Fidel (band)

Fidel was a rock band based out of Baltimore, Maryland; from 2000-2004.

Biography

Fidel, formed in early 2000, consisting of ex-members from such Mid-Atlantic Music Scene bands as Colouring Lesson and Live Alien Broadcast. In 2004 the band broke up and Dave Hill reformed Colouring Lesson. Bad [...] Christian Valiente and Jerome Maffeo joined Annapolis, Maryland band Jimmie's Chicken Shack.

Band Members

  • Dave Hill - Vocals/Guitar/Songwriter
  • Jerome Maffeo - Drums
  • Mike "Bigga" Haight - Turntables
  • Christian Valiente - Bass Guitar

Accomplishments

  • Opened for national acts Zebrahead and De La Soul
  • 2001 HFStival
  • Cover and featured article in Issue 27 of Unsung Hero (a music magazine) in September 2001.

Influences & Sounds Like

The Police, The Beatles, Bob Marley, Incubus, and the Deftones

Discography

Fidel CD / EP (Fowl, 2001)

  • Braces — Talkin — Paper Moon — Blah — Idiot — Bright Blue Sky — Books I've Read — Shoes That Fit

Cartoon Life CD (© 2003 Fidel Music 2002)

  • Before I Got Knocked Out — Cartoon Life — July — Little Let Down — Perfect — So Hard — My Spot — All This Time — Bright Blue Sky — Talkin — Snowblower

See also

  • List of HFStival acts
  • Unsung Hero (magazine)