Hometown
: Baltimore (by way of Olympia, Wash.)
Current members
: Christon K., bass, guitar, vocals, programming; and Maria Geisberg; guitar, programming, vocals.
Founded in
: January 2000.
Style
: Loud rock
Influenced by
: Sonic Youth, ’80s metal
Notable
: Both band members are from Baltimore, but they started the jaded set out of Olympia, Wash. After a year of wet weather and disappointment with the music scene there, they came back here.
Quotable
: Christon K. on their style: “Some of the stuff is hard dance music, some is experimental noise.” What, we wonder, is experimental noise? “It is not much of a sound as much as a combination of words,” said K. “I don’t think we are an experimental band, but usually when someone is not a total mainstream band the word experimental is bandied about. I’m guilty of that. Noise is another way of saying loud, diverse and atmospheric. There is a lot of looseness and spaciousness within the music.”
For more information about the jaded set, visit thejadedset.net.
— Annie Linskey
