Wide Eye Panic is:
Aram Wheeler - Vocals
Mark Mauer - Bass/Vocals
Adam Gonzales (ADAWG) - Guitars
Randy Bebich - Guitars
Andrew Kuhn - Drums
All songs written and preformed by: Wide Eye Panic
Additional writing on "Question b9" and "Dear Tom" by: Cory Holien
All songs produced by: Dave Filburn and Wide Eye Panic
Recorded at: Filburn Studios, Beaverton, OR
Photography by: Heather Cole
Graphic design by: Paul Mauer
Released by: JustWall Records
Wide Eye Panic thanks:
Aram thanks: All the people who have supported us throughout the years. You know who you are.
Mark thanks: Who brought me here: Chuck and Karen Mauer, My beautiful girlfriend Jennie Lie and our beautiful boy Mason Mauer. Paul Mauer and Heather Cole (for all of their help in making this happen), my band-mates and Dave Filburn, Shelly Wheeler, Uncle Rob, Aunt Chris, Michael and Sami Mauer, Nathan Ranken and Pat Mehan, Seth Holt, “Big Daddy” Jon, John Forespring Jr, Jay Howard, Marcus Drummer, Keith Maxwell, Moriah (for putting up with us in the Studio), Everyone who has come out to support us at shows, Jessica #2, Jon Lie, Tom and Jessica, Dan “The Man”, Stacey “Buddha” Arnold, Grant, Suzie, Wendy and Joe, John Le, Tony Baker, Jean-Paul, Matt Gallagher, Jason, Chris, Kae Montgomery, Eric Welton, Brian Kendrick, Olympia 839, Das Weirdness and Autumn, Wes Dewees, Naomi, Jen and Samantha (band girlies), Corey Holien, Rusty, Karmyn, Hand Sanitizer, Expensive Bass Strings, my Jesus action figure, Jim Bean and GIN straight from the bottle, Electricity, Forensic T.V. Shows, and the Millions of Great Times I’ve had creating this Album, I wouldn’t trade it for the World….
Adawg thanks: To the love of my life Karmyn, God, Gonzales family (when they are all talking), my band of Brothers (Compadre Mark, Andrew, Aram, Randy) and their ladies, Dave Filburn, my HoMiEs in Portland, Smitty at Music 6000, Preston at Tacoma Guitar Center, Troy at 3D Tonewoods, Phil & Mark at Ted Brown, the Navors, Kevin Hoffman, Justin Hoffman, Cardi “Sister” Hoffman, Josh “Hoagie” Hoglan, Stircrazy, Jay Howard, and every friend that’s inspired - Survival, Love, Despise, Wrath, Hatred, Creativity, Love, Sadness, Absolution, Sorrow, Desolation, Love and everything to write this CD…without you my eyes could not see. Thank you
Andrew thanks: My Girlfriend Jen, my mom, grandparents, aunt Gretchen, Isaac Martin, Shawn Ivie, Arne Sewell, Adam Sobeck, Mikey, Ben and Amanda Warfield, Dave and Brooke, my band mates, All the bands we've jammed with over the last two yrs. Dave Filburn, Jay Howard, Shawn and Rose, Shelly Wheeler thank you! thank you! thank you! Seth Holt, Tom And Jessica, Big Daddy Jon, Tiny Johansson.. We miss you dude.
And last but not least..the Fans.....thank you for your continuous support. oh yeah! and the Weirdoes.
Sorry if i missed ya, i'll get ya next time. Peace!
Randy thanks: All my Friends and Family.
Special Thanks to: Dave Filburn
Dedicated to: Shelly Wheeler, without her love and support none of this would be possible.
