Blood Meridian | |
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Origin | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
Genres | Alternative country |
Years active | 2004-2009 |
Labels |
Outside Music Elevation Recordings Teenage USA |
Members | Matt Camirand Jeff Lee Shira Blustein Kevin Grant Joshua Wells |
Blood Meridian was a Canadian alternative country band based in Vancouver, British Columbia. [1] The band consisted of singer and songwriter Matt Camirand, guitarist Jeff Lee, keyboardist Shira Blustein, bassist Kevin Grant and drummer Joshua Wells. [2] [3] Camirand had been with The Black Halos, He and Wells were also members of Black Mountain and Pink Mountaintops; Wells was a member of Lightning Dust as well. Lee had been with 3 Inches of Blood and Black Rice.
The band was named for Cormac McCarthy's 1985 novel Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West. [4]
Blood Meridian was formed in 2004. That year the band released its debut album, We Almost Made It Home. [5] [6] They followed up in January 2006 with the EP Soldiers of Christ. [7]
In July 2006, they released their second album, Kick Up the Dust [8] on Outside Music in Canada, [9] and internationally on V2 Records. [10] On November 20, 2007, the band released their third album Liquidate Paris!. [11] [12]
In 2006, the band toured Europe with The Black Keys, Black Mountain and Pink Mountaintops. [13] In 2009, Blood Meridian played Emergenza, the world's largest festival of unsigned bands. [14]
Wells and Camirand then went on to play with numerous bands. [15] Blustein opened a restaurant. [16] As of 2021, Jeff Lee and his wife Jenni were in a band called Hard Drugs. [17]
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Blood Meridian | |
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Origin | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
Genres | Alternative country |
Years active | 2004-2009 |
Labels |
Outside Music Elevation Recordings Teenage USA |
Members | Matt Camirand Jeff Lee Shira Blustein Kevin Grant Joshua Wells |
Blood Meridian was a Canadian alternative country band based in Vancouver, British Columbia. [1] The band consisted of singer and songwriter Matt Camirand, guitarist Jeff Lee, keyboardist Shira Blustein, bassist Kevin Grant and drummer Joshua Wells. [2] [3] Camirand had been with The Black Halos, He and Wells were also members of Black Mountain and Pink Mountaintops; Wells was a member of Lightning Dust as well. Lee had been with 3 Inches of Blood and Black Rice.
The band was named for Cormac McCarthy's 1985 novel Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West. [4]
Blood Meridian was formed in 2004. That year the band released its debut album, We Almost Made It Home. [5] [6] They followed up in January 2006 with the EP Soldiers of Christ. [7]
In July 2006, they released their second album, Kick Up the Dust [8] on Outside Music in Canada, [9] and internationally on V2 Records. [10] On November 20, 2007, the band released their third album Liquidate Paris!. [11] [12]
In 2006, the band toured Europe with The Black Keys, Black Mountain and Pink Mountaintops. [13] In 2009, Blood Meridian played Emergenza, the world's largest festival of unsigned bands. [14]
Wells and Camirand then went on to play with numerous bands. [15] Blustein opened a restaurant. [16] As of 2021, Jeff Lee and his wife Jenni were in a band called Hard Drugs. [17]
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