Wed, 04/24/2013 - 12:54 pm

Hard-touring funk/rock/boogie trio The Get Right Band has released its highly anticipated debut album. Shake brings the group’s signature high-energy dance party to this amped up rock n’ roll CD. The disc features stripped down but creatively layered and produced performances of the band’s original tunes.

“The Get Right Band is a three-piece with the musical energy and power of The Police,” says legendary Lynyrd Skynyrd drummer Artimus Pyle, whose son Chris Pyle mans the drums for the group.

From the seductive blues of “Voodoo Doll” and the party-down, club vibe of “Chromaticize,” to the Caribbean influenced “Touch The Holy,” Shake is held together by The Get Right Band’s distinctive style. The band counts The Black Keys, Jack White and Alabama Shakes among their contemporary inspirations.

“Although we do a lot of jamming, we’re definitely a song based project,” says guitarist/singer Silas Durocher. “At our live shows we’re always reinterpreting the music, improvising, playing a song in a different style or a different tempo from the night before. So when it came time to record the album, we put a lot of thought into how to produce and layer the songs. It came out as raw rock n’ roll with a thumping groove.”

Born out of Asheville, N.C. supergroup Soulgrass Rebellion, The Get Right Band has been touring the East Coast and the Caribbean heavily since their inception in April 2011. Featuring Silas Durocher (guitar/vocals), Jesse Gentry (bass/vocals), and Chris Pyle (drums/percussion/vocals), the band has rocked hard and jammed fearlessly every step of the way. Durocher and Gentry played together in bands growing up in Maryland and have stayed close friends and musical brothers ever since. They first joined forces with Pyle in Soulgrass Rebellion. When that band broke up, the three decided to re-form as The Get Right Band, evolving into more of a rock and funk based sound.

“It’s our chemistry as musicians and as friends that really puts this band on a different level,” says Pyle. “You can hear it in every note.”

The members of the band have played with many of the East Coast’s favorite acts, including Laura Reed and Deep Pocket, Woody Wood, Josh Phillips, The Artimus Pyle Band, Scrappy Hamilton (now Truth & Salvage Company), Afromotive, and Royal Trux (Virgin Records). They’ve also shared the stage with national acts such as Galactic, The Victor Wooten Band, Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk, New Orleans Suspects (featuring members of James Brown’s band, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, and The Neville Brothers), Jeff Coffin’s Mutet, Larry Keel, and Bobby Lee Rodgers.

Wed, 07/23/2014 - 11:00 am

The Get Right Band, is releasing its hotly anticipated new album, Bass Treble Angel Devil. The hour-long juggernaut of high-energy tunes, bold and witty lyrics, and adventurous production approach melds funk, rock, and reggae into a dance party album that will have listeners singing along and shaking their booties from track one.“The Get Right Band is a hard-touring trio with the musical energy and power of The Police,” says legendary Lynyrd Skynyrd drummer Artimus Pyle. Hittin’ The Note Magazine writes that the band is “fun and full of energy and excitement.” This is an album for dancers, for rockers, for connoisseurs, for radio junkies, for true music lovers. This is an album for anyone who rocks out to The Black Keys or The Red Hot Chili Peppers, for anyone who grew up blasting Sublime or Led Zeppelin on their car stereos, for anyone who dances in their living room to Michael Jackson or The Talking Heads.“This record was made to get you right,” says guitarist/singer Silas Durocher. “The title, Bass Treble Angel Devil, refers to the crazy, beautiful, mixed-up yin/yang ball of contradictions that is life. The album balances different genres and lyrically moves through the joys and challenges of friendship, work, love lost and love found, and the all-encompassing energy we’re all a part of. At heart, this is a celebration—we’re inviting listeners to join our party and join our musical movement!”The Get Right Band is built on the musical brotherhood that Durocher and bassist Jesse Gentry have formed playing in bands together since childhood. With the addition of powerful and dynamic drummer Jian-Claude Mears, the group’s sound has become an unstoppable force. The Get Right Band has been relentlessly touring the East Coast and the Caribbean since its inception in April 2011. A rarity in contemporary music, the group possesses both clever and sophisticated songwriting that gets stuck in the head, along with the musical chops to shred solos and improvise jams to catch any listener’s ear.Bass Treble Angel Devil kicks off with “Satisfied Man,” a powerhouse pop-rock tune that gets listeners moving right off the bat. The album takes a joyride through tracks such as the gritty, funky “Shut Yo’ Mouth,” the reggae/ska/punk-inspired “Get Right,” and the dark, satirical “Prettier,” concluding with a blasting, fast-tempo cover of The Talking Heads’ “Life During Wartime.”Engineered and co-produced by Matt Williams at The Eagle Room, the record manages to sound both raw and polished at the same time. Guest musicians include the talented Eleanor Underhill (Underhill Rose) and Stephanie Morgan (Stephanie’s Id) on vocals, Chuck Lichtenberger (Stephanie’s Id, The Archrivals) on keys, and Chris Pyle (former Get Right Band drummer) on percussion. The project was fully funded by The Get Right Band’s loyal fan base, a true testament to the strong connection the band has with their audience.The members of The Get Right Band have played with many of the East Coast’s most notable recent acts, including Laura Reed and Deep Pocket, Soulgrass Rebellion, Josh Phillips, Empire Strikes Brass, Lovestruck Suckers, and Afromotive. They have shared the stage with national acts such as Galactic, Victor Wooten Band, Mike Dillon Band, Jeff Sipe Trio, Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band, Jeff Coffin’s Mutet, Larry Keel, Here Come The Mummies, and Bobby Lee Rodgers.

