Spirit Caravan

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Spirit Caravan
Origin Potomac, Maryland, USA
Genre(s) Doom metal
Stoner metal
Years active 1996 – 2002
Label(s) Tolotta Records
Tee Pee Records
MeteorCity Records
Associated acts The Obsessed
Saint Vitus
The Hidden Hand
Wretched
Earthride
Place of Skulls
Unorthodox
Pentagram
Valkyrie
Nitroseed

Spirit Caravan was a Maryland doom/stoner metal band featuring the guitarist and vocalist Scott Weinrich.

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Scott "Wino" Weinrich formed Spirit Caravan after the break up of The Obsessed. The remainder of the band consisted of Dave Shermann (formerly of Wretched) on bass and vocals; and Gary Isom (formerly of Unorthodox) on drums. Weinrich credits them for encouraging him to join the band and become active musically again, after he had abandoned his music career.[1] The band was originally entitled Shine, and they released a demo and 7" under this name. They were forced to change to the band's name when another band of the same name threatened legal action.[2] They changed their name to Spirit Caravan, after an Obsessed song. The band had a lyrical emphasis on spirituality (though not necessarily religion) and global politics. The band split up in 2002.

After the band's demise, Weinrich joined Place of Skulls and founded The Hidden Hand, his current band. Sherman went on to found the band Earthride. Isom joined Internal Void, Pentagram, Valkyrie and Nitroseed.

Their song "Dove-Tongued Aggressor" was featured on the Tony Hawk's American Wasteland soundtrack.

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  1. ^ King of the Stone Age Washington City Paper November 3, 2000 (Retrieved November 29, 2007)
  2. ^ Spirit Caravan biography at Rockdetector
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