The Hidden Hand is tagged as: doom metal, stoner rock, stoner metal, doom, stoner Scott “Wino” Weinrich was faced with a hard choice in the Spring of 2002 after the untimely demise of Spirit Caravan after five years of hard work: go ahead and hang up his guns, or yet again find new blood and continue. Wino picked up the phone, and in the same breath told engineer Bruce Falkinburg about the end of Spirit Caravan and asked him if he would like to get together and jam a bit. Bruce was stunned when he heard the message: it is not every day someone like Wino calls to see if you want to “jam.” Wino had seen Bruce play a bit while getting tones for earlier recordings, and the two had many conversations during long nights in the studio about Mesoamerican mythology, ancient tube amplifiers, and contemporary politics. After a few rounds with various drummers, Bruce called longtime client, and current band-mate, Dave Hennessy (guitarist in Ostinato,) to “sit in” on the drums. Dave knew nothing of Wino’s past or discography, and brought a fresh but loose high energy to the jams. After a few hours, jams became songs, and after a few weeks, songs were recorded and sold, namely, “Falconstone,” for the High Times Magazine Stoner Rock Collection. The Hidden Hand was born. Soon the new band had a set of materia... Read More About The Hidden Hand Biography... Send The Hidden Hand ringtones to your cell |
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