Musical worlds colorfully collide in the form of The Station. Paired in a music scene long-dominated by excessive, guitar-heavy outfits dropping into 10-minute jam after jam of trading solos, they have been able to discover a newly-formed and rarely traveled crevice in today’s wall of sound. While guitar-rich in essence, The Station has managed to produce a sound void of the same all-too similar, stagnant riffs. Somewhere tastefully aligned between the progressive rock style of Geddy Lee’s Rush, American hard rock, the latter days of John Coltrane and the many fiery incarnations of saxophonist extraordinaire Skerik lie The Station.
Now in their tenth year, The Station, recently voted Illinois Times' "Best Original Band" and "Band Most Likely To Make It Big," find themselves reinvigorated and replenished, steadily moving forward with a healthy dose of live performances from throughout the country and ample new material. After already releasing three studio albums-2001’s FUMUNDA, all that lies between (2004), Playground (2005), the band released, Speed of Sound (2008 Double-Live), a two disc monster recorded in their hometown of Springfield, Illinois in November 2007. Considering the band was recognized and revered as one of Jambase’s Top Ten Road Dogs of 2006 and 2007 the band hasn’t allowed their tireless road schedule to get too much in the way of their burgeoning live and studio success. The Station is planning to head back to the studio in early 2009 for the long awaited studio follow up to 2005's "Playground".
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