Welbilt is a rock band

Band (music)

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 from the Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

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 area.

History

Welbilt was formed in early 2002 after members met at the bar TT Reynolds in Fairfax

Fairfax, Virginia

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, Virginia

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. The band's eponymous debut EP (sometimes called the "The Blue Album") was recorded in a basement studio in Bristow

Bristow, Virginia

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. On the strength of that recording, radio station DC101 picked Welbilt to open the 2002 DC101 Chili Cook-Off

DC101 Chili Cook-Off

The DC101 Chili Cook-Off is an annual chili cookoff and rock concert sponsored by Washington, D.C. / Baltimore, Maryland radio station WWDC . Proceeds from the cookoff, traditionally held in Washington, D.C...

 on Pennsylvania Avenue

Pennsylvania Avenue

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 in Washington, DC in May 2002. That July, the band won a national battle of the bands competition sponsored by the Hard Rock Cafe

Hard Rock Cafe

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 and Rolling Rock

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. Welbilt opened the Town Fair show in Latrobe, PA, signed a demo deal with Virgin Records, and recorded four songs with producer Andrew "Mudrock" Murdock (Godsmack, Avenged Sevenfold).

A Beautiful Mess

When Virgin passed on the demo, Welbilt continued recording its first full album, A Beautiful Mess, released in December 2003, which included the songs from the initial session and eight additional songs recorded with Mudrock in the summer of 2003.

Due to the Current State of Things

In a 2005 session sponsored by Budweiser

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 True Music, Welbilt recorded the four-song "Due to the Current State of Things" EP with Scott Spelbring at Dragonfly East. The disc was mixed by Jeff Juliano and released in the Fall of 2005.

Current

Welbilt has shared the stage with Outkast

OutKast

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, Puddle of Mudd

Puddle of Mudd

Puddle Of Mudd is an American rock band from Kansas City, Missouri, USA. To date the band has sold over 7 million albums, and have had a string of #1 mainstream rock singles in the United States. Their major-label debut Come Clean has sold over 5 million copies...

, Nickelback

Nickelback

Nickelback is a Canadian rock band from Hanna, Alberta. Since 1995 the band has included guitarist and lead vocalist Chad Kroeger, guitarist and back-up vocalist Ryan Peake and bassist Mike Kroeger.. The band's current drummer and percussionist is Daniel Adair who has been with the band since 2005....

, Godsmack

Godsmack

Godsmack is an American heavy metal band from Lawrence, Massachusetts, formed in 1995. The band is composed of founder, frontman and songwriter Sully Erna, guitarist Tony Rombola, bassist Robbie Merrill, and drummer Shannon Larkin...

, Soul Asylum

Soul Asylum

Soul Asylum is an American alternative rock band that formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1983.The band originally formed in 1981 under the name Loud Fast Rules, with the original line-up consisting of Dan Murphy, Dave Pirner, Karl Mueller and Pat Morley. The latter was replaced by Grant Young in...

, Howie Day

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, 311, Juliette and the Licks

Juliette and the Licks

Juliette and the Licks was an American rock band led by actress Juliette Lewis. Other band members included guitarist Craig Fairbaugh and guitarist Emilio Cueto, bassist Jason Womack and drummer Ed Davis. Their popular songs include "You're Speaking My Language" and "Hot Kiss"...

, Kings of Leon

Kings of Leon

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, and others.

Break up

The band played their last show with all four members on November 21, 2007 in Fairfax

Fairfax, Virginia

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. Welbilt played a final "reunion" show together at the Celebrate Fairfax festival on June 8, 2008.

Members

Current:

Lead Singer, Guitar: Nate Ihara

Backup Vocals, Guitar: Buddy Speir

Drums: Mike Smirnoff

Management: Matt Flynn

Previous:

Drums: Bill Ledbetter (Quit Band in 2006)

Backup Vocals, Bass (On All Albums Until 2006): Nick Briscoe

Backup Vocals, Bass (Live Bassist): Matt Waller

Albums

Due to the Current State of Things (EP)

1. The Getaway
2. December
3. Oxygen
4. One Way Ticket

A Beautiful Mess (December 2003):

1. Everything's Alright
2. Only
3. Enough
4. 24 Hours
5. All I Ever Tasted
6. Down in Flames
7. Couldn't Be Better
8. Anthem
9. Remedy
10. Dilemma
11. Bombs Away
12. Spiderweb

The Blue EP (April 2002)

1. Digging Holes
2. Brother
3. Moonshine
4. Out of Line
5. Bombs Away

External links

• Official site
• Myspace site