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The best kept secret in music

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"Boston Magazine"

Boston Magazine names chauncey Best Rock Album!

"We were one more Creed song away from slitting our wrists when Chauncey’s self-titled debut—loaded with swerving melodies, bending rhythms, and emotional truths—revived our faith in rock’n’roll. Not to mention in the Boston music scene." - August 2002


"New York Post"

While you'd expect the band that opens for Midnight Oil to be good, you don't expect it to play after its guitarist breaks his leg unloading the amps at Irving Plaza a few hours before show time. This is a band that has the chops. But more important, it possesses heart and soul. Any band that wants it that bad just might make it - even with a name like Chauncey. - Dan Aquilante


"The Boston Globe"

Fine angular pop with a cerebral edge, designed for people who still think pop should mean something....The group has an appealing sound that combines the atmospherics of Radiohead with some melodic, chamber-rock orchestrations reminiscent of the Beatles, topped by some sophisticated keyboard stylings. - Steve Morse


"Amplifier Magazine"

The self-titled debut is a smooth and sophisticated Britpop-flavored gem that melds Bends-era Radiohead with the accessibility of Travis. - Jeff Shelton


"Boston Herald"

Strong melodies, fluid vocals and a pleasant blend of classic pop and '80's progressive music made chauncey one of the best shows of the night. - Sarah Rodman


"The Boston Globe"

chauncey ably preaches the smart-pop gospel. - Joan Anderman


"Ink19"

Modest power pop brilliance. - Stein Haukland


"Weekly Dig"

Chauncey splits the difference of the oo-la-la piano pop and minor chord organ brooding in a way that no one else in town is doing right now. - Luke O'Neil


"stuff@night"

These whackjobs gave me orange, knee-high 'chauncey' basketball socks, and damn are they sexy. - Danielle Sadler


Discography

chauncey 2002
Live EP 2003 (available for free download on www.chaunceymusic.com)

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"We were one more Creed song away from slitting our wrists when chauncey's self-titled debut-loaded with swerving melodies, bending rhythms, and emotional truths-revived our faith in rock'n'roll." - August 2002, Boston Magazine

Much like Peter Sellers' character Chauncey Gardiner, in the 1979 film "Being There," chauncey the Boston based rock quintet is a breath of fresh air. "They seamlessly move through melodic rock, deliberate feedback jams, and all out primal rockbeat happenings with lean ferocity," comments Boston rock critic Jerome Leslie in considering their live performance.

John Paul Powell, a proud graduate of NASA's Space Camp, serves as chauncey's frontman on keys, lead vocals, and the occasional toy xylophone, while Eliot Hunt adds depth and dimension to the chauncey sound with his atmospheric approach to guitar. Jake Zuckerman steps to the plate bold and brash with a guitar technique and musicality steeped in a solution of old rock'n'roll and boot kickin' country; while bassist Jon Bistline and drummer Shawn Marquis provide propulsion to the group. Despite the band's continual inability to qualify for the Annual Strong Man Competition, collectively they wield an unquestionable musical might. Their music has been described as "Fine angular pop with a cerebral edge, designed for people who still think pop should mean something." -Steve Morse, The Boston Globe

The band's efforts have earned them numerous accolades, paving the way for them to tour with Guster and Midnight Oil, as well as share the FleetBoston Pavillion stage with Dispatch.

2003 finds chauncey working on a new record with legendary producer Steve Albini (Nirvana, Pixies, Bush, Page & Plant...) at Electrical Audio in Chicago, and touring throughout the U.S.

"While you'd expect the band that opens for Midnight Oil to be good, you don't expect it to play after its guitarist breaks his leg unloading the amps at Irving Plaza a few hours before show time. This is a band that has the chops. But more important, it possesses heart and soul. Any band that wants it that bad just might make it." - Dan Aquilante, New York Post