A rock band from Pasadena? Imagine that!!!

But wait, this isn’t just any guitar-banging, bass/drum driven rock act.

The Denouement (nice name) is “Saddest Joke” Low Tide (2008) and some of those other humor/talent types of songs.

Just kidding.  These players are, well, players. They’re college types who are music majors and the combination is priceless.

I like this explanation, from the Web site: “The Denouement congealed quietly in either 2003, 2004 or 2005.”

Sandra Emerson, staff writer for the university publication at California Polytechnic, wrote that The Denouement “rocked the house” at a benefit show on campus in February. She also noted that the group was the 2007 winner of the university’s Music and Entertainment Industry Student Association battle of the bands. Probably some good competition there!

Here’s a list of people The Denouement claims as members (with lower case matthew lee just as he appears on the Web site): Robert C. E. DeLong, matthew lee, Andrew Pledger, Keiko Ward, Malachi Ward, Samuel Ward.

Good list of influences too: Winsor McKay, Otto Messmer, Willis O’Brien, Ray Harryhausen. Who?

According to the group, the band sounds like: Gertie the Dinosaur, Felix the Cat, King Kong, Jason and the Argonauts.

In my long years of playing and listening, I have found that music majors with a sense of humor are just to damn good for their own good.

Check ‘em out.

The Denouement On MySpace

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