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| {{Infobox album
| | #REDIRECT [[Sean Dowdell And His Friends? (Demo Cassette Tape)]] |
| | Name = Sean Dowdell And His Friends?
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| | Type = demo
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| | Artist = [[Sean Dowdell And His Friends?]]
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| | Cover = Album-Sean_Dowdell_And_His_Friends.jpg
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| | Released = 1993
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| | Recorded = 1993
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| | Length = 11:50
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| | Producer = Robert Rogers, Tony DiMaria
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| ==Background==
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| Since Chester Bennington learned how to talk he had been telling everybody he was gonna grow up to be a singer.<ref>[http://www.netmusiccountdown.com/inc/artist.php?artist=Linkin+Park Net Music Countdown: Linkin Park]</ref>
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| His brother played Foreigner records all the time and by the time Chester was two he used to run around singing their songs.
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| As Chester grew older, he started developing his distinctive singing style. ''"I did it all the wrong way. I basically went at it till it didn't hurt anymore. Its something I've been blessed with."''<ref>[http://www.linkinparkru.com/index.php?m=info&t=articles_en_interview_39 LinkinPark.ru - Всё о Linkin Park по-русски! | linkinparkru.com], May 12, 2008</ref> His favorite band was Ministry and he would always try to mimic Al Jourgensen's highly produced/compressed vocals the best he could, without using any effects.<ref>[http://www.lpassociation.com/gallery/v/fancontent/kerrang/009.jpg.html 009.jpg]</ref> In school, he got into musical theater, started playing music, and traveled the country with a stage production of ''You Are The Child''.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20010420220623/http://www.lpfan.com/main.php3?page=int14 LPFan.com]</ref>
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| One of his friends was a pretty good guitar player and was looking for someone who could sing. Chester said ''"I can sing."'' So they both broke into the church behind a house, stole a microphone and started doing music together.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UTX_GgNzEY Scuzz Meets Linkin Park - YouTube], July 18, 2014</ref> They learnt every The Doors song they could play and when Chester started doing his first compositions, they were very influenced by them. He said, ''"We liked them as they were so poetic, spacey and deep. So it was something along those lines."''<ref>[http://metro.co.uk/2011/06/09/linkin-parks-chester-bennington-it-was-awesome-being-hated-so-much-39674/ Linkin Park's Chester Bennington: It was awesome being hated so much | Metro News], June 09, 2011</ref> This opened the door to some other young musicians that have been in bands and they invited Chester to be in his first band, Sean Dowdell And His Friends?, which started out as a joke.
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| Sean Dowdell, said, ''"At the time we couldn't think of a name so I shouted something stupid out and it we all laughed and used it for about a year or so as the name."''<ref>[http://lplive.net/forum/?showtopic=9440 Interview with Sean Dowdell - Newswire - Linkin Park Live], January 07, 2013</ref> Sean grew up in a musical family, with roots that go back to his dad and uncle and musical influences which range from Kiss to Depeche Mode, R.E.M., U2, and Alice In Chains.
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| None of the members took the band very seriously, but soon they had a following and eventually recorded a 3 song self-titled demo tape. For over a year and a half, they played 50-70 shows around the Phoenix area. Some of them taking place at the Greenway High School, where Chester and bass player Jason Cekoric went to school. Robert Rogers, manager of local bands in Phoenix, worked with the band.
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| The photographer responsible for the demo tape cover was Sean's uncle Mike Walliser.<ref>[http://lplive.net/wiki/db/exclusives/grey-daze-story LPLive Wiki - Grey Daze Story], October 31, 2015</ref>
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| According to Jonathan Krause, the Grey Daze song "[[Wake Me (song)|Wake Me]]" was written during the Sean Dowdell And His Friends? days.<ref>[http://greydaze.clan.su/index/grey_daze_story_by_jonathan_krause/0-23 Grey Daze - Grey Daze story by Jonathan Krause]</ref>
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| In 2008, Sean said he haven't seen either Chris G. or Jason C. in at least 12 years.
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| ==Writing and Recording==
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| ==Composition==
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| ==Releases==
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| ==Track Listing==
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| {|class="wikitable"
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| ! No.
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| ! Writer(s)
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| ! Length
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| | A1
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| | [[Painted Pictures]]
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| | Chester Bennington
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| | 4:30
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| | B1
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| | [[Kill The Flies]]
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| | Chester Bennington
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| | 3:27
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| | B2
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| | [[God's Afraid]]
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| | Sean Dowdell
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| | 4:06
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| |}
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| ==Personnel==
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| ====Sean Dowdell And His Friends?====
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| *Drums: Sean Dowdell
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| *Guitar: Chris Goad
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| *Bass: Jason Cekoric
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| *Vocals: Chester Bennington
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| ====Production====
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| *Produced by: Robert Rogers & Tony DiMaria
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| *Engineered by: John Biehl & Scott Adkins
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| *Photo by: Mike Wallister
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| *Recorded at: Pantheon Studios Scottsdale, AZ
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| *Special thanks to: Bill Rogers and Shannan Smith
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| ====Artwork====
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| *Photo by: Mike Wallister
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| ==Live Performance==
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| ===Songs Played Live===
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| ===Tours===
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| ==Reception==
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| ===Critical Reception===
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| SEAN DOWDELL & HIS FRIENDS?
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| Local Demo Release
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| Packaged very well, cover photos taken in San Diego, lyrics imprinted within the J-Card, recorded at Pantheon Studios, engineered by John Biehl and Scott Adkins, the "SD & AND FRIENDS" 3-song demo release leans more towards (ready for this one?) "Alternative-Metal"! A more "alternative look", powerful metal sound, but "new music" vocal parts and lacking the super-commercial sound of glam metal; hence, "alternative metal"! I'm not sure, but I think this may be the first release I've heard from Pantheon Studios, but I'd like to hear more as the sound quality seems pretty cool. Chester Bennington's lead vocal style does make him a little hard to understand in some areas of this tape and it can get a bit repetitious. However, in other areas I really enjoyed his unique style. Chris Goad provides listeners with some pretty decent guitar licks (a little metalish flash), some interesting effects, and some cool changes, while Jason Cekorictills with some pretty average to cool bass parts. Sean Dowdell on drums seems to have no problem holding the bottom end with Jason but I think his bass drum could have been brought up a little more. i think this band will progress with more experience together on the club scene, as I do see some potential and some very good musicianship gathered here. l look forward to seeing them live and to hearing more material on upcoming releases.
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| Rating: 6.95
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| ===Chart Performance===
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| ===Awards===
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| ==Trivia==
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| ==External Links==
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| [[Category:Sean Dowdell And His Friends? Discography]][[Category:Sean Dowdell And His Friends? Demo Albums]]
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