Broadside Electric

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Broadside Electric
l-r: Helene Zisook, Jim Speer, Joe D'Andrea, Tom Rhoads, Amy Ksir
Background information
Origin	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Genre(s)	Folk-rock
Years active	1990 – present
Label(s)	Clever Sheep Records
Website	broadside.org
Members
Joe D'Andrea Amy Ksir Tom Rhoads Jim Speer Helene Zisook
Former members
Melissa Demian Rachel Hall

Broadside Electric are a Philadelphia-area folk-rock (self-described as "Folk Music with Teeth") band. Formed in 1990, they are still active in 2007. Audiences expect an erudite and eclectic mix of traditional material, including Child Ballads, foreign-language songs, and the humorous, obscure and sometimes absurd.

Contents 1 Introduction 2 Current band members 3 Previous band members 4 Discography 5 External links

[edit] Introduction

The Broadside in their name is taken from the single-side printed song lyric sheets which became popular in the 16th century.

The band was formed in 1990 by Haverford College and Bryn Mawr College students and alumni Rachel Hall, Tom Rhoads, Jim Speer and Helene Zisook.

[edit] Current band members

• Joe D'Andrea 1997-present (Drums and assorted percussion, vocals).
• Amy Ksir 1997-present (Accordion, tin whistles, flute, oboe, vocals).
• Tom Rhoads 1990-present (Lead vocals, guitars, Appalachian dulcimer, cittern, harmonica).
• Jim Speer 1990-present (NS/Stick, Chapman Stick and electric bass guitar; wind instruments including recorders, clarinet, bass clarinet, saxophone, crumhorn and rauschpfeife; backing vocals).
• Helene Zisook 1990-present (Acoustic and five-string electric violins, viola, mandolin, backing vocals).

[edit] Previous band members

• Melissa Demian 1991-1994 (Lead vocals, Appalachian dulcimer, occasional percussion, police whistle, siren). Left to pursue a Ph.D in social anthropology.
• Rachel Hall 1990-1991 (English concertina, piano/keyboards, recorders, tin whistle, accordion, vocals, occasional percussion). Left to pursue a Watson Fellowship.

[edit] Discography

Black-edged Visiting Card (1992) Clever Sheep	Amplificata (1995) Clever Sheep	More Bad News ... (1996) Clever Sheep	With Teeth (1999) Clever Sheep
Live: Do Not Immerse (2002) Clever Sheep

[edit] External links

• Official website
• Broadside Electric on MySpace
• Broadside Electric on last.fm
• Broadside Electric on Virb