8th Wave
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brings very high energy and a degree of shock value to each and every show
they play. The hyper-active 6-piece ska/punk/pop/rock band from
Lincoln, Nebraska was formed back in June of 1997, but after a year and a
half of rocking the band broke up to the disappointment of nations.
While mothers held their weeping children, saddened by their loss, its
members went on to practically hate each other and hardly spoke for over a
year. After that year on bad terms, full of lawsuits, scandals,
restraining orders, and death threats, 8th Wave decided that they really
didn't hate each other as much as they thought, and the band was magically
pulled back together.
Within just weeks of the regrouping, the band stumbled upon, and adopted Jimbo Wave, a new trombone player, mascot, and young ska goofball, to replace the former trombone player who is now a diagnosed schizophrenic, no longer fit to rock. Shortly after that, they found a new singer they could tolerate and enjoy listening to, playing with, and looking at, the young attractive sensation, Kris Wave. On May 6th of the year 2000, at their favorite local venue Knickerbockers, the long awaited and highly anticipated reunion show was held in front of a large crowd of fans, both new and old. The rock has been non-stop ever since. Within just weeks of the reunion show, 8th Wave captured the attention and respect of punk-rock entrepreneur, Thad Steady, of Omaha's Indianburn Records. Since then, they have made friends with and had an abundance of terrific area punk bands to play with. However, the band has not limited themselves to only playing with ska/punk bands; their music spans outside those genres and contains elements of pop/rock/funk and even metal, as well as ska and punk. They like to at least think that their music is accessible to all. Therefore, they are willing to play at nearly any venue with any band and are quite eager to travel, even if it's to places that they, or anyone else, for that matter, have ever heard of. Although Lincoln is their hometown, they have quickly realized that the Omaha scene offers more support. A central goal of theirs is to bridge the gap between those scenes; therefore they bring several talented and popular Omaha bands to Lincoln to share the stage with them, as often as possible. A strong Internet presence is very important to the band as well; 8thwave.com averages a very impressive number of hits. Throughout 8th Wave's career they have earned opening slots for national acts such as, The Hippos, Ann Beretta, Slow Gherkin, Dial-7, the Mad Caddies, Johnny Socko, the Phunk Junkeez, and Five Iron Frenzy. They released a new 6 track EP this fall, sales have been great and things keep continuing to get better and better. |
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Patrick's first solo album. "Patrick Mulhern combines a beautiful, dynamic voice with heartfelt, poignant emotion in this magnificent set of recordings. It is truly a work of art and a testimonial of his love for God." — Peter Mirus, Trinity Communications.