Flickerstick
| Flickerstick | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Denton, Texas, United States |
| Genres | Indie rock, alternative rock |
| Years active | 1997–2009 |
| Labels |
Idol Records Epic Records What Are Records |
| Website | Official site |
| Past members | Brandin Lea Fletcher Lea Rex Ewing Cory Kreig Dominic Weir Jeff Lowe Todd Harwell Tim Locke |
Flickerstick was an American, Denton, Texas-based indie rock band.
Flickerstick was formed in Denton, Texas by high school friends Brandin Lea (lead singer, guitarist) and Cory Kreig (guitarist, keyboardist). The two, who were guitarists in another local band, decided to put a band together and picked some friends to join them, including Brandin's brother, Fletcher (bassist). The band started doing local gigs.
They played clubs in Dallas, adding Dallas-based drummer Dominic Weir, and started playing shows. The band borrowed $10,000 and made their first album titled Welcoming Home the Astronauts. The album sold in the Dallas area and at shows, and the band received local airplay. It was then that Billboard picked the band to be on a CD sampler of Best Unsigned Bands in the Country.
During this time, VH1 invited them to audition for the Bands on the Run television show, after initial interest in them for a show about bands that include relatives. After auditioning among over 2,000 bands, Flickerstick was chosen to be one of the four in the series. The winner was to be the band that made the most money at the door and from merchandise sales, with a "battle of the bands" before each elimination of the lowest-earning band, with the winner (chosen by audience vote) protected from elimination. Flickerstick won the first two "battle of the bands" to avoid elimination, and was lagging in sales by well over $3,000.00 in the final episode, when it was announced that Guitar Center was offering a purse of $5,000.00 for the winner of the final "battle." The votes for the winner were cast by audience members each worth one point, then a private group of music insiders each voted with a worth of 5 points each. It was announced that Flickerstick won that final "battle" and the grand prize for the series.
After six months of shows across the country, the band was signed by Epic Records. In November 2001, Epic re-released the band's debut album which received moderate reviews in Rolling Stone (2 out of 5 stars) and Billboard, and anywhere from moderate to poor reviews in other music publications. The album was re-worked with the help of veteran producer Rick Beato and was remixed by Tom Lord-Alge. The reissued album debuted at #52 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart and #150 on the Billboard Top 200. Sales were considered disappointing.
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