Blog: loudloop

Left to right: Parker, McCombs(top), Bitney (bottom), Herndon, McEntire While much of the mid-90's musical era was saturated with grunge-wannabes, Chicago's Tortoise gain much attention for issuing album after album of exciting and intriguing instrumental progressive/experimental rock music. Tortoise's influences are countless with their music spanning multiple genres such as punk, jazz, Krautrock, avant-garde, and even electronica. The group's current lineup, of which is all multi-instrumentalists, consists of Dan Bitney, John McEntire, Jeff Parker, Doug McCombs, and John Herndon. Tortoise formed in Chicago in 1990 [...]