The Upsidedown
Encyclopedia
The Upsidedown is an alternative rock
band from Portland, Oregon
, United States
.
The band released their debut album, Trust Electricity
, in 2004. The album has received national attention, and the band has been noted in several newspapers and magazines as an up-and-coming band to watch, including Magnet
, The Boston Globe
, and The Oregonian
. Their music has also been featured on the television programs What About Brian
, Sons of Anarchy
and Trauma
.
The Upsidedown has toured the United States, sometimes as an opening act
. They have a close friendship with The Dandy Warhols
, and have also performed with The Jesus and Mary Chain
, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
, Richard Butler
, David J
, Colin Meloy
, The Black Angels, The Dears
, The Out Crowd
, The Village Green
, and Spindrift
. They have also worked with Tony Lash
and Jeremy Sherrer, who helped them finish their album.
The Upsidedown's music has been featured extensively on NBC
's Trauma (TV series)
"Elizabeth", episode 408 of Californication
:
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
band from Portland, Oregon
Portland, Oregon
Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
The band released their debut album, Trust Electricity
Trust Electricity
Trust Electricity Is the debut album by American band The Upsidedown.The album has received national attention in several newspapers and magazines including Magnet , The Boston Globe , and The Oregonian...
, in 2004. The album has received national attention, and the band has been noted in several newspapers and magazines as an up-and-coming band to watch, including Magnet
Magnet (magazine)
Magnet is a music magazine which generally focuses on alternative, independent, or out-of-the-mainstream bands.-History:The magazine is published four times a year, and is independently owned and edited by Eric T. Miller. Music magazines with a similar focus in the 1990s era included Option,...
, The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe is an American daily newspaper based in Boston, Massachusetts. The Boston Globe has been owned by The New York Times Company since 1993...
, and The Oregonian
The Oregonian
The Oregonian is the major daily newspaper in Portland, Oregon, owned by Advance Publications. It is the oldest continuously published newspaper on the U.S. west coast, founded as a weekly by Thomas J. Dryer on December 4, 1850...
. Their music has also been featured on the television programs What About Brian
What About Brian
What About Brian is an American comedy-drama television series created by Dana Stevens and co-produced by J.J. Abrams' company Bad Robot Productions. The series premiered on April 16, 2006, on ABC, as a midseason replacement and concluded on March 26, 2007...
, Sons of Anarchy
Sons of Anarchy
Sons of Anarchy is an American television drama series created by Kurt Sutter about the lives of a close-knit outlaw motorcycle club operating in Charming, a fictional town in Northern California...
and Trauma
Trauma (TV series)
Trauma is a television series which originally ran on NBC from September 28, 2009 to April 28, 2010 and focused on a group of paramedics in San Francisco, California....
.
The Upsidedown has toured the United States, sometimes as an opening act
Opening act
An opening act or warm-up act is an entertainer or entertainment act that performs at a concert before the featured entertainer...
. They have a close friendship with The Dandy Warhols
The Dandy Warhols
The Dandy Warhols are an American alternative rock band formed in Portland, Oregon in 1994. The band was founded by singer-guitarist Courtney Taylor-Taylor and guitarist Peter Holmström, with keyboardist Zia McCabe and drummer Eric Hedford later joining. Hedford left in 1998 and was replaced by...
, and have also performed with The Jesus and Mary Chain
The Jesus and Mary Chain
The Jesus and Mary Chain are a Scottish alternative rock band formed in East Kilbride, Glasgow in 1983. The band revolves around the songwriting partnership of brothers Jim and William Reid...
, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club is an American rock band from San Francisco, California, now based in Los Angeles. BRMC is known for their garage rock, blues, folk revival, neo-psychedelia sound. They are influenced by bands such as: The Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Verve, The Rolling Stones, Oasis, T...
, Richard Butler
Richard Butler (singer)
Richard Lofthouse Butler is the lead singer of the Psychedelic Furs. He is also the founder and vocalist for the disbanded Love Spit Love.-Musical career:...
, David J
David J
David John Haskins , better known as David J, is a British alternative rock musician. He was the bassist for the gothic rock band Bauhaus and Love and Rockets....
, Colin Meloy
Colin Meloy
Colin Patrick Henry Meloy is the lead singer and songwriter for the Portland, Oregon, folk-rock band The Decemberists. In addition to vocals, he performs with an acoustic guitar, 12-string acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bouzouki, harmonica, percussion and interpretive hand gestures.-Early life...
, The Black Angels, The Dears
The Dears
-History:The band formed in 1995 and released their first album, End of a Hollywood Bedtime Story, in 2000. Their orchestral, dark pop sound and dramatic live shows cemented The Dears at the foundation of the then-emerging Canadian indie renaissance...
, The Out Crowd
The Out Crowd
The Out Crowd was a U.S. indie rock band featuring bass guitarist Matt Hollywood, a former member of The Brian Jonestown Massacre. He formed the group in late 2001 in Portland, Oregon with drummer Stuart Valentine, guitarist Elliott Barnes, bassist Joe Patterson and tambourine player Sarah Jane.Go...
, The Village Green
The Village Green
The Village Green is a Portland, Oregon indie rock band, composed of lead vocalist/guitarist/composer J. Nicholas Allard and drummer/producer/back-up vocalist Jeremy Sherrer....
