Artist Information
Biography
Since the 2003 release of their debut CD Enter the Temple, Temple 8 has been impressing music fans wherever the band appears. Straddling the realms of Neo-Progressive Rock, Symphonic Rock, and Progressive Metal, Temple 8 delivers a brand of exciting, stadium-ready Progressive Rock full of thick, chunky, driving riffs, melodic chords and open atmospheric vibe that defies tradition.
Inspired by such rock greats as Rush, Triumph, Dream Theater, Spock's Beard, Marillion and Pink Floyd, Temple 8 is philosophically inquisitive and politically irreverent, hitting a home run by using poetic and politically charged lyrics to illustrate the stark state of world affairs, driving toward spiritual awakening, all laid out and wrapped around a superb, epic musical platform.
"Temple 8 ... combines the best of rock with metal and electronics into this driving extravaganza that could be played with a dozen performers and not just three or four. Temple 8 has both paradox and simplicity at its core. It is both grand and restrained." -- [ Janie Franz, SKOPE Magazine ]
Veteran performers with conference, festival and tour experience, Temple 8's graphic, controversial background video presentations and backdrops give the a band a visual appeal rivaled only by their major label counterparts.
Temple 8 has a growing number of accolades to its credit including an endorsement with Canada's Carparelli Guitars (formerly Dot-On-Shaft Guitars), long-running top 100 chart positions at Neil Young's "Living With War Today" web site in 2004, an Honorable Mention in the PeaceDriven Songwriting Awards in 2005, inclusion on the Progressive Rock Hall of Fame CD Volume 1 in 2008, and inclusion in the "Noccalula" film soundtrack in 2010. The band is currently in the pre-production stages of their sophomore effort "Iconoclast", available April 2011.
Instrumentation
Kurt Tischer - Lead Vocal, Guitar, Keyboard/Synthesis/Sampling/Organ, Bass
David Clark - Drums and Percussion
Scott Dall - (occasional touring drummer/percussionist)
Brian Glodde - Bass and Vocals
David McDougald (occasional touring bassist)
Ivan Williams (occasional touring bassist)
Bobbi Holt - Keyboard & Vocals
Discography
Enter The Temple (2003) - Tracks can be found for streaming at numerous web sites including the Temple 8 official site (http://www.temple8.net), http://www.garageband.com/artist/temple8, http://www.myspace.com/temple8, and http://www.cdbaby.com/temple8
Iconoclast (planned for release in 2011)
Official Website
Links
Audio
-
Enter The Temple
Listen Download -
Ideas of the Mind
Listen Download -
Turn Left
Listen Download -
At the Summit (edited)
Listen Download -
Danger Zone
Listen Download -
Tension
Listen Download -
It's Alright
Listen Download -
The Big Picture
Listen Download -
Confessions of an Old Soul (pt. i)
Listen Download -
Hope
Listen Download -
Goodbye 42
Listen Download
Lyrics
Photo Gallery
-
Temple 8
Download print quality (high-res) version (Right Click -> Save As) -
Kurt Tischer for Dot On Shaft guitars, Canada
Download print quality (high-res) version (Right Click -> Save As) -
Kurt Tischer
-
Dave Clark
-
Brian Glodde
-
Bobbi Holt (touring keyboardist)
-
Kurt Tischer
-
Dave Clark
-
Brian Glodde
Press
-
Temple 8 - Enter the Temple
[+ Show ]
Tracklist Enter The Temple (6:34), Ideas Of the Mind (5:14), Confessions Of An Old Soul - Pt 2 (5:00...
-
TEMPLE 8 ‘ENTER THE TEMPLE’
[+ Show ]
TEMPLE 8 ‘ENTER THE TEMPLE’ (RIGEL RECORDS) Out of Ohio, USA comes TEMPLE 8, a very sensational ...
-
Temple 8 - Enter the Temple
[+ Show ]
(German) by Michael Schübeler Puh! Es ist lange, sehr lange her, dass ich bei einem Review tag...
-
Temple 8 - Enter the Temple
[+ Show ]
(German) by Christian Rode Der instrumentale Opener - eine Art Ouvertüre - hat ordentlich Druc...
-
Temple 8 - Enter The Temple
[+ Show ]
[...] My Fave: For those of you know what I like—or think you do, I’m going to surprise you. My fav...
Setlist
ORIGINALS
(from "Enter The Temple")
Enter The Temple
Ideas of The Mind
Confessions of an Old Soul (ii)
Turn Left
At the Summit
Danger Zone
The Big Picture
It's Alright
Confessions of an Old Soul (i)
Hope
(soon to be released on "Iconoclast")
Iconoclast
Behind the Scenes (The Big Picture pt. ii)
The Choice
Security
The Energy of Slaves
Think
Death By Procedure
(New original material is occasionally tested for audience response.)
COVERS & MEDLEYS
SPOCK'S BEARD
At the End of the Day
Revelations
All on a Sunday
June
RUSH
Bastille Day
Xanadu
Cygnus X-1
Limelight
The Camera Eye
Battlescar (Max Webster)
These Walls (Dream Theater)
Starship Trooper (Yes)
KING CRIMSON
Court of the Crimson King
21st Century Schizoid Man
Shapes of Things (a Gary Moore type rendition of this Yardbirds classic)
Oh Well - (a Rockets type rendition of this Fleetwood Mac classic)
I'm So Afraid (Fleetwood Mac)
In My Defense (Freddie Mercury)
MEDLEY
Funeral For a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding (Elton John)
By-Tor & The Snow Dog (Rush)
Carry On My Wayward Son (Kansas)
Highway Star (Deep Purple)
Achilles Last Stand (Led Zeppelin)
These covers & medleys are sometimes dissected, rearranged, transposed or tempo changed and/or otherwise performed in a unique manner unlike the original artist's studio or live renditions in order to highlight Temple 8's musical talents.
Usually one 60 to 90 minute set, to two sets of 60 minutes each.

