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The Tricycle is the unedited, joyful, creative play and wonderment of childhood. The Bicycle is the adolescent, self-aware, performative act of identity-formation. We endeavor to engage in a constant Cycle between the two, growing from one to the other and cycling back again! The Tricycle Bicycle Cycle is an absurd vehicle, a multi-wheeled chimaera. We employ preposterous means to get where we want to go! Tricycle Bicycle Cycle hails from Pittsburgh, PA, USA. MEMBERS MEMBERS MEMBERS MEMBERS MEMBERS Tricycle Bicycle Cycle is, in some ways, a collective, and has a vast extended membership. The names, contributions, status, and webpages (if applicable) of the band members are as follows:
Chris Caldwell - vocals, guitar, bass, percussion Bob Hartung - guitar and related noise-smithery - on partial hiatus in Erie, PA
Sean Hannan - noise-smithery, ukulele, theremin - on hiatus in Vancouver with additional contributions by:
Emily Caffee - mandolin WHAT PEOPLE SAY! WHAT PEOPLE SAY! WHAT PEOPLE SAY! Tricycle Bicycle Cycle has been talked about in various venues, and people have said things like this: "There is something to be said for bands with an abundance of members. Lot’s of influences can be drawn and many opinions are tossed around. It’s probably why most of the songs are as eccentric as they are. Everyone brings in whatever instrument they have and just plays it even if it’s just a Fisher Price xylophone. I can’t wait to hear the next offering from TBC because they have potential the size of a sea cow." - Ian Signore, Mammoth Press RAMBLINGS RAMBLINGS RAMBLINGS RAMBLINGS Sometimes members of TBC get self-reflective and make a gamble to ramble and compose prose about TBC:
Is it cooler to be honest in this section, to explain your intentions as a group and say something like, "I just don't know why people like us," etc; or is it better to put up the facade of a performative troupe of gurus and shamans, travelling the land in search of a better place for both mind and spirit? We here at Tricycle Bicycle Cycle believe in compromise! Synthesis! The Spirit of Giving! Therefore, we've compiled a list of FOUR universal facts concerning our band, our intentions, and our loves. 01. Tricycle Bicycle Cycle is built on the premise that fun is had, whether by us, or those gleefully engaged in our whimsical dance of life, or both. 02. Tricycle Bicycle Cycle does not believe that music itself must cost a cent. Therefore, the collection of recordings associated with the band can be obtained at www.tricyclebicyclecycle.org, a soon-to-be-revamped website for the stars. 03. Tricycle Bicycle Cycle is an entire experience, not only a commercial commodity. The commercial products of Tricycle Bicycle Cycle are always manufactured as limited-edition pressings of media, which have inherent value as artifacts, as well as works of art. The cost for such items and works is meant to merely cover the production costs. 04. Tricycle Bicycle Cycle is for all of us. Don't keep it to yourself. In fact, give it to people like the plague. Immediately! ...And I'm sad to say this concludes our time together. I hope you've enjoyed learning about Tricycle Bicycle Cycle as much as I have! So until next time, keep listening boys and girls, and we promise to keep you on your toes! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The individuals who make up Tricycle Bicycle Cycle are both aware of and are currently emotionally involved in many different forms, categories, and understandings of the term "music." Furthermore, each member has a unique grab bag of mind-bending experiences and fleeting moments of wisdom which contribute to the overall sound that the group achieves. The synthesis of these radically different perspectives has come to create the sometimes-angelic, sometimes-bestial creature of pure beauty known to the world merely as Tricycle Bicycle Cycle. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tricycle Bicycle Cycle is the bastard child of psychedelic rock, powerpop song structures, and our own current generational energy that flows between the various extremes of the band's musical influences. Not merely willing to be pinned down as a "pop" band, Tricycle Bicycle Cycle includes a vast spectrum of stylistic choices, which in turn shape the band itself. The more diverse the project becomes, the more diverse its output, and vice versa. In fact, Tricycle Bicycle Cycle is almost hardly a band, and almost entirely a collective effort of thought which is employed in a manner that relies heavily on individual, over-the-top expressions of joy and happiness. This wealth of emotional expression that Tricycle Bicycle Cycle broadcasts overcomes the melancholia and depressive outlooks of much of today's "fine art," and embraces the spontaneous, ecstatic, and invigorating parts of our lives that we "love", while acknowledging that "all may not be well." Paranoia only leads to vapidity and carelessness in terms of honest self expression, a personal and collective goal of Tricycle Bicycle Cycle, and thus an artistic leaning towards celebration and glee is employed so that the collective may continue to produce in exciting new creative forms. In short, Tricycle Bicycle Cycle is an ever-expanding, ever-changing, ever-whatever band of motley performers who find it difficult to rectify the supposition that there is a difference between being a band and a performance art troupe; and do so without exasperating the current socio-musical climate through the coverage of violent, pronographic, or drug-related images, but seek to focus on the grander things of life: the magical secrets of the universe; the cosmic interrelation of all creatures, as well as the recognition of distinctions within all matter; and the personal forms of expression that identify those that are having the experience with those that are fervently creating such an experience. The general outcome of such a process is the creation of a deep love, one that allows both parties to recognize each other simply for what they are: semi-divine creatures walking the thin line of a consciousness shift that will catapult our world and all that we know into a higher pitch of intensity and brilliance. So, it is our pleasure that without further adieux, we may bring you the supreme glory, flat notes and all, of TRICYCLE BICYCLE CYCLE! CONTACT CONTACT CONTACT CONTACT CONTACT CONTACT
Who or What is TBC? Find out!
Contact Tricycle Bicycle Cycle by emailing tbc@tricyclebicyclecycle.org
We're also on Myspace, check us out!
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