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Heavy Creatures

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"..... curiously potent....."

Location: Brooklyn, NY

Website: http://www.heavycreatures.com/

Bio: Heavy Creatures hails from a wide musical background. Kelley Vaughn (guitar-vocals) is from a family of Southern gospel piano players and this is her first ... (more) musical project. She, a former graphic designer first picked up the guitar at 28 and has advanced voraciously fast. Sarah Blust (keyboard-vocals-percussion) (also ex-Marmalade) has been in a cornucopia of musical projects since her days at Oberlin College. She is also currently in the political marching band The Rude Mechanical Orchestra and plays drums with the band Flaming Fire. Patrick Kauffman (drums) is also an accomplished songwriter who completed his own stellar solo release, On The Mysterious Other in 2004. Patrick, a tube amp technician at Brooklyn's Main Drag Music has also been drumming for The Big City Stompers and studying drums with Jim White of the The Dirty Three. Christopher Peifer (bass), who also plays with Another Saturday Nightand Grande, has earned his stripes on several international tours (last with The Kowalskis), and in the NYC music scene since opening for Soundgarden at CBGB in '89. “By day” Chris is a sound designer and composer for theatre.

Heavy Creatures has played in and around New York City for the past 3 years and contributes its own powerful sound to the diverse music scene. Some of their favorite line-ups have included shows with Cochon Records/Too Pure’s Ill Ease, Social Registry's Artanker Convoy, Your 33 Black Angels , and The Big Sleep. (less)