Brothers Past are a progressive rock band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania who has been called "one of the most talked about independent acts in the nation."^[1] They have been featured in Relix and their self-released albums have been reviewed in The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News and The Village Voice.^[1]

History

The band formed in 2000 by Tom Hamilton (vocals, guitar), Tom McKee (keyboards, vocals), Clay Parnell (aka "Parnstar,"bass, vocals), and Rick Lowenberg (drums). They first released a live album, Elements, in 2001 while regularly touring the Northeastern parts of the United States. They even performed every Thursday at Rex's in West Chester, Pennsylvania during their beginning.

For their first record for a music label, This Feeling's Called Goodbye, the band was produced by Jon Altschiller (Dave Matthews Band, Phish).

Brothers Past has toured nationally across the United States, playing over 650 shows since their 2000 formation, including appearances at Wakarusa, Bonnaroo ^[2] and SXSW.^[3] In the middle of 2006, it was announced that Lowenberg would be leaving the band to pursue environmental law and that Ilya Stemkovsky, formerly of OM Trio would take over for him.^[4]

The band began a one-year hiatus in 2007 and returned to the stage one year later (with original drummer Rick Lowenberg) at a New Year's Eve performance on December 31, 2008 at The Note in West Chester, Pennsylvania. The show sold out in less than 30 minutes.^{[citation needed]} Since then, the band has resumed a light touring schedule while recording the followup to This Feeling's Called Goodbye. No release date for the new record has been set.

Discography

• 2001 Elements self-released
• 2003 A Wonderful Day self-released
• 2004 statEPolice self-release EP
• 2005 This Feeling's Called Goodbye SCI Fidelity

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Brothers Past biography at Jambase.com". http://www.jambase.com/search.asp?bandID=2607&adv=1&display=bio. Retrieved 2007-01-02. 
2. ^ "Brothers Past listing at Bonnaroo 2006". http://www.bonnaroo.com/2006/index06.htm?http%3A//www.bonnaroo.com/2006/artists/artist_stages.htm%3Fhttp%3A//www.bonnaroo.com/2006/artists/stages/brotherspast/brotherspast.htm. Retrieved 2006-01-03. ^{[dead link]}
3. ^ "Brothers Past listing at SXSW 2006". http://2006.sxsw.com/music/showcases/band/8248.html. Retrieved 2006-01-03. 
4. ^ "New Brothers Past lineup". July 22, 2006. http://www.jambase.com/headsup.asp?storyID=8693. Retrieved 2007-01-02. 

External links

• Official site
• Brothers Past at the Internet Archive
• Brothers Past at Allmusic