"Awesome" were a band from Seattle, self-described as "Part band, part art collective."[1] Although they rejected the "rock band" label, Lane Czaplinski, artistic director of On the Boards remarked, "If they are not rock musicians, there is rock payoff."[2] Czaplinski has compared them to Polyphonic Spree
"Awesome" began as a cabaret act thrown together by seven experienced fringe theater actors. Although they continued to perform in theatrical venues, their identity as a band and cabaret act eclipsed their status as actors.[3] Around October 2003, several future members of "Awesome" played together in a They Might Be Giants tribute to raise money for Seattle's Open Circle Theater.[4] Their very first performance under the name "Awesome" (with just Ackermann, Mosher, Nixon, and Osebold) was in Seattle at Annex Theater's monthly cabaret "Spin the Bottle" On February 6, 2004,[2] and their first full-septet performance as "Awesome" was in the Jewelbox theater at Belltown bar the Rendezvous on June 30, 2004.[4] Brendan Kiley of Seattle weekly The Stranger described that performance over a decade later and how a "privately-skeptical-but-here-to-be-supportive" audience were soon in "a state of shock" from how good the songs were, "sophisticatedly crisp and architectural while staying warm and invitingly poppy."[5]
Band member David Nixon is a philosophy professor at the University of Washington, Bothell.[6] Band member Rob Pro (accordion, clarinet) is a composer and sound designer for theater productions. Band member John Osebold, who wrote most of the band's songs, won of a 2011 Stranger Genius Award.[5]
Many of the group's theatrical pieces are non-narrative or have only minimal, non-linear narratives. For example, No Signal (2006) was described by Seattle Times reviewer Brangien Davis as "addressing, among other topics, technical difficulties, recurring dreams, cell death, regeneration and bees."[7]
Referencesedit
^Bio 2010-08-04 at the Wayback Machine, "Awesome" official site. Accessed online August 31, 2008.
^ abSuzanne Beal, You Can Call Them 'Awesome', Seattle Weekly, May 3, 2006. Accessed online July 11, 2013. Emphasis in the original.
^ abKirk Heynen, Awesome - Delaware review, Three Imaginary Girls, December 11, 2013. Accessed online August 19, 2013.
^ abcdeChristopher Frizzelle, No Traffic Signal, No Problem, The Stranger, May 2, 2012. Accessed online August 31, 2008.
^ abcdKiley, Brendan (2015-09-02). ""Awesome" Reunion: Once More, With Feelings". The Stranger. Seattle. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
^ abcdChristian Nelson, INTERMISSION INQUISITION: "Awesome" player David Nixon Archived 2012-12-12 at archive.today, The Daily (University of Washington), April 5, 2007. Accessed online August 31, 2008.
^Brangien Davis, Multi-genre "noSIGNAL" creates a buzz, Seattle Times, May 5, 2006. Accessed online August 31, 2008.
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