Bone Cellar

Bone Cellar Was Formed In 1989 By Three Teenagers And One Old Fart 23-Year Old. The Original Members Were Dave Mortenson Guitar/vocals Dawn Henschen Fretless Bass/vocals Matt Marti Drums And Dave Keppel Guitar/vocals . The Band Was Comitted To A Psychedelic Vision Of Hard-Hitting Metal Influenced Garage Rock. Several Legendary Shows Were Played Where The Entirety Of The Audience Was Tripping Along With The Band. Sets Were Spontaneous Decided By All Four Members And Encompassed Multiple Genres Often To The Frustration Of Audiences Wanting To Be Entertained In A Typical "rock" Fashion. The Band Was Instrumental In Keeping A Tiny Decrepit Tavern Called The Storeroom Alive As A Venue For Free Punk Shows Which Allowed For The Revival Of The Eastlake Punk Rock Scene In The Old Days Seattle Had Multiple Scenes In The U District Capitol Hill Eastlake And Downtown To Name A Few . The Band Practiced As If Their Lives Depended On It Not Saving Anything For The Stage Playing For 4 Or 5 Hours At A Time Exploring The Possibilities Of Their Own Music. Matt And Dave K Brought A Suburban Metal Aesthetic To The Table And All Four Members Discovered And Explored 70's Soul And Black Psychedelic Music Together Often Listening To Records For Hours Before Actually Practicing. Later On Dawn Quit Several Times To Be Briefly Replaced By Adam Bratman Later Dave Voss And Eventually Doug Duboff All On Bass. The Band Essentially Ended When Keppel After A Brief Hospital Stay Elected To Pursue Playing His New Songs With Another Ensemble The Delusions. The Delusions First Demo With Keppel Voss And Marti Along With Jim Roth Of Voodoo Gearshift Now Of Built To Spill Was Probably The Best Music Bone Cellar Never Made. Bug Those Guys To Put That Stuff Out! Essentially Dave Mortenson Shifted Away From Bone Cellar To Form The Still Extant Band Happy Stars Check Out Www.Myspace/happystars. And That Was Basically That. Recently The Fabulous Magazine "Rumble Skunk" Issued "Road To Paradise" From One Of Bone Cellar's Two Tombstone 7"ers On A Compilation Cd. read less