Sherwood (band)

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Name = Sherwood


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Origin = San Luis Obispo, California, United States
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Genre = Alternative rock Indie rock
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Years_active = 2002–present
Label = Myspace Records (2006-present) Sidecho Records
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URL = [http://www.sherwoodmusic.net www.sherwoodmusic.net]
Current_members = Nate Henry Dan Koch Joe Greenetz Mike Leibovich Dave Provenzano
Past_members = Chris Armstrong Chris Keene Lucas Starr
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Sherwood is an Indie rock band from San Luis Obispo, California, specializing in upbeat pop-rock. After the huge success of their debut LP "Sing, But Keep Going", they signed to MySpace Records in early 2006.

History

The band began in late 2002 while several of its founding members were attending Cal Poly State University in San Luis Obispo, California. The band first formed with Nate Henry on vocals and bass, Chris Keene on keyboard, Dan Koch on drums, and Chris Armstrong on guitar. During the first few months, the lineup was changed with the addition of drummer Joe Greenetz. Koch became the band's second guitarist and principal songwriter. Mikey Leibovich joined to play keyboards months later after Chris left Sherwood to play for Number One Gun. After years of touring with a "Do-it-yourself" attitude, the band chose to sign with Militia Group side-label Sidecho Records, who would release their debut LP. Entitled "Sing, But Keep Going" and produced at Sonikwire Studios in Irvine by Michael Rosas (singer/guitarist for the band Satisfaction), it sold over 20,000 copies and helped stir up even more attention for the star-shooting group.In 2005, the sad news was announced that founding guitarist Chris Armstrong was leaving the band. His role was filled in on tour first by (former Terminal, now Oh, Sleeper bassist) Lucas Starr and later by Gabe Dutton in April of '06 and finally by Dave Provenzano (formerly of the band Fighting Jacks) in February '07.

As "Sing, But Keep Going" continued to explode the band, Sherwood began receiving interest from almost every record label of note as they went on to play the Warped Tour and sold-out shows across the country. Pushing the envelope even further was AbsolutePunk.net, who released a free downloadable EP in early 2006 that has since been downloaded some 30,000 times. After holding out for the best possible deal, the band surprised its fans and announced that they had signed to the newly formed MySpace Records. Following a summer full of shows, Sherwood spent some time in Mexico writing for their next LP. The songs written during this section, along with the material they'd released on the "Summer EP", were compiled to form a new full-length album, later entitled "A Different Light", which was recorded in San Francisco with producer Lou Giordano.

Members

Current members

*Nate Henry – Lead vocals, Bass
*Joe Greenetz – drums,
*Dan Koch – Lead Guitar, Background vocals
*Dave Provenzano – Rhythm Guitar
*Mike Leibovich – Keys, percussion

Former members

*Chris Armstrong – Guitar

Crew Members

*Shane Haase – FOH Sound Engineer and Merch
*Will Kent – Lighting Designer and Visual Director
*Sean Porterhouse – Guitar Tech, Tour Manger

Former Crew Members

*Ciara Carlson – Merch Mistress

Musical style

The band focuses on creating rock and roll music that can be danced to--upbeat, with nonaggressive passion and a strong nod to classic rock stylings. While the band's original sound has been admitted to be "The Get Up Kids meets Mineral meets Further Seems Forever," the band's detailed list of influences for their current sound is a blend of old-fashioned rock and progressive alternative, with strong ties to standards set by the Beach Boys, though the band has mentioned in interviews a strong disinterest in being compared with them.

Other projects

*I'll Beat You UpIn the summer of 2005, guitarist Dan Koch and then-guitarist Chris Armstrong released a free online EP under the pseudonym "I'll Beat You Up" through a Myspace page. This farcical project consisted of "screamo" covers of children's melodies, such as the Itsy-Bitsy Spider and selections from Schoolhouse Rock. While it appears to have been a one-time deal, the EP remains available for download on the Myspace page.
*We Shot The Moonformerly known as The Honor Roll, is a band from San Diego, California featuring Jonathan Jones the singer of Waking Ashland, in addition to Dan Koch, and Joe Greenetz both from the band Sherwood.
*More Important Than MusicIn the spring of 2006, a blog was set up called "More Important Than Music" at Blogspot.com, and was later moved to a Wordpress account. Founded by Dan Koch, the blog follows the band's longstanding tradition of showing support for worldwide charitable organizations (the band has been a steadfast supporter of TheHungerSite.com and has helped to publicize it on their site and in their liner notes.) MITM consists of interviews with recording artists and opinion articles by members of the musical community, all with an emphasis on important charitable causes and national crises such as the situations in Sudan, Darfur, and general world poverty. The blog remains active and can be found at http://mitm.wordpress.com.
*The Sherwood ShowOn November 7, 2007 Sherwood released their first pilot episode of their new online show starring Nate Henry, Dan Koch, Joe Greenetz, Mike Leibovich, and Dave Provenzano. The pilot episode can be found on their MySpace blog. They announced that they would be airing a new episode every Wednesday. According to the pilot episode lead singer and bassist Nate Henry started the series.

Discography

Albums

*2005: "Sing, But Keep Going"
*2007: "A Different Light" U.S. Heatseekers #11, U.S. Top Independent Albums #30 [ [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:kifrxqwsldse~T5 Billboard] , Allmusic]

EPs

*2004: "Sherwood"
*2006: "Summer EP"

References

External links

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* [http://www.sherwoodmusic.net/ Official Website]
*MySpace|sherwood|Sherwood
* [http://www.purevolume.com/sherwood Official Purevolume site]
* [http://www.absolutepunk.net/Sherwood AbsolutePunk Profile]
* [http://www.giglovers.com/band/Sherwood Upcoming Tour Dates]
* [http://yebotv.com/play/JWLc4Mby6xq YeboTV.com (Sherwood Interview)]
* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=LqjDTKZFiLA Live Video of "Song In My Head" ] - by Punkvideosrock

Interviews

* [http://mitm.wordpress.com/2007/03/16/interview-dan-from-sherwood/ 'More Important Than Music' interview with Dan Koch]
* [http://www.euphoniaonline.net/interviews/Sherwood.html Euphonia Online interview]