Welbilt
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Welbilt is a rock band from the Washington, D.C. area.
Formed in early 2002 after members met at the Fairfax, Virginia bar TT Reynolds. The band's eponymous debut EP (sometimes called the "The Blue Album") was recorded in a basement studio in Bristow, Virginia. On the strength of that recording, radio station DC 101 picked Welbilt to open the 2002 DC 101 Chili Cook-Off show on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, DC in May, 2002. That July, the band won a national battle of the bands competition sponsored by Hard Rock Cafe and Rolling Rock. Welbilt opened the Town Fair show in Latrobe, PA, signed a demo deal with Virgin Records, and recorded four songs with producer Andrew "Mudrock" Murdock (Godsmack, Avenged Sevenfold).
When Virgin passed on the demo, Welbilt continued recording its first full album, A Beautiful Mess, released in December 2003, which included the songs from the initial session and eight additional songs recorded with Mudrock in the summer of 2003.
In a 2005 session sponsored by Budweiser True Music, Welbilt recorded the four-song "Due to the Current State of Things" EP with Scott Spelbring (Dave Matthews Band, Butch Walker, O.A.R.) at Dragonfly East. The disc was mixed by Jeff Juliano and released in the Fall of 2005.
Band has shared the stage with Outkast, Puddle of Mudd, Nickleback, Godsmack, Soul Asylum, Howie Day, 311, Juliette and the Licks, Kings of Leon, and others.
Welbilt tours the east coast. The band is a favorite at Princeton University's Quadrangle Club.
[edit] Albums
Due to the Current State of Things (EP)
- The Getaway
- December
- Oxygen
- One Way Ticket
A Beautiful Mess (December 2003):
- Everything's Alright
- Only
- Enough
- 24 Hours
- All I Ever Tasted
- Down in Flames
- Couldn't Be Better
- Anthem
- Remedy
- Dilemma
- Bombs Away
- Spiderweb
The Blue EP (April 2002)
- Digging Holes
- Brother
- Moonshine
- Out of Line
- Bombs Away
[edit] Members
- Lead singer, guitar: Nate Ihara
- Backup vocals, guitar: Buddy Speir
- Backup vocals, bass (live bassist): Patrick Thorton
- Backup vocals, bass (on all albums until 2006): Nick Briscoe
- Drums: Bill Ledbetter (quit band in 2006)
- (previous live bass player was Matt Waller)
- Management: Matt Flynn
