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Featured USA4real Artist September 2009
Oedipus | USA4real Profile | oedipusband.com

:: No Myth – Just Complex ::

You have to be complex to name your band Oedipus. A Greek Myth originated from 800 B.C. of an abandoned prince raised by adopted parents, destined to kill his biological father, the King, and marry his mother, the Queen. (This is where Freud derived the famous "Oedipus Complex" as all men seek their mother or her traits in a life partner.) However, as fate would have it, Oedipus killed his natural father, solved the sphinx's riddle proving his wisdom, yet married his mother unknowingly. When Mom learned the truth, she killed herself, and Oedipus gouged out his eyes symbolizing the end of the lies they told him throughout his entire life.

To transcend this thought-provoking, moral-twisting heartache through the musical medium, then stand by your name to define your sound and covey your truth certainly brings an interesting character to a Los Angeles based power Trio. Lead singer/bassist Jeremy Haffner fused his passion for literature and music to give birth to the Oedipus project with Stephen Cohen in their early teens. They picked up their drummer Keith Larson in 2004. Together with the soul of Oedipus and modern influences of Tool, Clutch, 311, and Muse they create music of a nearly 3,000 year old story. The legend becomes no longer a myth. Especially when the legendary King producer Sylvia Massy (Tool & System of a Down) sought out the project to mix 3 of their songs on the new Oedipus record.

So you would have to really be a bastard in the Quentin Tarantino sense that Brad Pitt is a basterd who scalped Germans during World War II to name your band Oedipus. Not a legendary bastard as the Greek myth portrays Oedipus. Truthfully, if you listen to "Tonight" and "Burn it Down," I think you'll agree with me; Oedipus is alive in 2009 and is not a myth destined for things beyond the cruel ignorance suffered in the Greek tragedy. A top ten Artist and HOT 25 song on Upstream Radio, we believe they're destined for far greater things, because Oedipus is a musician as they are resurrected today.