“Local Beat” ... Stone Cloud Sunday
By Michael Anhalt
A successful band derives
from diverse and interchangeable band members. This same
band thrives on its eclectic
abilities. This band is Stone
Cloud Sunday.
Stone Cloud Sunday was
officially organized, with its
original and current five band
members, in June, 2011. Austin is the lead vocalist, Tim is
the drummer, Dustin plays
bass and sings vocals, and
Jaime and Matt play guitar.
Even though each one has a set
position in the band, many are
interchangeable as well, besides the drummer.
“I could sing vocals if I needed
to. A lot of us are able to do multiple things in the band, other than
the drummer. We have an excellent
drummer, but drummers can’t do
much else,” said Jamie Paul.
Austin Peterson, the lead vocalist,
said some bands get in fights when
another member tries to help with
creating the lyrics or music, but he
is grateful. “We bounce ideas off of
each other when I’m writing lyrics.
Without their inspiration, I would be
stuck in a rut. We have very democratic ideas when it comes to forming sing lyrics.”
Stone Cloud Sunday describes
their genre as dirt.
Stone Cloud Sunday describes
their genre as Dirty Mandan Rock
because of the large mixture of
genres that form the band’s music.
“Our inspiration comes from Blues,
Rock and Metal,” said Matt Foster.
When I asked the band to name
some other bands they were inspired
by the band decided to name genres
instead since many of the band
names would be unrecognizable to
a lot of people. “It’s very mixed up
music. That’s why it’s called Dirty
Mandan Rock,” said Foster.
All of the members of Stone
Cloud Sunday have been interested
in music since they can remember.
“I’ve been jamming since 15 or 16,”
said Paul. “All of our band members
have been playing since our wind
instruments in middle school,” said
Peterson.
There are many great things in
life, but the experience of playing a
live show is at the top of the list for
these rockers. Peterson said, “There
is nothing to compare a live show
to. It’s like being on top of whatever
world you want to be that night.”
Foster agreed, “It’s like being an
athlete and winning the big game.
There is always a spot of a riff in the
middle of a song when the crowd will
cheer. That’s when you know you’re
doing good."
Paul said, “A live show is a constant evolution. The energy you put
out is the energy that will be returned.”
Stone Cloud Sunday’s first EP,
“Secrets of our alchemy”, is available everywhere, on ITunes, Spotify, Amazon, and Soundcloud.
The band hopes to release a new
EP each year. Check out the band
and their music at their Facebook page, www.facebook.com/
StoneCloudSunday?fref=ts.
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