many music-related businesses and organizations it is currently dominated by the "big Ultimately they decided to sign with Geffen Records. Geffen Records is an American Record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operated as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label
The band went to work recording their debut album with renowned producer Howard Benson. Howard Benson (born in Havertown, Pennsylvania) is a Grammy nominated Music producer and Aerospace engineer. A second guitarist in James Mills also joined the band at this point.
Depswa released their debut album titled Two Angels and a Dream on June 3, 2003. Two Angels and a Dream is the debut album by the Californian based Alternative metal / Nu metal music group Depswa. Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman Emperor, entering Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. The band was part of Ozzfest 2003, as a second stage act. Ozzfest is an annual festival tour of the United States (and in some years Europe) featuring performances by many heavy metal and Hard rock Also, Their song, "This Time", was featured in EA Sports' NASCAR Thunder 2004 in two forms, the original with lyrics, and an instrumental version.
As of August 13, 2003, Depswa had sold 9,060 copies of their debut album in the United States (according to Nielsen SoundScan). Events 3114 BC - According to the Lounsbury correlation the start of the Maya calendar. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Nielsen SoundScan is an information system created by Mike Fine and Mike Shalett that tracks sales of music and music video products throughout the United States and Canada At this point, it was rumoured that the band had been dropped off the remaining part of the Ozzfest tour, due to Geffen withdrawing their tour support of the band. [1] This was not completely accurate. Geffen was not in communications with the band's management and had not sent the remainder of the tour support that was needed. The band told Geffen that if they did not receive the backend support they would pull themselves off the tour. Geffen responded saying that they were going to send the funds 2 days after the band started for home. Upon returning to L. A. Depswa's attorney requested that the label let the band go to pursue other labels that might be more supportive.
On December 6, 2003, guitarist James Mills departed Depswa. Events 1060 - Béla I of Hungary is crowned king of Hungary 1240 - Mongol invasion of Rus: Kiev Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. [2] The band was seeking a replacement guitarist, but nobody was ever hired, and have since continued as a four-piece with Penick playing second guitar and singing.
In January of 2005, Depswa revealed via their MySpace blog that they were under way recording material for their second album. MySpace is a popular social networking Website offering an interactive user-submitted network of friends personal profiles blogs groups photos music and A blog (a contraction of the term " Web log " is a Web site, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary descriptions of After working with a couple different producers, Depswa eventually decided to re-record much of the material along with several new songs. Currently, (May 2007) they are in the final stages of the recording process and are preparing to have the material mixed.
May 13th 2007 was Gordon's last show with Depswa as their drummer. They now have their good friend Steve White (formally of Turn Of The Screw) behind the kit. In the last few months they also brought in Jesse Nunn on guitar and vocals to help Jeremy focus on his vocals once again. Jesse and Steve can both do vocals so the live shows have the harmonies we like in the recordings. As of April of 2008 they've been working hard on mixing the tracks for their next CD and hope to be wrapped up before this summer.
Band members
Current
- Jeremy Penick – Vocals, Guitar
- Dan Noonan – Guitar
- Jesse Nunn - Guitar, Vocals
- Ryan Burchfeild – Bass
- Steve White – Drums, Vocals
Former
- Gordon Heckaman - Drums
- James Mills – Guitar
Discography
- Faithless [EP] (2000)
- Two Angels and a Dream (2003)
External links
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