User:Mikealarid/Cellar & Gustav

Cellar & Gustav is an American post-modern/down-tempo group formed in Las Cruces, New Mexico, in 2008. The band consists of vocalist Michael Alarid and musicians James Barrio, and Shawn Martin, and has a devoted underground following in Europe and Australia. Cellar & Gustav released a string of increasingly successful singles in 2009, including "Emma Jean". Their EP, Sometimes it Bleeds, was an unexpected smash, spreading virally online in the UK, USA and Australia. Cellar & Gustav has spent 2009 working on their debut album, Courting Disaster, which includes songs from their previously released EP. However, much to the band’s frustration, most of the content of their debut album was found to have been spreading illegally online.

History

Formation (2008) Barrio and Martin had been in numerous bands, including One Step Forward, and Division of Sound. In 2008, Alarid and Barrio founded The Blud Door in Las Cruces and Martin’s bass work brought him to the attention of Blu Door. A short-term move and corporate career-hiatus inspired Alarid and Barrio to form a band: tired of corporate work and using their own work for remixes, they decided to create material for their own project. Nicknames for Barrio and Alarid from social networking sites inspired the band’s name.