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DENT (band)
DENT is an independent American metal band (1994-2014) from Indianapolis, Indiana. Their most recent show was in 2014 as a reunion performance. DENT never signed to a label in fear of losing their music and/or their minds under a contract. Everything DENT accomplished was due to their own hard work, money and practice. DENT took over the midwest stages from the early 90's to the 2000's.

MEMBERS:

Mark Southerland: Vocals, guitars (Songwriting).

Jason Carr: Percussion, backup vocals on a few tracks.

Andrew Hibdon: Bass player

Additional members:

Jay Hickle (First bass player) Jay was a friend and early inspiration to Mark Southerland as a guitar player. They met in Beech Grove while Jay worked as an apartment complex pool life-guard. Mark lived in an apartment building very close to the pool in 1987 while finishing off his senior year at Beech Grove.

Paul Sorrels (Bass player) Paul worked with Jason Carr at a construction site. Paul offered to sublet his room in Bloomington to Mark. Mark accepted and when Paul was gone, a pair of beat up paratrooper boots were left in the closet. Those became the silver boots Mark wore in the early days. While Paul played bass, he had a miniature TV and a micro cassette tape answering machine in his rack. Once, playing a show at The Bluebird in Bloomington, Paul ripped into a fuzz wah bass solo. Mark and Jason didn't know what to do but kept playing a few extra measures hoping he'd come back on beat! Both Mark and Jason were a bit flustered with Paul suddenly taking over the show with an improvised solo.

Brandon (Bass player) - Mark and Brandon worked together at a Karma music store in Martinsville, IN for a short time. Brandon Let Mark, who was homeless at the time, live in an old mobile home in the woods somewhere in Paragon, Indiana. Brandon had a 20 watt amp and his cousins 4 string bass. DENT agreed to buy Brandon a 5 string from the band fund. Then Brandon went off to college, taking the 5 string with him.

Scott (2nd guitar for short time) - DENT had always been a trio but a quick band agreement allowed Scott temporary membership if he could get up to speed quickly and learn his parts. The relationship only lasted so long.

OFFICIAL RELEASES:

DENT demo (1994) - 5 songs on cassette. https://www.discogs.com/release/14380319-DENT-5-Song-Demo2

DENT debut CD (1994-1997) - Release show in 1997 at the Emerson Theater in Indianapolis, IN. https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/dent/dent/

DEVICE EP (2000) - 6 song EP. https://rateyourmusic.com/release/ep/dent/device/

SPLIT EP with Perfect Nothing (2000) - https://rateyourmusic.com/release/ep/dent-vs-perfect-nothing/dent-vs-perfect-nothing/

SYSTEMATIC (2006) - 18 total songs on two CD's. Never physically released. https://music.apple.com/us/album/systematic/1496269141

DEVICE EP Remixed (2021) - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8jucGKMwEyTERX9rSddiNA

Appeared on:

FOX 59 Morning show (Twice) - 2 songs performed live. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DXrmmcpiMk

Up from the Depths... Vol 1 (CD compilation). https://rateyourmusic.com/release/comp/various-artists/up-from-the-depths-vol-1/