Schechter-Teale Band

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The Schecter-Teale Band were a mid 1990s rock outfit fronted by Carl Schechter (Vocals, bass) and G.J. Teale (Vocals, lead guitar).

Initially their music was fairly straight blue rock, driven by Schecter's driven, explorative bass style which was reminiscent of Jack Bruce and Andy Fraser. In later years the teenage G.J. Teale's songwriting and muscianship came more to the fore. The band folded in Teale's broad rangeing influences from such diverse artists as Nirvana, Uncle Tupelo, Michelle Shocked and Frank Zappa.

While the Schecter-Teale band built a loyal, cult following their album sales never broke them into the main stream and eventually they drifted apart as all of the members were offered session work.

In April 1996 the band's rhythm guitarist, Michael Reid fell from the roof of an apartment block in Los Angeles and was killed. Although the Schecter-Teale band never officailly split up they haven't recorded since 1996 and in 1997 G.J. Teale retired from music. Carl Schechter claims that Teale "had a nasty habit of mixing business with pleasure". Opinion is split as to whether he retired because of Reid's death, or as a result of his complex lovelife.

Carl Schechter now runs a small recording studio near Montreal, Canada. G.J. Teale's current whereabout is unknown.