SIMEON SOUL CHARGER

Simeon Soul Charger biography
US band SIMEON SOUL CHARGER originally started out as the artistic moniker Alan Brooks used when he performed as a singer/songwriter. In 2008 he hooked up with Jim Garibaldi (bass), and after the twosome started writing and rewriting material together the thoughts about setting up a band project together started fermenting, eventually resulting in the recruitment of Joe Kidd (drums), studio member Kevin Bjerre (cello) and Caleb Dixon (guitars) for the bands first line-up. This initial version of the band hit the studio to record their debut EP "Simeon Soul Charger", which was released in early 2009.

Shortly after Dixon left the band, replaced by Rick Phillips (guitars). This slightly revamped version of the band recorded and released their second EP "All Rather Dead" in 2010. Following a short tour in Germany, bassist Garibaldi left the band due to creative differences. New man in was Spider Monkey (bass), initially as a short term replacement but he fitted well with the band and was soon a permanent member.

2011 saw the band release their full length debut album "Meet Me in the Afterlife" on the German Gentle Art of Music label, with an elongated stay in Germany following the release. Hundreds of concerts in Germany and Europe with recording sessions in between followed for the next 18 months or so. Joined in the studio sessions by Sandra Rieger (violin), Susi Salomon (violin), Friederike Seeßelberg (cello), Manfred Feneberg (percussion) and Claudio Vollino (harp) Simeon Soul Charger's second album "Harmony Square", an album long conceptual suite, was recorded in full in Germany and released in the fall of 2012, once again on the Gentle Art of Music label.