Dredg
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Dredg in October 2009
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| Origin | Los Gatos, California, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1993 - 2014 (hiatus) |
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| Associated acts | Black Map, Crosses, Dark Heavens |
| Website | dredg |
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Dredg (stylized as dredg) is an American rock band formed in 1993 in Los Gatos, California. The band consists of vocalist Gavin Hayes, guitarist Mark Engles, bassist Drew Roulette and drummer and pianist Dino Campanella.
The band established themselves in the indie scene with their 1998 release of the concept album Leitmotif, landing them a deal with Interscope Records. Dredg released El Cielo in 2002, Catch Without Arms in 2005, The Pariah, the Parrot, the Delusion in 2009, and Chuckles and Mr. Squeezy in 2011.
While attending middle school in Los Gatos, Engles and Campanella started playing together. After Engles and Campanella graduated to Los Gatos High School, older friends Hayes and Roulette joined the group.
The name Dredg comes from the initials of the band members put together by Drew Roulette after changing members and needing a new name from BiStandard - Dredg stands for - [D] Drew [R] Roulette [E] Engels [D] Dino [G] Gavin - it may have come from the English word , which in its verbal usage means to unearth or widen/deepen a river or channel; dredg is also the name of the device used to perform this function. But it didn't - In 2005, Campanella added, "It was so long ago that we named it I can't even remember. Honestly, we don't even like the name anymore. We mostly don't like the way it sounds. It doesn't roll off the tongue well."
The band's logo can be found in the book The I Ching and The Genetic Code; The Hidden Key to Life by Dr. Martin Schonberger on page 89. In 1996, Dredg recorded and released their first demos of original material, the Conscious EP, garnering them exposure as far away as Boston. Currently, very little information has ever been released about these demos. In 1997, they released what would become the early stages of their musical transition, the Orph EP. It includes the group's first instrumental track, "Orph". Additionally, the track "Kayasuma" shares its title with the name of the shaman in Leitmotif's liner notes for "Lechium". With the release, Dredg slowly built a name for themselves in the Bay Area, as well as on the East Coast, such as in Boston and New York.
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