Greenwood (US)

Greenwood's inventive and unconventional style has won over audiences from major music festivals to intimate venues alike. This five piece band approaches music from a unique perspective formed from eclectic musical backgrounds while offering thought provoking lyrics and innovative instrumentation.

Few bands have truly incorporated the sound of a violin into their music. Greenwood does so without making it the show piece of the group. While Greenwood sounds most like? Greenwood, a few other bands have similarities: the range of emotion expressed by Death Cab for Cutie, the stage presence of Lovedrug, the instrumentation of Cursive, and the progressive experimentation of Broken Social Scene. At some point during 2003, the members of Greenwood: Art, Allan, Noel, Tyler, and Jesse decided that they wanted to play music that was very different from anything they had heard-music that was from their hearts and expressed their own passions. All five members are Christians, but wished to redefine the stereotypes which follow those who believe in God and the music they play.

The band?s hard work and talents have not gone unnoticed. They have played with successful independent bands such as Anathallo, Saxon Shore, and Colour Revolt, while also playing with mainstream bands including Plain White T?s, Day of Fire, and many others on festival stages. In 2004, they won third place out of over eighty bands competing in a hard rock Battle of Bands, displaying their ability to impress while playing in a competition outside of their genre. Word spread rapidly in 2005 as Greenwood moved to Baltimore, Maryland and away from the small college town in Tennessee where they met at Union University. Greenwood is in the midst of organizing several tours on and around the East Coast.