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Genres:	Pop / Rock
Descriptive "tags":	rock • alternative • alternative rock • industrial • industrial rock • metal • hard rock
Decades Active:	1990s • 2000s
Links online:	BBC Music • Facebook • IMDb • last.fm • MusicMoz • MySpace • Official Homepage • Twitter • Wikipedia • YouTube

Biography

Brian Liesegang (programming, guitar, keyboards, drums) and Richard Patrick (vocals, guitar, bass, programming, drums, ex-Nine Inch Nails) first hatched the idea of working together during a cross-country trek when they visited the Grand Canyon. Patrick had already been experimenting on an eight-track console in his parents’ basement in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Liesegang, meanwhile, had just finished a degree in philosophy and turned his hand to music himself, experimenting in his own small electronic studio, which was adjacent to that owned by Robert A. Moog (originator of the Moog synthesizer). Occupying his time by investigating the world of computers and their applications to music, he found what he describes as a ‘perfect musical match’ in Patrick. Both were interested in producing hard electronic music. The line-up of the band was completed for touring purposes by Geno Lenardo (guitar), Matt Walker (drums) and Frank Cavanaugh (bass). Short Bus was...

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