Bishop Allen is tagged as: indie, indie pop, indie rock, folk, alternative Bishop Allen is an American indie rock band which formed in Brooklyn, New York, United States in 2003. The band’s core members are Justin Rice and Christian Rudder, who are supported both on stage and in the studio by a rotating cast of musicial collaborators. Currently the band consists of Justin Rice (vocals, guitar), Christian Rudder (guitar), Darbie Nowatka (keyboards, violin), Keith Poulson (bass) and Michael Tapper (drums). Tapper is a former member of the indie rock band We Are Scientists The band takes its name from Bishop Allen Drive in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where the two lived together after college. Bishop Allen has released three albums and 12 EPs: Charm School (2003) Charm School was Bishop Allen’s first record. Recorded in fits and starts over two years, it grew song-by-song as Rice and Rudder wrote and played in their spare time. They recorded all the instruments on the album’s 13 songs themselves, using drum loops to hide the fact that neither is a drummer, and almost everything on the record was recorded one track at a time in an ordinary bedroom. Backing vocals by Bonnie Schiff-Glenn and Kate Dollenmayer and supplementary drums by Coll Anderson, all added in the album’s final stages, completed the songs. The EP Project ... Read More About Bishop Allen Biography... Send Bishop Allen ringtones to your cell |
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