THE BAND

Sunshine Allison Bio
In 1994, Sunshine Allison recorded two songs for a local compilation of Madison bands entitled "Inner Circle of the Elks Head". This compilation would meet with local acclaim, although many of other the bands featured on it would not last through the year of 1995. In this way, Sunshine Allison has come to represent a golden age of Madison music from the early 90's. Since then, Sunshine Allison has shown a determination that has brought them before devoted crowds in Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota and Illinois. It was immediately prior to this recording in 1994 that Robert Schoville joined the band, the last member to join the line-up. In 1996, Sunshine Allison recorded Rise, their debut full-length recording that was deemed 4th Best Local Release for 1996 by The Wisconsin State Journal (see Rise info). The years of 1996 and 1997 would bring Sunshine Allison to such clubs as the Cubby Bear in Chicago and First Avenue in Minneapolis, and swell the mailing list to well over a thousand names. Trimmed to a proud and tight three-piece, Sunshine Allison delivered a follow-up album to Rise, entitled Eastside. Released at The Pub in Madison on October 1st, 1998, Eastside has been gaining momentum ever since. The trio of Sunshine Allison incorporate many separate influences from around the globe and offer Eastside as a truly different kind of rock production.
	Krister Tidics is the lead singer and main songwriter, playing both guitar and keyboards alternately. His technique on guitar is mostly blues-influenced, while his keyboard playing style might best be compared to the acid-jazz of John Medeski: thick Rhodes piano and a mellow Hammond organ sound. The arrangements are smart and generally short, the focus being mainly on Tidics' melodic baritone. Carl Remde sings back-up and plays both fretless and six-string basses. His style ranges from fast arpeggios and jazz tones reminiscent of the late Jaco Pastorius, to more ostenato lines and slaps that follow the bass drum closely for more of a funk sound. He and Robert together form a powerful rhythm section. Robert Schoville was trained as a drummer in Madison since grade-school, playing on tour a few years with the nationally recognized Madison Drum Corps. His drumming is renowned throughout the Midwest, and he is always in demand as a session player. At 32, he is the oldest member of Sunshine Allison and brings over 10 years experience as a professional drummer to the mix.
Sunshine Allison have developed some truly expressive and original material that encompasses the sound of both a fully electric funk machine and an acoustic song-bird's cage. Eastside, features 13 original songs (+1 hidden track?!).