Pink Bullet

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Pink Bullet

Origin	Brisbane, Queensland
Country	Australia
Years active	2001–Present
Genres	Rock, Electronic, Progressive
Members	Ryan Barker Chris Bartlett Christian Hopper Maurice Moynihan Julian Schwietzer
Past members	David "Sorbo" Evans Sam Hardy Brett Marks
Website(s)	www.myspace.com/pbullet

1 Biography
2 Discography
- 2.1 EPs
- 2.2 Full Length Albums
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Biography

Pink Bullet is a psychadelic/electropop band from Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Pink Bullet was formed originally as an experimental joke in 2001 on behalf of faux-singer David Evans, accompanied by schoolmates Chris Bartlett (guitar), Sam Hardy (drums), Christian Hopper (guitar) and Maurice Moynihan (bass). Using an empty office space in the industrial district of Brendale, the members managed to put together a rough collection of three songs and recorded an EP under the guise of PTO. Bartlett and Moynihan wrote the vocals for the EP the night before the recording session after both overdosing on guarana tablets. The resultant recording was somewhat of a tragedy and led to the indirect dismissal of David Evans. The remaining members stayed together as an instrumental band, briefly adopting the name Empire. It was during this period of experimentation that the members discovered the unique dynamic evident in their style of music today.

Seeking to once again write more accessible music, the band eventually turned to friend and vocalist Brett Marks to fulfil singing duties. The band was dubbed The Pink Bullet Faction. After a two year long period of intense incubation and experimental amateur recording, singer Marks displayed more of an afinity with the writing process than singing. This, coupled with outside commitments, would lead to his involvement as an occasional collaborator with the band. Around this time, personality conflicts also became evident, ultimately leading to dismissal of drummer Hardy and a brief haitus among the remaining members.

The band eventually met and recruited Julian Schwietzer, a formally trained drummer who had played with Marks in a previous hardcore band. Following the absence of Hardy, the band required a new rehearsal space. A rehearsal room complex on the outskirts of Fortitde Valley would become the bands new home and prove to be creative hub fostering local acts such as The Butterfly Effect.

Schwietzer instantly solidified the bands innovative sounds and structures, mixing bouts of fast-paced Latin and jazz drum patterns, complimented by heavy metal influnces.

The band entered a further intense period of incubation which would see the members playing continuously for days in a soundproof, windowless room switching between a blacklight and a string of Christmas bulbs as a source of illumination. Shortening the name to Pink Bullet, guitarist Bartlett and bassist Moynihan took over combined vocal duties and began to toy heavily with synthesizers, vocoders and effects pedals, creating electronic tapestries and complex structures mixed with traditional rock and pop values.

In July 2006, Ryan Barker joined the band to adopt the duties of supporting guitar, synthesizers and percussion.