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Warm Gadget

- Bend, OR Metal / Industrial / experimental

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Members: Colten Williams - Guitar/Programming, Tim Vester - Vocals/Programming, Jason Schmidt - Drums, Eric Metzger - Bass

Sounds Like: Nine Inch Nails, Faith No More, Massive Attack, Deftones, Tool

Label: Decisive Sound

Manager: US

Bio: Born from the ashes of Vihara, once Bend's best hope for original alt-metal recognition, and Tim's smoldering burnout after ten years singing for legendary chaos punks The Kronkmen, Colten Williams and Tim Vester began writing songs in Colten's garage/studio/bedroom in Redmond, shortly after Colt... See Full Bio

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"in 2009, Warm Gadget emerged, seemingly fully formed, from the intertwined brains of Colten Williams (Vihara, Mosley Wotta) and Tim Vester (The Kronkmen), who had been making “dark, experimental, beat driven explorations of the late-night subconscious” in Williams’ Redmond studio."

— Ben Salmon, The Bend Bulletin

"The alternately caustic and glitchy grind of “Pain By Numbers” drowns out an odd spoken-word sample of some guy talking about “when police arrived.” Other songs, such as “Twisted” and “Witch Hunt,” seem like soundtracks to the march of some menacing droid with an evil heart and mercury coursing through its veins. And “Creapy On The Inside” follows a militant guitar riff and a sandstorm of noise that envelops Vester's vocals, giving the whole thing a very claustrophobic feel."

— Ben Salmon, The Bend Bulletin

"People will almost certainly describe this band as “metal.” But that’s a lazy and maybe even condescending take on Warm Gadget. In a region not terribly experimental in its listening tastes, the darkly industrial rock of Warm Gadget might baffle some, but for the power behind it, the music is astonishingly accessible."

— Mike Bookey, The Source Weekly

"But it seems we've hardly heard the last of Vester. He is now devoting his attention to his industrial music project, Warm Gadget, which is a collaboration with former Vihara member Colton Williams. The two have been writing a recording for some time now. The sound is similar to Nine Inch Nails, but as Vester puts it, "it has less of the 'I hate my mom stuff.'"

— Mike Bookey, The Source Weekly

"Warm Gadget is a studio band that I started shortly after Vihara took a much deserved break, which has started turning into a real live band recently. I still have that need to write heavy music so after Vihara I just started programming all the drums and playing the guitars, bass, keys myself and started to like where they were going. I hit up my friend Tim who is the vocalist for another band who we used to play w/ all the time, and I talked him into putting vocals to the stuff and really like where it was all going."

— Interview with Colten, Re:Automation Online

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2012
Apr 14

Silver Moon Brewing
Bend, OR, US | 9:00pm
Silver Moon Brewing
Bend, OR, US
Sat Apr 14, 2012 9:00pm
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Also featuring the artwork of Dirk Spece
2012
Mar 2

Twilight Cafe and Bar
Portland, OR, US | 9:00pm
Twilight Cafe and Bar
Portland, OR, US
Fri Mar 02, 2012 9:00pm
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2012
Jan 28

Plan B
Portland, OR, US | 8:00pm
Plan B
Portland, OR, US
Sat Jan 28, 2012 8:00pm
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FOR ALL THOSE WE LOST TO SUICIDE... Our hope and goal of this event is to raise awareness to friends and loved ones in our lives who may also be suffering. Also to the individuals so they may see beyond the moment and realize how important their lives are, to themselves and to others.
2009
Oct 31

Silver Moon Brewery
Bend, OR, US | 8:00pm
Silver Moon Brewery
Bend, OR, US
Sat Oct 31, 2009 8:00pm
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Goodbye Dyna w/ special guest Warm Gadget Halloween Costume Party