Deaf Pedestrians
Encyclopedia
dEAf PEdESTRIANS are an alternative rock
band based in Dallas, Texas
. Their first major-label album …And Other Distractions was released with Virgin Records
on February 12, 2008. They combine elements of punk rock
, alternative rock
, country music
, southern rock
, hard rock
, and heavy metal
.
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
band based in Dallas, Texas
Dallas, Texas
Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...
. Their first major-label album …And Other Distractions was released with Virgin Records
Virgin Records
Virgin Records is a British record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell in 1972. The company grew to be a worldwide music phenomenon, with platinum performers such as Roy Orbison, Devo, Genesis, Keith Richards, Janet Jackson, Culture Club, Lenny...
on February 12, 2008. They combine elements of punk rock
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
, alternative rock
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
, country music
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
, southern rock
Southern rock
Southern rock is a subgenre of rock music, and genre of Americana. It developed in the Southern United States from rock and roll, country music, and blues, and is focused generally on electric guitar and vocals...
, hard rock
Hard rock
Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...
, and heavy metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
.
Current Band members
- Charlton Parker - Lead vocals and bass guitar
- Jake Crawford - Guitar
- Garrin Walker - Guitar
- Russ Dignam - Drums
Founding Members
- Eric Hartis - Bass
- Russ Dignam
- Jason Hall - Guitar
- Garrin Walker
- Charlton Parker
Albums
- Deaf Pedestrians (September 6, 2005)
- ...And Other Distractions (February 12, 2008)
- We're All Gonna Die (June 16, 2009)