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Deadweight is an alternative rock trio from San Francisco, California. Members include Ben Barnes (electric violin and vocals), Sam Bass (electric cello) and Paulo Baldi (drums). Deadweight began as a duo of Barnes and Bass who were graduates of San Francisco Conservatory of Music later joined by Baldi.〔(Band Biography at Alternative Tentacles website ) Retrieved July 4, 2007〕 Their first demo (1994) was produced by Jason Newsted of Metallica.〔 Deadweight has toured both nationally and internationally and has opened for Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade.〔(''Rock and Rosin, An interview with Ben Barnes of Deadweight'', Bob Ignizio, UtterTrash.net ) Retrieved July 4, 2007〕 Deadweight's third album, ''Stroking The Moon'' (2003), was released on Jello Biafra's Alternative Tentacles label. Playing the violin and cello through a variety of guitar effects,〔 their studio recorded material is surprisingly hard rock. Live performances display an eclecticism that has conjured a variety of descriptions by critics. Examples include, "(howling) like something out of Beethoven's most twisted hallucinations,"〔(''Nightlife, music scene heating up in Spokane, Bar Code: Deadweight pulls like gravity'', Isamu Jordan, www.SpokesManReview.com ) Retrieved July 4, 2007〕 "Eastern European Gypsy songs sung in the back of a big rig driven across tornado country by the ghost of the Marlboro Man"〔(''The House of Tudor'', Silke Tudor, SFWeekly, December 10, 1997 ) Retrieved July 4, 2007〕 and "Charlie Daniels in hell playing a combination of Bartok and Zeppelin."〔(''SFO3 1996'', SFWeekly, July 24, 1996 ) Retrieved July 4, 2007〕 Barnes has stated both Jimmy Page and Charlie Daniels are influences for their sound.〔 Deadweight were winners of the SF Weekly's 1998 Wammy award for the category of "Beyond."〔(''Wammies Winners'', SFWeekly, October 21, 1998 ) Retrieved July 4, 2007〕 == Discography == *''Opus One'' (1997) *''Half-Wit Anthems'' (1999) *''Stroking The Moon'' (2003) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Deadweight (American band)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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