Name White Elephant
Members Ford Combs, 17, guitar; Steven Zemanian, 18, drums; Bond Richards, 18, vocals; Matt Wood, 17, bass
Genre Blues, rock, unconventional
Origin of name Buddhist symbol of fertility
Together since 2006
Inspiration for music Observations and experiences
Writing process Music first, then lyrics
Why do it? We learned to play instruments and then were inspired by talented musicians to play shows ourselves and write songs.
Professional experience Played shows at The Boot , Relative Theory Records , The Music Box , 17th Street Stage , Mount Trashmore and parties
Artists/bands they admire The Doors , Dead Kennedys , Parliament-Funkadelic , King Crimson , Fugazi , Jimi Hendrix , Thelonious Monk , Devendra Banhart , The White Stripes , Robert Johnson , The Stooges , John Frusciante , The Mars Volta , Omar Rodriguez-Lopez , Salvador Dali , Howlin’ Wolf , Bob Dylan , John Lee Hooker , Stanley Kubrick , Nancy Sinatra , David Bowie , Frank Zappa and Syd Barrett.
Contact whiteelephantblues@yahoo.com, (757) 613-0987, www.purevolume. com/white_elephant
Upcoming gigs Peppermint Beach Club, 1801 Atlantic Ave., Virginia Beach, Saturday , Battle of the Bands, 11 a.m.
– Emily Macon, 757
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