“The band that redefined
independent music history.”
Katie Coulter, Kirsten Boyd,
Rusty Bartee, and Karalea
Hemba
•Early 1990s
•Middlebury College
–Middlebury,
Vermont
•3 College Guys
• Started off playing in
–High schools
–Frat parties
–Weddings
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1. The Longfellow Frenzy
2. One Fell Swoop
– Band from St. Louis
3. DISPATCH
• Musical Style
– Folk
– Rock
– Reggae
– Funk
• Influenced by:
– Pearl Jam
• See picture
– Nirvana
– Sound Garden
• Rejected major labels
– Lack of musical freedom
• Independent Label
– Not heard on the radio
– Napster - peer-to-peer file sharing
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No “lead” singer
All songwriters
All vocalists
All guitarists
Brad and Chad switched off on the drums
Pete and Chad switched off on the bass
• Denver, Colorado
• Played lacrosse at
Middlebury College
• Known to have an
afro, dreads, or a
shaved head
• Influences: Paul
Simon, Bob Marley,
U2, the Police, Dave
Matthews, Ben
Harper, Coldplay,
Jack Johnson
• New York City,
New York
• Wanted to be a
professional
soccer player
• Influences: Van
Morrison, Joni
Mitchell, Tom
Waits, Pink Floyd,
Miles Davis,
Charles Mingus
• Sherborn,
Massachusetts
• Dad - played piano
• Uncle – played tuba.
• Brothers - played
horn instruments
• Chad – started
playing trombone in
4th grade
• Influences: Marley,
Rage, Sublime, Pearl
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July 14th 2007
It is a benefit show for charity.
Sold out within 30 minutes
Zimbabwe relief efforts
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July 31, 2004
Boston, Massachusetts
110,000 people attended
Largest concert in independent music
history
• December 22, 2005
• Irving Plaza, New York
• Played with other bands
• Appeared on The Late Late Show With
Craig Kilborn
• One and only T.V. appearance
Under the Radar
Bang Bang
Silent Steeples
Who Are We Living For
Four-Day Trials
Gut the Van
All Points Bulletin
1996
Released in 1997
Dispatch performed
“General” off of this album
on The Late Late Show on
November 30, 2002, and
it’s considered one of their
most popular songs
Four-Day Trials, a ten-track
collection of first takes recorded in
a studio over a four-day period in
1998.
Released in 1999
2000
Dispatch’s popular track “Open Up”
started on this album and was placed
on two following albums.
2002
This album takes you through Dispatch's 2001 tour
2001
2004
• Break-up in 2003
• 110,000 fans
• Largest independent music concert
• Held in Boston
• Documentary “The Last Dispatch” July
2005
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• State Radio
• Writes roots reggae and rock songs
• Politically motivated
• “Camilo”
• Documentary “How’s your news”
with Arthur Bradford
• Solo artist
• “Watchfires” released in 2005
• Drummer, guitar player, songwriter
• Reggae, folk, Latin, rock
• Playing for US Navy
• Third Surfer
• Solo artist
• Irish poetry and World wide art
• Mighty Toad
• Touring in 2007
• “I want my songs to combat negativity,
to be positive, beautiful, thoughtful
background to your life. Music is our
language, the language of the world. I
want to make music that brings people
together.” -Pete
• Non-profit organization
• Education scholarships to Zimbabwe
youth
• Summer of 2005
• Idea: Those with more help those with
Brad, Chad, and Pete are pictured above
with Elias and his two sons.
Voice of the Voiceless is an awareness concert of 10 bands.
• 3 concerts at Madison Square
Garden.
• Zimbabwe project and some US
charities
• Sold out
• Featured in the album
• Fight against poverty and injustice
• “Fallin’”
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• World Childhood Foundation
• AccesSport America
• Mercy Corps
• Habitat for Humanity
• World Vision International
• Very popular
• Zimbabwe gardener
• Sons have higher education
• Zimbabwe’s most heavily infected
HIV/AIDS area
• Shona- language at the beginning
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Kasiwa i
Makasimba ere
Ndakasimba kana makasimba ow
Ndakasimba
Honest and Manuel, well they're at school now
Given the chance that their father's never seen
To see what's beyond section 17
‘Cause if you die will I get word that your gone
Or will I hear it in passing conversation
Or will I stop short and fall to the ground
Distance is short when your hand carries what
your eye found
• “If your heart is in the right place,
then follows your identity.” Braddigan
• “It’s never what you do in life, but
the heart with which you do it.” Braddigan
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Chad
Brad
Pete
no distinct leader
• What is the name of their organization which
helps Zimbabwe Youth?
– Elias
– Chetro
– Bob
• Are all of the members are still in the music
industry?
– Yes
– No
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http://www.dispatchmusic.com/dispatch.html
http://eliasfund.org/whoweare/index.html
http://thereliefproject.org/
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