Morgan Henderson
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Morgan Henderson is the former bassist of the post-hardcore
band The Blood Brothers and the indie rock
band Sharks Keep Moving
, and the current bassist in the post-punk
band Past Lives
and a multi-instrumentalist with Seattle-based folk-pop group Fleet Foxes
.. Henderson has also been credited for playing a range of keyed instruments, including piano, accordion, and a Nord II synthesizer. As with the other former members of The Blood Brothers, he grew up in the eastside suburbs of Seattle, Washington, attending high school with his bandmates in the late 1990s when the band originally formed.
and progressive
music as his main influence when writing for The Blood Brothers. Electronic music is also a major influence for him, and was incorporated integrally into the sound of The Blood Brothers.
Post-hardcore
Post-hardcore is a genre of music that developed from hardcore punk, itself an offshoot of the broader punk rock movement. Like post-punk, post-hardcore is a term for a broad constellation of groups...
band The Blood Brothers and the indie rock
Indie rock
Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...
band Sharks Keep Moving
Sharks Keep Moving
Sharks Keep Moving were a short-lived Seattle rock band that formed in 1998. The band’s original lineup consisted of Jake Snider , Jeff DeGolier , Nate Turpen , and Dan Dean , and J. Clark...
, and the current bassist in the post-punk
Post-punk
Post-punk is a rock music movement with its roots in the late 1970s, following on the heels of the initial punk rock explosion of the mid-1970s. The genre retains its roots in the punk movement but is more introverted, complex and experimental...
band Past Lives
Past Lives (band)
Past Lives is a band from Seattle, Washington. The band formed out of the breakup of The Blood Brothers in late 2007.-History:The band got their start in late 2007 after the breakup of The Blood Brothers...
and a multi-instrumentalist with Seattle-based folk-pop group Fleet Foxes
Fleet Foxes
Fleet Foxes are a folk rock band which formed in Seattle, Washington. They are signed to the Sub Pop and Bella Union record labels. The band came to prominence in 2008 with the release of their second EP, Sun Giant, and their debut full length album Fleet Foxes...
.. Henderson has also been credited for playing a range of keyed instruments, including piano, accordion, and a Nord II synthesizer. As with the other former members of The Blood Brothers, he grew up in the eastside suburbs of Seattle, Washington, attending high school with his bandmates in the late 1990s when the band originally formed.
Influences
Henderson has cited experimentalExperimental rock
Experimental rock or avant-garde rock is a type of music based on rock which experiments with the basic elements of the genre, or which pushes the boundaries of common composition and performance technique....
and progressive
Progressive rock
Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...
music as his main influence when writing for The Blood Brothers. Electronic music is also a major influence for him, and was incorporated integrally into the sound of The Blood Brothers.