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Hailing
from the Republic of Iceland, comes one of the worlds freshest new rock
groups... known as Dust. This
cutting edge band of musicians reformed out of the ashes of Envy of Nona. Headed by the
multi-talented Dave Dunn on
Vocals and Guitar, and his partners in crime; aVo (Lead Vocals), Helgi "Axe" Axel (Bass, Backing
Vocals, Big E (Guitars,
Backing
Vocals) and drummer extraordinaire
Torvaldur.
The original incarnation of Dust released it's self-titled debut
in February
2002, after which the album found it's way into the hands
of Multimediary in Los Angeles, a management deal was eventually
signed with Mulimediary. The boys of Dust
were invited to showcase at the SXSW festival in Austin Texas 2003,
and they discovered themselves on the shores of West Coast
America. After touring America,
which included the SXSW showcase. The band called it quits
in March 2003, despite having their
debut album remixed by Nickelback
producer
Dale Penner for U.S. release.
Dave Dunn then returned to Iceland
and formed Envy of Nona, (The
rest of the band forming Canora),
playing their first gig with Evergrey
(SWE) in September 2003 in Iceland (With
drummer Bassi from the Benny
Crespo's Gang), and eventually releasing a self-produced LP
entitled Two Years Birth,
after having dumped the previous 12 track outing that Dave
had been working on since Dust
for a change of style, Two
Years Birth saw the light of day in February 2007 in Iceland to
little fan-fair at the time until the band was picked up by Tom-Kat
Records late 2007. However they called it quits after their last
live show at the Iceland Airwaves festival in late 2007,
creative differences
cited as the reason for the break-up.
Up from the Ashes arose a mighty
demon from its weary slumber, the Dust had been kicked up yet again,
but with a slight name change and featuring new
members Dust was "a
generally pleasing musical experience, and I had a great time
performing in America" says Dust's main songwriter Dave Dunn. "aVo
and my friend August came in and we finished the entire album in a
little under three months with the mixing talents of my former band
member Albert Asvaldsson of the band Canora, we have new songs, some old
songs and a few things from experimental stages."
Both aVo and Big E were contestants in Channel 2's Iceland reality TV
show Bubbi's Band produced by
Saga Film. Similar to the Rock-Star series, it featured
Iceland's biggest name in the music industry Bubbi Morthens, as he was in search
of Iceland's best rock singer, aVo placed second.
Dust has been featured on television before, as their early singles Truth and In My Blood were
featured on MTV's Real World & Road Rules Challenge.
The new release Radio Killer is
named for the band's dismay for the retro music passing for
rock n' roll, includes 13 incredible tracks, including internet hit T-Bird Romance.
Sweet ballads such as the hit radio single Personal Rock Star and The Voice
punk rock hits through metal. The band is a 100% Rock experience, and describe
their sound as Rock/Metal with
a twist of Power-Pop and stadium
prowess. DSN Music is proud to
bring Dust to the United States.
In 2012, Dust released it's
next project with the single R For Revolution
which was featured on the DSN Music compilation release Soundtrack to the End
Times.
As The Dial Turns...
Dust's worldwide release of the album "Radio
Kiler"
has found several singles making the airwaves across the Unites States.
Such as "Personal Rock Star", "Summer" and "Flow" -
Stations who helped break the release include:
KXTE/Las Vegas, KZRR/Albuquerque, KFRR/Fresno, KEXX/Phoenix,
KRAB/Bakersfield, KLAQ/El Paso, KCSS/Modesto, KCVI/Idaho Falls,
KDKT/Bismarck, KDDX/Rapid City, KAZY/Wyoming, WMZK/Wausau, KRYD/Grand
Junction, KEYJ/Abilene, KKGB/Lake Charles, KMUD/Eureka and Rebel Radio,
FM957/Reykjavik, IS
X977/Reykjavik,
IS and Rás 2/Reykjavik, IS.
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