Band Bio: Bugs Multiply is a 4 piece powerpop band from Asheville, NC. Members: Matt Cox (Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards), Toby Brown (Guitar, Vocals), George Waterman (Drums) and recently Ian Kirkland on Bass.. ...   Read More »

Band Bio: Bugs Multiply is a 4 piece powerpop band from Asheville, NC. Members: Matt Cox (Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards), Toby Brown (Guitar, Vocals), George Waterman (Drums) and recently Ian Kirkland on Bass.. Matt Cox is an Asheville transplant from Ithaca, NY who left a short lived stay in Los Angeles to come to Asheville in 1998. The first version of Bugs Multiply rehearsed in his one room log cabin working out a collection of existing songs. Eight years later including several name changes and an evolution of lineup changes the first full length Bugs Multiply CD was released and the band was playing regular local shows. The CD sold about 200 copies and gathered positive reviews and radio play leaving the band name a solid 3 pages of google search results and some MySpace momentum. 2007 brought another complete lineup change, but also a years worth of regular local shows and 2 short tours including 7 days in the northeast and a beach city tour. At the end of that run two of the members moved on to form their own project and Matt took time off to write songs for a new EP. Enter George Waterman on drums and Toby Brown as new guitar player and a good vocal match for song harmonies. Waterman is an “any genre” drummer with a history of session work who found the songs exactly the type of project he was looking for after moving to Asheville. Toby Brown comes from the Orlando, FL punk and hardcore scene as well as 8 years of Warped Tour residency as a player and a tour manager. With playing and writing styles that matched Matt’s punk rock background, the songs for the new EP took a slightly faster turn and brought more power to the pop while keeping the big harmony choruses like the first album. The 6 song EP titled “Strung Out on the Placebo” was recorded in Nashville over summer 2008. The songs always have a hint of dissonance that come from some unique chord phrasings that Matt developed as a piano player turned guitar based writer. Matt has an experienced soft spot for glaring hooks with harmonies, and no shortage of pretty measures with hidden pop melodies and softer vocals. On the other side, the songs go for punk influenced super catchy 3 minute soundtracks for your short attention span life. This year the band developed their own record label (Coma Gun Records) that has a mission to create a promotions sharing community with a few other bands that will also be on the label. The tentative formal release date of the new EP is January 6, 2009. There are plans to release a record label compilation disc showcasing the 3 rock bands that make up Coma Gun Records.   Read Less »

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