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When faced with concepts like “stardom” and ‘fame,” Dispatch try to keep a collective level head. While they enjoy playing the bigger venues and reaching more people with their music, the guys don’t like to think of themselves as rockstars. Chad explained, “As far as a level of stardom goes, that doesn’t really register.” Pete agreed, “It’s still for us all about the people and our show. All of a sudden...
...addition to participating in the compilation, Dispatch hope to add their name to other charity and relief efforts in the aftermath of Sept. 11. “We wanted to do something on Sept. 30,” said Braddigan, “but that was too soon, especially in New York. It’s kind of tricky because there’s so much negative energy to turn around, but you also don’t want to do it at a time that is insensitive to other people.” While setting up for their next...
Classifying That Dispatch Sound...
...eclectic Dispatch sound—with its reggae rhythms, rap-style verses, grunge electric guitar solos and bongo drum jams—evolved out of the more acoustically driven One Fell Swoop sound. Talking about their early days, Chad commented that, “We were all pretty affected by grunge and we had that electric sort of Pearl Jam, Soundgarden sound in the back of our minds. It was just a matter of producing that sound. In the beginning
...only thing we had in our lives was the acoustic stuff, but that changed over time.” In live performances Dispatch not only know how to keep the crowd pumped with rip-roaring guitar tricks and drum beats, but also feature a brand of play that keeps all of them in the foreground...