Artist Information Biography We love music as a whole. Everything from Bach to Gwar has influenced us. We don't stand apart from bands, we stand with them. There is an essence and influence we share, but the soul of our music stands alone. Instrumentation Max Rudd, Bass Guitar, Vocals, Violin Anthony Laido, Guitar, Vocals Ivan Rudd, Drums Guest Vocals:  Kristina Ostrom, Monique Owens THANKS TO THE GREAT SREDNI VOLLMER (FORMER HARMONICA PLAYER FOR THE BAND) FOR SHARING THE STAGE WITH US FOR A SPECIAL PERFORMANCE OF "JACK DANIELS"! Discography We have completed 2 CD's - "Paper Freaks" (10/08) and "Live from Rehab" (2007).  Both are available on CD Baby (www.cdbaby.com), I-Tunes, and other digital downloading sites.  All music is original, written by Max Rudd and Anthony Laido.  Max Rudd and Anthony Laido are the recipients of 17 songwriting awards as follows: July 2009:  16th Annual Billboard World Song Contest:  3 Honorable Mentions for "Hard To Say", "Plain", and "Jesus Plays The Basketball" May 2009:  12th Annual Unisong International Songwriting Contest:  Finalist in Christian/Gospel Category for "Jesus Plays The Basketball". March 2009:  2008 Great American Song Contest :  Finalist in Christian/Gospel category for "Jesus Plays The Basketball". Dec. 2008"  Song of the Year Honorable Mention for "Jesus Plays The Basketball" Oct. 2008:  Song of the Year Runner-Up for "Daisy". Sept. 2008:  Song of the Year Suggested Artist for "Turtle True Blues". Aug. 2008:  Song of the Year - Finalist in Pop category for "Writing For You" Aug. 2008:  U.K. Songwriting Contest (2008) - semi-finalist in Rock/Indie category for "Hard To Say". Aug. 2008:  U.K. Songwriting Contest (2008) - semi-finalist in Christian/Gospel category for "Jesus Plays The Basketball" Aug. 2008:  U.K. Songwriting Contest (2008) - semi-finalist in Rock/Indie category for "Psychedelic Lizard" Aug. 2008:  100% Music Songwriting Contest (2008) - honor award in Rock Category for "Hard To Say" Aug. 2008:  100% Music Songwriting Contest (2008) - honor award in Urban/ R&B Category for "Jack Daniels" July 2008:  Song of the Year - Runner Up for "Turtle True Blues" June 2008:  Song of the Year - Honorable Mention for "Jesus Plays The Basketball" Feb. 2008:  Song of the Year - Finalist in Rock Cateogry for "Psychedelic Lizard" RadioIndy.com recognized DubSound Distortion with a Gold Artist Award and a GrIndie Award for "Live From Rehab". **DubSound Distortion was voted the Listeners' Favorite on Pongid Radio for November 2008!  DubSound was also chosen to be a Featured Artist on Pongid Radio for May 2008. (www.pongid.net)