SakéOne Summer Concert Series featuring The Slants
August 15, 2009
6:30pm - 8:30pm
Cost: 8.00
Location: Forest Grove, OR 97116
Please join us for the Slant's smooth harmonies, infectious melodies and anthemic choruses. You can check out their website at www.theslants.com to preview their addictive sound.
20% of gate fees from the SakéOne Summer Concert Series benefit Mercy Corps.
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But those people hadn't heard The Slants (yet), a band who has everyone screaming for some "Chinatown Dance Rock."
It was early 2006, when Simon Young decided to leave his group, The Stivs, to start a synth-pop outfit. In essence, he wanted to create synthesizer-driven rock n¹ roll but with an Asian twist. Enter Gaijin, who answered one of Young's numerous calls for Asian musicians. Though he wasn't Asian himself, the two found a common love for The Faint, Depeche Mode, New Order, Joy Division, and of course, sushi. After some shuffling with the line up, The Slants were formed and began playing in mid-2007.
Within three months of their first show, The Slants have already found themselves with international press (print, radio, and internet), requests to perform in four different continents, and have even played for a gathering of 3,000 fans. Also, within this time, they released their first record: Slanted Eyes, Slanted Hearts.
Indeed, the culmination of all of the band members¹ experience totals to over 2,500 live performances, several cross-country tours, hundreds of hours in the studio, and working with some of the biggest names in the business. However, The Slants are now poised to take on the world with their own music and presence, their own name. Like the power of the rising sun, The Slants are bold, majestic, and filled with unlimited potential to light the dark ignorance of society...all while melting people¹s faces off with "Chinatown Dance Rock!"
Click here to read/listen to a recent NPR interview.
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