Thu, 08/14/2014 - 10:56 am

The Get Right Band, is releasing its hotly anticipated new album, Bass Treble Angel Devil. The hour-long juggernaut of high-energy tunes, bold and witty lyrics, and adventurous production approach melds funk, rock, and reggae into a dance party album that will have listeners singing along and shaking their booties from track one.

“The Get Right Band is a hard-touring trio with the musical energy and power of The Police,” says legendary Lynyrd Skynyrd drummer Artimus Pyle. Hittin’ The Note Magazine writes that the band is “fun and full of energy and excitement.” This is an album for dancers, for rockers, for connoisseurs, for radio junkies, for true music lovers. This is an album for anyone who rocks out to The Black Keys or The Red Hot Chili Peppers, for anyone who grew up blasting Sublime or Led Zeppelin on their car stereos, for anyone who dances in their living room to Michael Jackson or The Talking Heads.

“This record was made to get you right,” says guitarist/singer Silas Durocher. “The title, Bass Treble Angel Devil, refers to the crazy, beautiful, mixed-up yin/yang ball of contradictions that is life. The album balances different genres and lyrically moves through the joys and challenges of friendship, work, love lost and love found, and the all-encompassing energy we’re all a part of. At heart, this is a celebration—we’re inviting listeners to join our party and join our musical movement!”

The Get Right Band is built on the musical brotherhood that Durocher and bassist Jesse Gentry have formed playing in bands together since childhood. With the addition of powerful and dynamic drummer Jian-Claude Mears, the group’s sound has become an unstoppable force. The Get Right Band has been relentlessly touring the East Coast and the Caribbean since its inception in April 2011. A rarity in contemporary music, the group possesses both clever and sophisticated songwriting that gets stuck in the head, along with the musical chops to shred solos and improvise jams to catch any listener’s ear.

Bass Treble Angel Devil kicks off with “Satisfied Man,” a powerhouse pop-rock tune that gets listeners moving right off the bat. The album takes a joyride through tracks such as the gritty, funky “Shut Yo’ Mouth,” the reggae/ska/punk-inspired “Get Right,” and the dark, satirical “Prettier,” concluding with a blasting, fast-tempo cover of The Talking Heads’ “Life During Wartime.”

Engineered and co-produced by Matt Williams at The Eagle Room, the record manages to sound both raw and polished at the same time. Guest musicians include the talented Eleanor Underhill (Underhill Rose) and Stephanie Morgan (Stephanie’s Id) on vocals, Chuck Lichtenberger (Stephanie’s Id, The Archrivals) on keys, and Chris Pyle (former Get Right Band drummer) on percussion. The project was fully funded by The Get Right Band’s loyal fan base, a true testament to the strong connection the band has with their audience.

The members of The Get Right Band have played with many of the East Coast’s most notable recent acts, including Laura Reed and Deep Pocket, Soulgrass Rebellion, Josh Phillips, Empire Strikes Brass, Lovestruck Suckers, and Afromotive. They have shared the stage with national acts such as Galactic, Victor Wooten Band, Mike Dillon Band, Jeff Sipe Trio, Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band, Jeff Coffin’s Mutet, Larry Keel, Here Come The Mummies, and Bobby Lee Rodgers.

For photos, videos, or additional information about The Get Right Band, visit www.thegetrightband.com or email Hannah Sepantaie at [email protected]. Bass Treble Angel Devil will be available on Sept 12 at record stores, iTunes, Amazon, and CDBaby.

Mon, 12/10/2018 - 4:34 pm

The Get Right Band will be releasing their first ever live album, Live in Asheville, on January 26, 2019. This is the band’s 4th release, following up on the national success of Who’s in Charge? The new album was recorded in the band’s hometown at Asheville Music Hall and was mixed and produced by the band members themselves. The hour-long live experience includes several previously unreleased songs, new versions of some fan favorites from past recordings, and a cover of The Buggles’ Video Killed The Radio Star (with a twist ending!).

