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Wednesday, December 2
LUCE
Mars Retrieval Unit
8:30 pm | $8 | 21 and over
LUCE
Luce began in 2000 as a one-man band when Tom Luce began writing songs in his bedroom in the foggy Richmond District of San Francisco. But it wasn't long before his self-titled first CD gained immediate attention on Bay Area radio stations such as San Francisco's KFOG.
The album's single, "Good Day" was soon picked up in Hollywood and appeared in movies such as How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days and 13 Going On 30, and television shows like The O.C. and Alias. In 2003, Luce earned the band the California Music Award for "Outstanding Debut Album." And so the band took to the road, and toured the US playing alongside bands like Sixpence, None The Richer and Goo Goo Dolls.
In the early spring of 2005, Luce's sophomore album, Never Ending, was unveiled to a packed house filled with eager fans who welcomed the new music with open arms and plenty of excitement. Never Ending's single, "Buy A Dog" found its way onto the USA Network's Psych and the silver screen's Frank, The Dog. In the fall of 2007, Luce was awarded "Best Band You Should Know About" by San Francisco Magazine readers.
Despite a stroke of bad luck in which Tom's house burnt to the ground and the band's tour van and trailer with all it's gear were stolen, the band continues to persevere in the face of those crushing setbacks. In 2008, LUCE attracted the attention of an exciting new Bay Area based record label, Opus Music Ventures, and at the top of this year, became one of it's first signing bands.
With the powerful force of the young energetic label, LUCE now has full service publicity, management, a tour support team and is about to release their much anticipated third album, Corner of the World, this Spring. It is sure to take the band to new and soaring heights.
Visit luceband.com for more information.
MARS RETRIEVAL UNIT
MRU has been lighting up the Portland and surrounding jam and groove circuit with its unique blend of prog rock and groove. Lead singer and saxophonologist Chelsea has total freedom for her vocal and instrumental melodies to float above the churning, relentless rhythm section of Joel and Murray, darting in and out of Rob and Joshua's web of guitar and synthesizer.
Drawing influences from such diverse acts as Herbie Hancock to Pink Floyd, Parliament-Funkadelic to Rush, Yes, Frank Zappa, Phish, Steely Dan, and Talking Heads (to name a few), their original music has more of a composed feel than a "song" vibe, while the band maintains the looseness of improvisation and the desire to explore the structure of the songs.
In 2009 MRU headlined numerous summer festivals to the delight of thousands. In the spare time between those performances, he band is finalizing its debut studio recording for release in late fall of 2009.
Visit marsretrievalunit.com for more information.
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