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Artist
Careen
12+ albums
bellinghamalternativeslench
about
About the Artist Where We Come From: Careen comes from the N.W. United States, Portland, Oregon. Members spent their childhoods in Harbin, China, Cote D'Ivoire West Africa, and Portland, Oregon. They played music and sports and were child stage actors; destiny led them here. Careen is a Pop/Rock band. Careen is an American rock band. Taste the candy, choke, and revel. Three, I mean four, genres collide to make Careen's music: rock from Foo Fighters and Joan Jett and The Blackhearts, sugar from The Cars and Fountains of Wayne, Brit-ness from The Kinks and The Rolling Stones, or The Cure singles, and Americana from Tom Petty, Johnny Cash, and R.E.M. These guys will take all takers for a ride with a vision driven by conscience and heart. You don't even know. Think of the last band you heard that had confidence, then take off the laziness and add songs you actually cared about after you broke up with the bass player. The guys began in 2002. Singer/guitarist, Drew Grow wrote a lot of songs that winter, and good buddy, guitarist Patrick Tetreault, agreed to record them. By the fall, Matthew Kronbach(bass guitar), Graeme Enkelis(keyboards, Midi), and Andy Uppendahl(drums) had joined the scrappy, bourgeoning group, and with the release of their first demos("Dangerously In The Red", 11/02) the band was born. Originally appearing under the names "Ping!" and "The Marching Hearts", the band eventually settled on "Careen"(from an early song lyric). Naming a band is hard, b