Bio:
Wide Eye Panic from Olympia Washington has been a band for 5 years now. They are one of the few Alternative Metal bands in Olympia. Their influences include Tool, Deftones, Pantera, Sevendust, 10 Years and Mudvayne. They are a melting pot of all those bands yet strive to be their own thing. With Aram Wheeler on vocals, every song has a unique sound of its own. They regularly play clubs from Everett, WA, Seattle, WA, Tacoma, WA, Olympia, WA, Coeur d'Alene, ID and Portland, OR. With their first independent release “Distorted View” (2005) they sold around 2,000 copies on their own. A success for the band. It made enough money to fund the in depth recording “The Process” (2008). They have received airplay on the Seattle based station 104.9 The Funky Monkey and Portland based station 101 KUFO. The airplay increased their turnout to clubs and website hits by 100%. With a great online presence, they average 300-500 hits a day on wideeyepanic.com and receive around 200 plays a day on their MySpace. Wide Eye Panic strives to put on a great show every show and to have a very professional outlook on studio work. From melodic to intense Wide Eye Panic will continue to grow a fan base with self promotion and street team work. They will be heard.
Their Story:
In 2003 Adam Gonzales wanted to start a band. He had played in many bands in the Northwest and was looking for something new and fresh. He Ended up finding Wes Dewees who had come out to Washington from London Kentucky. They started jammin.
Then Andrew Kuhn came into the picture. He
was working at a tire store and a local promoter, Lisa Bonner, came into his store and was talking about trying to find a drummer for Adam. The guy at the desk handed her Andrew's card. She got Andrew, Adam and Wes together.
The story continues at a local Olympia music store, Music 6000. Mark Mauer was in and out of bands all over the northwest. Unable to find his niche. So he put up a flier for himself saying "I really need to jam. Into Hard Rock and Metal. Please "FN" call me. Even just to BS." It's unclear who pulled the flier off the wall but Adam called Mark and he came by to jam. Upon arrival at Adam's house, Mark realized that he had known Adam for years. So now Adam, Wes, Andrew and Mark started rehearsing at Mark's house.
They had 3 songs by the time they started looking for a singer. Myself, Untitled and Something in the Corner. All went on to be great songs. Mark was headstrong on getting his roommate at the time, Aram Wheeler, to try out for the band. The first tryout didn't go so well. Mark was confused, knowing Aram's skill level, and had to get him into the band. Mark and Aram sat down one afternoon and went over the song "Myself." Mark and Aram figured if they came to the next tryout with a song where they went back and forth on vocals in which Mark was the screamer and Aram was the voice, then there would be no way they could turn him down. The next tryout came and Mark and Aram did what they had worked on the previous day. They sang the song "Myself" just like it is on "Distorted View." Andrew, Adam and Wes kinda looked at each other. Wes said that Aram's voice was infectious and that was that. Wide Eye Panic was Aram Wheeler, Mark Mauer, Adam Gonzales, Wes Dewees and Andrew Kuhn.
They hit the Northwest scene for a while, then got into the studio around April 2005. This is where Dave Filburn comes into play. He is Wide Eye Panic's Production Engineer. He works at Filburn Studios in Beaverton, Oregon. So on July 21st 2005 Wide Eye Panic released their first full length album "Distorted View." After that they played all over the Northwest again. Becoming much more well known in the region. And as everything was going smoothly there had to be a rut. Wes Dewees and wife Rachael were going to have a baby. They wanted to raise their child with family so Wes moved back to Kentucky. The member's split under good terms and Wes and Rachael and beloved friends of the band still to this day. He is in a band called 1st Decent in Kentucky. Check it out on MySpace.com.
After that they had to find another guitar player since they had shows schedules. They called upon Cory Holien, who had played in one of Aram's previous bands. He came in and rocked it and they wrote some new material with him. That was around October 7th 2005. He played in the band until October 7th 2006, when he left the band for personal reasons. He is also still a close friend and we love to party with him. After that the band held auditions for another guitar player. They tried out a lot of great musicians. At the end they chose Randy Bebich, a close friend of Adam. Randy came into the band February 2007. Now Wide Eye Panic has another album titled "The Process." It is the bands best work to date. That is Wide Eye Panic's story. They will continue to Rock the greater Northwest and they appreciate your support... Awesome and Goodnight......
© 2008 Wide Eye Panic
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