Casket Salesmen
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Casket Salesmen was an experimental progressive-rock band from Corona, CA formed in 2005 by Phil Pirrone & Nathan Lindeman after leaving their former band A Static Lullaby
A Static Lullaby
-Early years and formation :A Static Lullaby came together after a casual high school jam session that led its members to quit their existing bands and come together as one. Formed in 2001 in Chino Hills, CA, the group began with singer Joe Brown, bassist Phil Pirrone, drummer Brett Dinovo, and...

. Phil started A Static Lullaby in 2001 with Joe Brown and Dan Arnold when he was 16 years old. In 2005 Phil and Nate had left A Static Lullaby to pursue a different musical direction.

The first album Sleeping Giants was engineered by Justin Gutierrez. Casket Salesmen produced the record themselves at their house in Corona, CA which was transformed into the headquarters for Justin's Solunaris Studios and Phil's record label, Longhair Illuminati.
Written in a matter of months by Nathan Lindeman on guitars, programming, and a little bass. Phil Pirrone who played a lot of bass and sang, and played a little guitar. And Ryan Knights on drums, percussion and programming in a track he wrote, entitled Forked Tongues.

The record was released on October 31, 2006 on Longhair Illuminati Recordings.

The live band lineup rotates from time to time and has included members of Auditory Aphasia & Mythmaker.
At one point or another the following people all played with and traveled with Casket Salesmen...

·Phil Pirrone - Guitar, Vocals, Bass
·Nathan Lindeman - Guitar
·Ryan Knights - Drums
·David Fujinami - Bass, Guitar
·JJ Gumiran - Guitar, Keys, Bass
·Anthony Alagna - Keys, Percussion, Programming
·Christopher Walvoord - Drums
·Justin Gutierrez - Bass, Engineer
·Nicole Verhamme - Bass, Guitar, Vocals

The band played over 200 shows and shared the stage with bands like RX Bandits, The Lemonheads, Dredg, No Age, Earthless, Jubilee, The Germs, Apex Theory, Von Bondies, Grand Ole Party, Against Me!, Circa Survive, New Model Army, and more between 2005 and 2008.

In 2009 Casket Salesmen were working on brand new material after nearly a year in hibernation. During that hibernation, Phil started a new band called Välmart with some different musicians, old friends Ben Newsham and Nico Sy, and the three are currently working on a group of songs to play out live this fall and to release.

According to the band's facebook page the band went on haitus in 2010.

Discography

  • Dr Jesus EP (Longhair Illuminati Recordings, Release date: Sep 12, 2006)
  • Sleeping Giants (Longhair Illuminati Recordings, Release date: Oct 31, 2006)

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