Biography Wikipedia
Wikipedia:
Slender Means (2003-2010) was an indie rock band from Seattle, Washington. Their debut album, Neon & Ruin on Mt. Fuji Records, was released Tuesday, August 23, 2005 on Mt. Fuji Records. In 2007 they put out a five song E.P. containing previously unreleased material and a live track from the 90.3 KEXP show, Audio Oasis. On November 15th 2009 they released their 2nd LP "Adrift In The Cosmos." The writing of their 3rd LP came to an abrupt halt at end of 2010 when the band decided to take an extended hiatus until finally announcing they had officially broken up. Some of the other members are currently playing in other projects. Eric Wennberg is playing in the pop/rock band Mal de Mer, who have a record due out 2011. Eric and Josh have also been rumored to be playing and writing songs together for a possible record. Paul Pugliese is playing in a yet to be named instrumental project. Dave E. Martin has joined up with the Pop/Rock band Black Whales. He was asked to fill in on keyboards for a show in September 2010 after Mike Bayer decided to leave the band to focus on his other music projects. Black Whales released their debut full length record "Shangri-La Indeed!"on June 28, 2011. Martin contributed keyboards to 6 tracks and a musical saw track that was looped at the beginning of the albums opening song. Josh Dawson is rumored to be working on new material for a probable solo project, and Sonny Votolato recently played bass on his brother Rocky's latest currently unreleased full length record. In March of 2012, Sonny, Paul and Dave started the new band "Bye Gones" with Drummer Abdon Valdez.
