Seratonin Telegram

Conceptual and serious, but still humorous and accessible, Seratonin Telegram demonstrates what concerted practice and group cohesion can achieve. Prog without pander, blues without homage, rock done right, Seratonin Telegram's shows relate the lesson “without music, life would be a mistake.

Have you ever heard a band that has a sound like King Crimson, Radiohead, Pink Floyd, and Sound Garden that leaves music lovers feeling inspired? If you haven't, you should listen to Seratonin Telegram. If you have, then you know you're going to love our sound. Seratonin Telegram stands out from the crowd while showing our original music by not following any of the trends that blow through the windy city

Seratonin Telegram is an amalgam consisting of a displaced troubadour, a shamanistic reverend, a man of Dali proportions, and a killer of keys. Planted in the murky swamps of the lower Mississippi River and blossoming in the windy city of Chicago, Seratonin Telegram look to push the envelope of rock music by bringing an entirely new sound to the table

Chris is a Katrina survivor from New Orleans and brings with him the quirky, underground rock sound that is infused with jazz, funk, blues, southern rock, and alternative rock. Jack is a native of Chicago who has played in many local Chicago bands including Volle. Jack brings a sound rooted in Progressive rock, classical, and "machines that 'Bing!'." Alex, also once a member of Volle and Minus the Bear, is a native of Michigan who has spent most of his life in Chicago. Alex brings a bass sound inspired by Neil Young, Built to Spill, and Tom Waits. Whitaker Blackall hails from all over the US. Whit brings his Beatles-infused harmony and piano skills to the band. This culmination of sound is accurately described by our name: that our music acts as a telegram to the brain, altering mood much in the way the neurotransmitter serotonin causes euphoria and other such resulting feelings

Currently, the Telegram are playing their songs live and plotting the successive steps necessary to achieve musical divination. Aside from recently opening for Collective Soul in Milwaukee and subsequently welcoming newest member Whitaker Blackall into the band, Seratonin Telegram has embarked upon the voyage of recording new material. The most recent new songs recorded are 68C, Twitchy Eye, Villain with a Thousand Teeth, No One Gets Ahead, and Run, Monkey, Run Pt. I.