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16 Horsepower biography, 16 Horsepower discography
David Eugene Edwards of 16 Horsepower performing live in 1998.David Eugene Edwards live in 2004.Their music was usually serious in tone with distinct Christian religious lyrics dealing with conflict and redemption.Since summer 2007, David Eugene Edwards and Pascal Humbert are performing 16 Horsepower songs like "American Wheeze" or "Harm's Way" with the band Woven Hand.Yves Tola joined shortly after.Back in Denver, the band once again became a trio as Edwards old acquaintance Keven Soll, a luthier and accomplished double bass player, joined the band.Frustrated by misconceptions about the name Horsepower being related to heroin and inspired by a traditional American folk song about sixteen horses pulling the coffin of a beloved to the graveyard, the name was changed to 16 Horsepower.EP which was released the same year.Ashes" was eventually released in 1996, garnering praise from the international music press.Denver and joined the band as a second guitarist, although his primary instrument is the bass.Following differences about the musical direction, Soll was asked to leave and was replaced by Rob Redick.Norlander departed again in 1998 and was replaced by Steve Taylor, the band's guitar technician, who had already been performing on a handful of songs on the bands European tour in 1996.Lilium the previous year and Edwards had begun recording and performing live with his new project Woven Hand.As hinted by the title, this fourth studio album took the band further into traditional folk territory and featured only four original 16 Horsepower compositions.While the band went on several tours in support of the album, their creative output was focused on Woven Hand and Lilium, the latter which had now been joined by Tola.Styles and themes
It has always been difficult to describe the band's music in simple terms as it borrowed just as heavily from folk music, country, bluegrass, and traditionals as it did from rock music.Horsepower and Edwards' later project Woven Hand were described by one critic as "incendiary gospel, hallowed folk and mordant tones infused with a high, dark theatricality worthy of Nick Cave."Edwards' grandfather was a Nazarene preacher and young Edwards often went along as his elder preached the Gospel to various peoples.This experience coloured his approach to songwriting as well as the instrumentation employed to develop the band's unique sound.Horsepower, especially in their early days, saw themselves first and foremost as a rock band.David Eugene Edwards, however, had an interest in all things from past times, including musical instruments.One instrument that was paramount during the nascent days of 16 Horsepower was the Chemnitzer concertina.Influences
Acknowledged influences on the band included Joy Division, The Gun Club, Nick Cave and The Birthday Party.The Bad Seeds and tour with them.The Gun Club's "Fire Spirit" for the 1998 EP The Partisan.All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.Woven Hand
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