From: jpeg8496@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Jeffrey P. Elbel)
Subject: Farewell to Juliet: requested info
Summary: Farewell to Juliet
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 08:46:24 GMT
Keywords: Farewell to Juliet

Hello, all.  I've been asked to post some more info on
Farwell to Juliet.  Here are a couple of comments, and
our bio for your perusal.  I hope you're interested in
our band, what we're doing, and what we have to say!

First, someone asked about lyrics.  Without giving
examples:
Brant and I write the lyrics for our songs, and Brant's a very
deep thinker.  I won't blow my own horn too much in that area,
but I work very hard to be interesting and not in your face
obvious (i.e., I like imagery and something that provokes
thought).

Now, our bio.  Contact me via e-mail with any questions.

FAREWELL TO JULIET
2203 Hazelwood Drive, Apt. 101, Urbana, IL  61801-6546
(217) 344-4521 (Midwest)
(714) 693-6750 (West Coast)
 
 BIOGRAPHY
  
  Farewell to Juliet is one of Christian music's most 
  promising unsigned acts.  Although labels are rarely 
  an all encompassing definition of a group's style, 
  Farewell to Juliet prefers to call its music "Modern 
  Rock."  The band's musical influences are broad, and 
  range from secular acts such as the Police, the Fixx, 
  and Rush, to Christian acts such as the Choir, the 
  Seventy-Sevens, Adam Again, Chagall Guevara, and 
  King's X.  The band's frequent live shows include high 
  energy songs as well as those of a more textured and 
  "atmospheric" style.  Original compositions are performed 
  as well as cover songs from selected Christian acts.
   
   Farewell to Juliet includes five musicians:  Brant Hansen, 
   vocals; Jeff Elbel, guitar & backing vocals; Carl Oberg, guitar & 
   backing vocals, John Bretzlaff, bass & backing vocals; and 
   Jeff Schmale, drums.  Jeff E. and Carl are veterans of the Los 
   Angeles stage and studio scene.  John  played the Midwest 
   region with the Refugees, and Jeff S. was a member of the 
   Christian act, Dark Horse.
    
    Farewell to Juliet is currently in the mixdown stage of their 
    debut release.  The band recorded in Champaign, Illinois at 
    Pogo Studios, a 24 track facility.   The songs were produced by 
    Mark Rubel.  The project has a working title, "Echoes of 
    Laughter," and should be ready for release on compact disc by 
    early March of this year.  A high quality cassette release is 
    scheduled shall follow.
     
     Farewell to Juliet has been performing extensively to crowds of 
     ever growing number and enthusiasm.  The band has performed 
     at the Cornerstone Christian music festival and many rallies for 
     regional church sponsored youth groups.  The band took first 
     place at the 1992 Edgar County Fair Battle of the Bands, and has 
     played on the same bill with Randy Stonehill.
      
      The band members are all committed Christians.  Brant is a full 
      time youth minister, and the remaining members of the band are 
      active in the music ministry at their local churches.  The band 
      truly enjoys what it does, and encourages the crowd to have a 
      good time as well.  The musicians feel that the band, as is true 
      of anything else they do, has a potential for ministry, and it is 
      their hope that what is accomplished through Farewell to Juliet 
      will glorify God.
       
       Feel free to contact Farewell to Juliet, c/o Jeff Elbel in the 
       Midwest or Carl Oberg on the West Coast, at any time for 
       booking or other information.  The band's address and 
       phone numbers are listed at the head of this biography.