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Who is Fingereleven?
- Fingereleven is vocals: Scott Anderson, guitars: James Black, guitars: Rick Jackett, Bass: Sean Anderson and drums: Rich Beddoe
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What does "fingereleven" mean?
- The name comes from an early version of the song Thin Spirits. "when everything is pushing you in one direction and your instinct drives you in another--that’s finger eleven." ~Scott Anderson. "finger eleven is not your penis. finger eleven is not your middle fingers corralled together in a triumphant "fuck you!" finger eleven is an instinct that lives in the back of your brain. It's a decision made true to yourself, with a complete disregard of outside influence. It's that one extra finger that you use to point you in the right direction. It's the path of most resistance and that's why it's the perfect name for this band."
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Who is Rob Gommerman?
- Rob was the original drummer. Rich joined at the beginning of 1998.
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Where are they from
- The band is from Burlington, Canada
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How many albums have they released?
- As the Rainbow Butt Monkeys the band released one album titled "Letters From Chutney" only in Canada in 1996. Then the band changed names to Fingereleven and released TIP. The Greyest of Blue Skies was released in 2000.i>
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What type of gear do they use while touring?
- Scott uses Audix Mics with Shure wireless ear monitors. Sean uses Fender basses, Mesa Boogie amps and cabinets, and Goliath cabinets.
James uses Fender Teleplus guitars with Bogner amps, and Marshall cabinets. .
Rich uses custom DW drums with Zildjan and Paiste cymbals. Rick uses Paul Reed Smith guitars with Peavy amps and cabinets
Finger Eleven was first started out by Scott Anderson and James Black as Stone Soul Picnic. Scott played drums and James played guitar. When drummer Rob Gommerman joined the moved Scott to the mic. Then, friend Rick Jackett and Scott's brother Sean Anderson joined the band and the band's name changed to The Rainbow Butt Monkeys. The Rainbow Butt Monkeys signed with Mercury records and released Letters from Chutney. After Letters from Chutney the band started work on Tip. They realized The Rainbow Butt Monkeys was not a representative name of the music they wanted to play so they changed the name to Finger Eleven after Scott mentioned it in a song. Tip was released, Mercury dropped Finger Eleven and Rob left the band. While they were still deciding what to do next Rich Beddoe joined the band as a new drummer and Wind-up records signed Finger Eleven and released TIP. A completely different record from Letters from Chutney with crunching guitars one minute and slow the next minute. Finger Eleven toured on TIP with bands such as Creed and Fuel. When Finger Eleven went back into the studio to record their next album they had no idea it would take 6 months to record, but the finished product was worth it: The Greyest of Blue skies was released. The members of the band were adamant that "Greyest" be spelled the Canadian way with and "e" instead of an "a". But either way the music on The Greyest of Blue skies is an amazing evolution from TIP.
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