We are an Alternative Rock band who has been making music since March 2005, at the age of 16. We had been friends since Middle School, and the band was formed when the two of us who played instruments at the time-Nate and Connor-decided to form a band, named Xenophobe. Neither Nate nor Connor could sing very well, so they asked Alek to join as their vocalist. Alek soon learned to play Guitar, and we mostly performed at small local events, like the high school talent shows. Paul, who had been quietly learning to play Bass, joined when we decided to participate in a local Battle of the Bands in December of 2005, which we won, despite our performance actually being a bit of a joke (we didn’t think we would actually win).
After, we decided to take ourselves more seriously, so we changed our name to Winterfell, and started a Youtube channel in January of 2006 (both Nate and Paul watched Youtube quite a bit), where we posted amateur music videos with help from our friend Craig, who was an amateur filmmaker. We eventually expanded to do several other things, including weekly vlogs and videogame playthroughs.
After several years on Youtube, we garnered around 200,000 subscribers, and in early January 2013, we independently released our first single, Amethyst. Now we are continuing our Youtube activities as well as performing small-scale tours around Britain and the eastern US.
U2, Radiohead, Area 11, and The Beatles all influence our music.
Subscribe to us on Youtube;
www.youtube.com/user/Winterfellband Alek McKinley, 23 – Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
The band leader, confident, usually compassionate, yet prone to laziness and apathy.
Nathan Ridley, 23 – Piano, Lead Guitar, Violin
The band’s virtuoso, logical, intellectual, yet cynical and jaded.
Paul Daman, 23 – Bass Guitar, Lead Guitar
The band’s oddest member, intelligent, funny, yet introspective and sometimes contemptuous, with occasional spurts of craziness.
Connor Arvino, 23 – Drums
The band’s most laid-back member, relaxed, humble, yet prone to alcoholism and depression.
Currently Signed to Liberation/Nomad Records
Singles;
Edited by user 09 February 2013 09:29:07(UTC)
| Reason: Another band was already using Coldplay
