. . . like a youthful No Doubt after drinking the blood of Rancid . . .
Shawn Conner, The Georgia Straight, June 24 2004
White Rock’s Kurtis Sheldan, Allie Sheldan and Dan Stenning, better known as Rio Bent, are a passionate band paying their dues on the Vancouver music scene. Fronted by Allie’s fierce lead vocals and bass playing, Rio Bent is backed by strong guitar licks and vocals from her charismatic brother Kurtis, while drummer Dan hits hard creating awesome drive.
"Before Dan joined in 2003, I wrote all of the original music for the band. With his arrival we not only found ourselves a solid drummer but a second songwriter." says Allie. Rio Bent currently has 27 original songs rehearsed and performance-ready, their sounds ranging from driving rock ballads to real kick-in-the-teeth punk with an occasional acoustic song thrown to keep things interesting.
Official Biography taken from www.riobent.com
Shawn Conner, The Georgia Straight, June 24 2004
Official Biography
White Rock’s Kurtis Sheldan, Allie Sheldan and Dan Stenning, better known as Rio Bent, are a passionate band paying their dues on the Vancouver music scene. Fronted by Allie’s fierce lead vocals and bass playing, Rio Bent is backed by strong guitar licks and vocals from her charismatic brother Kurtis, while drummer Dan hits hard creating awesome drive.
"Before Dan joined in 2003, I wrote all of the original music for the band. With his arrival we not only found ourselves a solid drummer but a second songwriter." says Allie. Rio Bent currently has 27 original songs rehearsed and performance-ready, their sounds ranging from driving rock ballads to real kick-in-the-teeth punk with an occasional acoustic song thrown to keep things interesting.
Official Biography taken from www.riobent.com
Rio Bent is a punk rock with the vocals of Allie Sheldan (Who sounds like a rougher version of No Doubt) and back up vocals from her brother Kurtis Sheldan.
They are a local band that usually tour with Jakalope (see my other thread for Jakalope). They have not released an official CD in any music stores yet. They do how ever, have a CD for sale at their performances which have 6 songs. these songs are:
Breaking Down
Shove Me Blunt
Ache
Two Feet
War Peace
Their song "Two Feet" has been at #1 on the site http://www.vancitybands.com/main.php for quite some time.
You can listen to them at www.myspace.com/riobent
Their official site is www.riobent.com
