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Though they no longer classify thier music as “tri-vocal funkcoustic instrument-swap groove,” Dispatch still cling to the three-frontman style that gained them that label. Braddigan is more than just a drummer, lending his voice and guitar playing skills to many of the tracks. Similarly, Chetro and Repete also “instrument-sawp” during any given show, ensuring that each song will have a sound and feel slightly different from the one before it. “When you try to categorize [our music], it doesn?...
...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...
Because all three member of Dispatch sing and play a variety of instruments, it would be harder for them to fall into the trap that causes tension in many bands, namely the lead-singer-vs.-back-up-guys rut. Not only do Braddigon, Chetro and Repete each write some of the Dispatch tunes, but each of them is also involved with separate solo projects, an outlet for more individual creativity. “I don’t think any of us would let the others [take the spotlight],” affirmed Chetro, “we?...
...Because Dispatch have been together for so long, much of the material for their songs naturally stems from their shared experiences. Their most widely recognized song, “The General,” is about a grandfatherly commanding officer who frees his soldiers from their responsibilities; the backstory being that Chad’s grandfather, who served in WWII, used to admire Dispatch when they first started out. The band had to make a tough decsion to continue recording the song when Chad’s grandfather passed away and subsequently added a recording of the war veteran speaking...