, and Spindrift
Spindrift
Spindrift usually refers to spray, particularly to the spray blown from cresting waves during a gale. This spray, which "drifts" in the direction of the gale, is one of the characteristics of a wind speed of 8 Beaufort and higher at sea....
. They have also worked with Tony Lash
Tony Lash
Anthony Carr "Tony" Lash is an American musician and music producer, most notable as a founding member of Heatmiser as the band's drummer. He played with Elliott Smith, in the high school band. Lash played the flute; Smith, the clarinet....
and Jeremy Sherrer, who helped them finish their album.
Albums
- Trust ElectricityTrust ElectricityTrust Electricity Is the debut album by American band The Upsidedown.The album has received national attention in several newspapers and magazines including Magnet , The Boston Globe , and The Oregonian...
(2004) ReverbReverb RecordsReverb Records is an independent record label based in Portland, Oregon. It has released records by The High Violets, The Upsidedown, Nina Hynes, Hypatia Lake, Lab Partners, Drakes Hotel, Basic, David J, Chequerboard, and Ten Speed Racer.... - Human DestinationHuman DestinationHuman Destination Is the second album by American band The Upsidedown.-Track listing:All songs written by J. Atoms unless otherwise stated.# "Licorice Noir" - 0:36# "Hell" – 2:56# "Silver Wind" - 2:28# "Human Destination" - 3:28...
(2008) Beat the World Records - The Town With Bad WiringThe Town with Bad Wiring-Track listing:All songs written by J. Atoms unless otherwise stated.# "Something Good" - 3:09# "Your Sister's Cool" – 6:51# "La Paloma" - 3:54# "Town with Bad Wiring" - 7:25# "God's Bare Hands" - 3:51# "Wounded Knee" - 4:19# "Hang On" – 6:48...
(2010) ReverbReverb RecordsReverb Records is an independent record label based in Portland, Oregon. It has released records by The High Violets, The Upsidedown, Nina Hynes, Hypatia Lake, Lab Partners, Drakes Hotel, Basic, David J, Chequerboard, and Ten Speed Racer....
Soundtracks
The Upsidedown supplied four songs from their catalog ("Human Destination", "Sacred Call", "Umbrella", and "The Way In") to the film "Water Wings", directed by Johno Wells and Justin Adams.National Television
- "Hell", the 2nd track from Human DestinationHuman DestinationHuman Destination Is the second album by American band The Upsidedown.-Track listing:All songs written by J. Atoms unless otherwise stated.# "Licorice Noir" - 0:36# "Hell" – 2:56# "Silver Wind" - 2:28# "Human Destination" - 3:28...
was used in Season 2, Episode 15 of Sons of AnarchySons of AnarchySons of Anarchy is an American television drama series created by Kurt Sutter about the lives of a close-knit outlaw motorcycle club operating in Charming, a fictional town in Northern California...
, "Small Tears", airing September 15, 2009 on the American commercial cable television network, FX (TV channel). The song was used during and through the post party bar scene, 7 minutes into the episode.
The Upsidedown's music has been featured extensively on NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
's Trauma (TV series)
Trauma (TV series)
Trauma is a television series which originally ran on NBC from September 28, 2009 to April 28, 2010 and focused on a group of paramedics in San Francisco, California....
- "Hey Man I'm Kissing The Angels Shoes", Track 12 from Human DestinationHuman DestinationHuman Destination Is the second album by American band The Upsidedown.-Track listing:All songs written by J. Atoms unless otherwise stated.# "Licorice Noir" - 0:36# "Hell" – 2:56# "Silver Wind" - 2:28# "Human Destination" - 3:28...
: episode 102, airing October 5, 2009. The song was used near and over the climax of the episode. - "Silver Wind", Track 3 from Human DestinationHuman DestinationHuman Destination Is the second album by American band The Upsidedown.-Track listing:All songs written by J. Atoms unless otherwise stated.# "Licorice Noir" - 0:36# "Hell" – 2:56# "Silver Wind" - 2:28# "Human Destination" - 3:28...
: episode 104, airing October 19, 2009. - "Light", Track 7 from Human DestinationHuman DestinationHuman Destination Is the second album by American band The Upsidedown.-Track listing:All songs written by J. Atoms unless otherwise stated.# "Licorice Noir" - 0:36# "Hell" – 2:56# "Silver Wind" - 2:28# "Human Destination" - 3:28...
: episode 104, airing October 19, 2009. - "Bumpersticker", Track 6 from Trust ElectricityTrust ElectricityTrust Electricity Is the debut album by American band The Upsidedown.The album has received national attention in several newspapers and magazines including Magnet , The Boston Globe , and The Oregonian...
: episode 104, airing October 19, 2009. - "Black Rainbow", Track 10 from Human DestinationHuman DestinationHuman Destination Is the second album by American band The Upsidedown.-Track listing:All songs written by J. Atoms unless otherwise stated.# "Licorice Noir" - 0:36# "Hell" – 2:56# "Silver Wind" - 2:28# "Human Destination" - 3:28...
: episode 105, airing October 26, 2009
"Elizabeth", episode 408 of Californication
Californication (TV series)
Californication is an American comedy-drama that premiered on Showtime on August 13, 2007. The show was created by Tom Kapinos. The protagonist, Hank Moody , is a troubled novelist whose move to California, coupled with his writer's block, complicates his relationships with his longtime girlfriend...
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