The Get Right Band has been described as a funk-rock-reggae band, they’ve been described as a psychedelic-indie-rock band, and they’ve been described as a jam band. While they are indeed all of these things, they are fiercely determined to not be pigeon-holed by any of them. They are shapeshifters, focused on following their muses to honest self-expression, to whatever excites them. The Get Right Band proudly carries the torch in a long line of genre-bending power trios from Cream to The Jimi Hendrix Experience to The Police to Violent Femmes to Primus to Green Day to Nirvana to Sublime. It’s the space between the notes, the rawness, and the maneuverability that makes a power trio, well, so damn powerful.

The band is built on the musical brotherhood that guitarist/vocalist Silas Durocher and bassist Jesse Gentry have formed playing music together since middle school. Durocher, who is a trained composer and has been commissioned to write for symphonies and chamber groups, has guitar chops that can soothe or rage and a charismatic swagger as a frontman and a singer. “Durocher has an impressive range and rich clarity to his vocals—think a more soulful Dan Auerbach” (Connect Savannah). Gentry’s virtuosic bass playing “catapults from elastic to nasty” (The Mountain Xpress). With the addition of Jian-Claude Mears, a drummer with “precision, passion, and an inescapable momentum” (Live For Live Music), the group’s sound has become an unstoppable force. They have been wowing audiences around the country and the Caribbean since their inception in 2011 with an unparalleled live show and a relentless tour schedule.

The Get Right Band’s career highlights include shows with Everclear, Rusted Root, Dr. Dog, Smash Mouth, Ozomatli, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, and Victor Wooten; appearances on NPR’s World Cafe and Nashville’s Music City Roots television show; and performances at major festivals and venues including FloydFest, StrangeCreek, Riverbend Fest, The Orange Peel, Brooklyn Bowl, and The Hamilton.

Tue, 01/22/2019 - 6:45 pm

Asheville, NC genre-bending power trio The Get Right Band is releasing their first live album on January 26th! Check out this live video of one of the album songs: an upbeat, punky cover of The Buggles "Video Killed The Radio Star." You have to listen all the way to the end to catch the modernized lyrical twist! For more info on the band and the new record, head to www.facebook.com/thegetrightband or www.thegetrightband.com.

Sun, 03/01/2020 - 2:45 pm

The Get Right Band will be releasing their fifth album on May 23, 2020. Itchy Soul explodes with fresh ideas and original production--voices fade into snyths, drums distort and echo through space, crunchy guitars twist and bend and rage, the bass is one moment heavy and driving, the next hypnotic and groovy. The Get Right Band filters 60's/70's psychedelia and 90's alternative rock through a modern lens--as if Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, and Nirvana co-wrote an album produced by Danger Mouse and Dan Auerbach. There’s a new level of maturity and confidence to GRB’s fifth release. This is all-in, maximalist rock n’ roll for grown up people (kids and adults alike) who know the world is falling apart, who know social media is rotting our brains, who know politicians are taking away our rights, and who know that art and beauty and music and love and action are the antidotes. Itchy Soul will make you remember the power of music.

Eschewing the trappings and limitations of conventional recording approaches, The Get Right Band recorded and mixed the majority of the record outside of a studio. Programs had to be learned, gear bought and borrowed, techniques trialed and errored. In giving themselves the time and freedom to experiment, to obsess over sounds, and to record exactly what, when, and how they wanted, they made something singular and compelling.

The album features a collaboration with comedian and podcaster Marc Maron on the gritty, existential track “However Broken It Is.” After many hours in the van listening to Maron’s WTF podcast, GRB started collecting particularly poetic quotes and eventually turned them into a co-written song with Maron.

Even the album cover stands out as something unique and creative--it’s augmented reality art! Just download the app Artivive and point your phone at the cover to see the artwork come to life.

Compared to their previous work, the new album moves one step closer to pop with catchy hooks and modern production, and one step closer to psychedelia with experimental effects and layers of sound--all the while bringing the very best of their signature high-energy indie rock. The end result is sure to resonate with fans of modern rockers like Arctic Monkeys, Cage The Elephant, and My Morning Jacket.

The lyrics of Itchy Soul take on real world problems, from the very personal--the title track explores themes of self-acceptance, isolation, and agitation--to the very global--”Future Blood” is a climate change call-to-action with driving, distorted guitars. “Fire With Rain” combines danceable grooves with well-crafted poetry about the highs and lows of life as a traveling musician: “here we are hawking magic to the disbelieving masses, with a pink neon sign lit by vaudeville’s ashes--we fight fire with rain.”

The Get Right Band’s origin story goes back to 1998, when singer/songwriter/guitarist Silas Durocher poached bassist/singer Jesse Gentry from another middle school band. A lifelong friendship and musical partnership developed (along with a quirky shared sense of humor and their own made up language), and the two formed The Get Right Band in 2011. With the addition of Jian-Claude Mears, the group gained a jet engine, powerhouse drummer (and a new best friend), and stepped into the great tradition of genre-bending power trios.