Still Time

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Still Time is an American rock band from San Luis Obispo, California.

1 History
2 Members
3 Sound
4 Discography
5 References
6 External Links

[edit] History

Still Time formed over a number of years while at the California Polytechnic State University. Dan Curcio and Chris “Haircut” Arntzen met in the Sierra Madre dorms in 2002 and began playing together.^[1] In 2003 Nick Bilich was introduced to Curcio through his girlfriend and Haircut found John Vucinich drumming on his knee in the hallway of the math building. The band was completed a year later when Vucinich met bassist Paul “Slapmaster” Smith-Stewart in the university jazz band, allowing Bilich to switch from bass to guitar.

They began playing a number of shows around the San Luis Obispo under the name Longview. This was soon changed to The New Longview as a tribute to Spinal Tap when they realized another band had already taken the name.^[2] They recorded an LP called Still Time and continued to play local gigs until their song High Tide began getting heavy rotation on local station KURQ^[3] and was featured in the compilation album SLO & Dysfunctional Vol. 3. As their popularity grew, they started opening for acts such as Pepper, Robert Randolph and the Family Band, and Ziggy Marley^[4].

After they decided adding “the new” to their name did not distance themselves enough, the band changed their name to Still Time in 2007. This coincided with the release of their first major LP, Stream of Consciousness, in November^[5]. In addition to playing shows along the west coast, they are currently writing new material for an album to be released sometime in 2008.

[edit] Members

Dan Curcio – Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Chris “Haircut” Arntzen – Guitar
Nick Bilich – Guitar
Paul “Slapmaster” Smith-Stewart – Bass
John Vucinich – Drums

[edit] Sound

Still Time draws from many different genres such as funk, reggae, folk, and others. In an interview December 28th, 2007^[6], Curcio stated that “(People) stress so much that you need to have your own unified sound. To me, it just gets boring by the end of the CD, to hear a bunch of songs that sound the same, sound like one 60-minute song." The eclectic background of the different members leads to drastically different feels from song to song. In a March 25th, 2008 interview^[7], Bilich was quoted as saying “What we kind of found was we all come at music from different angles and we take all these different ideas and mold and create with them.”

In addition to the core members, Still Time plays with a wide variety of guest artists during live performances and in the studio. At times their songs have featured additional vocalists, harmonica, keyboards, guest rappers, multiple drummers, violin, didgeridoo, and a 7-piece horn section.

[edit] Discography

-Still Time, 2005 (released as The New Longview)
-Stream of Consciousness, 2007

[edit] References

1. Carlson C. Still Time’s Stream of Consciousness. The Mustang Daily. November 1, 2007.
2. Starkey G. Meet the even newer New Longview. New Times. October 31, 2007.
3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KURQ
4. Freeman P. Still Time’s time has come. Palo Alto Daily News. December 28, 2007.
5. Pemberton P. Local CD Pick: Still Time. San Luis Obispo Tribune. November 1, 2007.
6. Freeman P. Still Time’s time has come. Palo Alto Daily News. December 28, 2007.
7. Ratajczak J. Still Time to perform at Powerhouse Pub tonight. El Dorado Hills Telegraph. March 25, 2008.