Pedestrian (band)

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Pedestrian
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Pedestrian, 2006. L-R: Zac Rae, Blair Sinta, Joe Karnes, and Joel Shearer.
Background information
Origin Los Angeles, California, United States
Genres Alternative rock
Years active2002 (2002)present
LabelsHeadwreckords
MembersJoel Shearer
Zac Rae
Joseph Karnes
Blair Sinta
Past membersKane McGee
Ed Maxwell
Brendan Buckley
Stewart Cole
Cedric Lemoyne
Website pedestrianmusic.org

Pedestrian is an alternative rock band based in Los Angeles, California, United States. The band was formed in late 2002 by guitarist/songwriter Joel Shearer.

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Band members have played in the backing bands of artists such as Gnarls Barkley, Damien Rice, Alanis Morissette, [1] Dido [2] and Our Lady Peace, [3] [4] [5] as well as for Death Cab For Cutie. [6] Pedestrian was also invited to perform as opening acts on tour in North America and overseas with Damien Rice and Our Lady Peace, allowing the band to reach a wider audience and larger fanbase. [7]

Although releasing albums on Shearer's own independent label, the band has a distribution deal with Iris Records. [1]

Members

Former or part-time members:

Discography

Pedestrian independently released 4 CDs: the Electric and Acoustic EP's (2003), Ghostly Life (2006) and Sidegeist (2008) [8]

Ghostly Life

The band took a long time to make their first full-length album, Ghostly Life, because members were on tour with Damien Rice in 2003, Our Lady Peace in 2005, and also took time out to record and tour with other artists. The album "Ghostly Life" is inspired by "art, politics, love, hate, life, loneliness, chaos, and good Scotch". [9]

Sidegeist

Pedestrian recorded Sidegeist independently at the band's studio in Los Angeles. It features Randy Kerber (piano on "Let the Ending Begin") and Shara Worden (vocals on "Shape of a Pocket") of My Brightest Diamond. The album "Sidegeist" is inspired by "art, politics, love, life, loneliness, chaos, good scotch and a beautiful dog named Cedrick". [8] Following the release of Sidegeist, the band was named The Deli LA's Band of the Month for 1st half of September 2008. [10]

Discography

Date of ReleaseTitleTrack listing
(date unknown)Live(track list unknown)
2003Acoustic
  1. Oxygen
  2. Red Tape
  3. Folly of Leaders
  4. Overwhlemed
  5. A
  6. Sick Love
  7. B
  8. Eventually
2003Electric
  1. Overwhelmed
  2. A
  3. Red Tape
  4. Temporary
  5. Finally all the Noise
  6. B
  7. Plucked
  8. C
  9. Dosify
May 3, 2006Ghostly Life
  1. Headwreck
  2. Hummingbird on a Wire
  3. Overwhelmed
  4. Come Down After
  5. Playing God
  6. Pleased
  7. The Abundance Of
  8. This Pretty Girl
  9. Brian on a Stick
  10. Dosify
  11. Ghostly Life
2008Sidegeist
  1. Covered in Grey
  2. Blow Against the Wind
  3. Silent Faces
  4. Shape of a Pocket
  5. Your Radio
  6. Go
  7. Song for a Lady
  8. The Heights
  9. Storm
  10. Let the Ending Begin

Notes and references

  1. 1 2 "Going indie: Pedestrian", CNNMoney.com, 2008-08-08. Retrieved on 2008-10-20.
  2. "Home". didomusic.com.
  3. Harde, Erin. "Fans gush over Our Lady Peace", Regina Leader-Post , 2006-07-22, p. A9.
  4. Devlin, Mike. "Band's energy surmounts sound woes", Times-Colonist , 2006-04-28, p. D2.
  5. Malachowski, David. "Lush sounds from north of the border", Times Union , 2005-10-02, p. C4.
  6. "Watch: Ben Gibbard Enlists Mark Kozelek and Zac Rae for Solo Show". 24 February 2015.
  7. Meyer, Zach. "'Our Lady Peace' overshadowed by opening act [ permanent dead link ]", thecurrentonline.com, 2005-10-24. Retrieved on 2008-10-20.
  8. 1 2 "Bio at PedestrianMusic.org". Archived from the original on 2008-12-19. Retrieved 2008-10-16.
  9. "Peyote Radio Theatre Feature Artist: Pedestrian". Archived from the original on 2008-12-23.
  10. "Band of the Month Poll Archived 2008-12-22 at the Wayback Machine ", thedelimagazine.com. Retrieved on 2008-10-20.

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