TERI DANZ BAND

Teri Danz: vocals, guitar
PJ Labinski: guitar
Ori Huberman: guitar, vocals
Tris Carpenter: bass
Jared Stowell: drums
Tamasha: backup vocals

Singer/songwriter Teri Danz left San Francisco in 1998 for LA with a Fender Strat, a demo of 4 songs, and just one friend in her newly adopted city. Almost immediately and by chance, she met a comedian at a club who had a musician friend that "she should meet" (Steve Goodie) and hooked them up. Goodie started accompanying Danz at LA coffeehouses, and the duo soon grew to a whole band.

No stranger to rock and pop bands, Danz rose from the ashes of a series of rock/new wave bands in the 80's to break out in 1991 into a totally new scene --house music. Her 12" dance record, Didn't Mean To Fall In Love, was the darling of record pools and radio mix shows across the country. Well-renowned DJ EFX did the remix which attracted the attention of Chicago's House Jams producer Billy Jack Williams -- who worked with Danz and co-writer Eric Tiger on the followup, Can't Get Away. Performances included dance & DJ showcases, local clubs and cable TV appearances.

It's been a strange trip for Danz, whose career has taken her far from her rock roots to dance, r&b, and back again. She hooked up with vocal producer Raz Kennedy(Bobby McFerrin/VOICESTRA and Counting Crows) to record "Just Like The First Time," an r&b/ pop ballad co-written with Kennedy and Franklin Miller. As electronica and funk entered the scene, Danz played keyboards and lent her vocals to live ambient group, Realia," and performed with the acid/jazz/funk group "One Nation Underground."

As a singer, she comes alive onstage. She closed the show at the LA Songwriter's Showcase inspiring fellow songwriters to be her backup singers, and played numerous San Francisco gigs (including Bottom of The Hill, Paradise Lounge,DNA, Club Townsend). Her band has become a mainstay on LA club scene appearing at the Opium Den, and Martini Lounge among others.

Now on the verge of releasing a new CD and with a current lineup of bandmates (PJ Labinski, Ori Huberman, Jared Stowell and Tris Carpenter), Danz is ready to break out. Recorded at the Art of Noise Studios and at LA Songwriter Studio, and mastered
at Moonlight Mastering, the upcoming CD "Gardens in the Concrete" brings together influences from Nirvana to Sheryl Crow, the Goo Goo Dolls (Danz went to college in the Goo's hometown, Buffalo) and a host of alt rock contemporaries.

From the No Doubt influenced "Better" to the more rock/pop "I don't like love songs anymore" to the directness of "Damage", her fluid vocals and intense energy reflect the passion of an artist whose life and art are intertwined. In "Rain" (about the plight of a homeless woman), the rich acoustic and electric guitars balance the song's wistful, powerful vocals and strong message.

The CD is set to be released in October 2001.

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