Conceived in the musically diverse Elmira, NY... Marty Dobranski, Kevin Savino-Riker, and Eric Laux come together to form ABSOLUTE, a band who's music jumps boundaries from hard rock to punk, funk, alternative, and even something on the bluesy side. This movement is starting to be recognized as 'Post-Grunge', where the music's still hard, but there's a lot more thought and emotion poured into the mixture. Eric, Marty, and Kevin formed Absolute in 1995, when they were all just beginning high school. What began with Eric slapping a Rogue bass, Kevin hurting himself on a shoddy, nameless drumset from Germany, and Marty strumming away on an old Epiphone as they played Weezer and Nirvana covers, soon matured into an innovative and talented creative body. Absolute achieved local popularity playing 'open-mic' nights, several highschool events, coffeehouse gigs, and private parties... gaining fans and earning valuable experience along the way. The band knew they were on to something with this new brand of music, driven by unique dual lead-vocals, after a fantastic 'came-from-nowhere' finish at the Corning Battle of the Bands in 1999. Their performance granted them the opportunity to spend four hours in a studio to make as much music as they could. They managed to walk out of the studio with seven completely cut and mixed tracks, and a thirst for so much more. Consequently, Absolute decided not to play a single gig during the summer of 2000. Instead, they locked themselves in a basement and re-wrote almost all of their songs, all the while writing new material. Armed with this wealth of ideas and a lot of energy, Absolute met with Will Russell and recorded their debut album in 21 hours over August 5-6 at Electric Wilburland Studio in Newfield, NY. Absolute's album, 'collage', is available for sale; it will be sold locally in Elmira, and at several online locations. CDs may also be ordered directly from the band's webpage.
