We are extremely excited and flattered to share an evening with such a talent.” “Salman Rushdie is a living example of such courage and one of the reasons why we chose to use his essay : as an outline and inspiration for our new record and its artwork. “Progress has always relied on bold and courageous efforts to cut the ties to old traditions, trends, and beliefs,” Hayes said in a recent press release. Oh yeah, and the whole thing is inspired by Salman Rushdie’s essay, “Imagine There’s No Heaven: A Letter to the Six Billionth World Citizen.” In fact, the band are slated to pair up with Rushdie this fall for an AIDS/HIV fundraising event called Liner Notes at the Housing Works Bookstore Cafe in New York City. The 18-track record draws from the band’s more prog-minded roots while remaining surprisingly listenable, incorporating everything from spiraling instrumental tracks (“Stamp of Origin: Pessimistic”) to pop-infused rock-outs (“Saviour,” “Pariah”). Now, some four years later, the Los Gatos four-piece (made up of singer Gavin Hayes, guitarist Mark Engles, bassist Drew Roulette, and drummer/keyboardist Dino Campanella) return to the fold with The Pariah, the Parrot, the Delusion. And in 2005, the band’s Catch Without Arms attempted to conceptualize contrasts and opposites in its two-part format.
In 2002, the band released El Cielo, based on Salvador Dal- and his struggles with sleep paralysis. In 1998, the band’s first full-length, Leitmotif, followed one man’s global travels to cure his unnamed disease.
Since busting onto the alt-rock scene way back in ’93, Dredg have never shied away from experimentation.
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