The Senators

Biography

ONE NICE SUMMER EVENING IN 2005, WHEN JEFF ONCE MORE LISTENED TO CHUCK PLAYING THE GUITAR, HE MUST HAVE HAD A MOMENT OF ENLIGHTENMENT. SOMETHING LIKE THAT MUST HAVE HAPPENED: HE THEN HADTHE IDEA TO FOUND A BAND. SOON THEY TRIED IF THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE MUSIC TOGETHER. JEFF SANG TO THE TUNES OF CHUCK, AND THOUGH CHUCK WASN'T PLAYING WRONG, IT SOUNDED HORRIBLE. (THEY ARE GLAD THERE EXIST NO RECORDINGS OF THAT TIME).

HOWEVER, CHUCK WAS VERY MERCIFUL: HE STARTED TO LIKE THE IDEA OF HAVING A BAND AND THEY SOON DECIDED TO LOOK FOR A BANDROOM. FIRST THEY PLAYED IN THE UNDERGROUNDS OF CHUCK'S APPARTEMENT. SOON THEY STARTED TO PRACTISE MORE REGULARLY, AND BEFORE THEY KNEW IT THEY WERE WORKING TOWARDS THEIR OWN STILE. THERE DO EXIST RECORDINGS FROM THAT TIME: THE QUALITY IS MINOR, BUT YOU CAN TELL ALREADY WHAT SONG THIS SHOULD BECOME. TURNAROUND

HOWEVER, THEY WEREN'T TOO HAPPY WITH THEIR BASEMENT CLOSE TO THE BIERHÜBELI, AND CHUCK WAS SOON TO MOVE OUT. AND ALSO, THEY WANTED A DRUMMER NOW. SO THEY DECIDED TO FIND A BETTER BANDROOM. AFTER NEARLY HALF A YEAR OF SEARCHING ALL OF BERNE AND ASKING WHOEVER IF THEY KNEW SOMEONE WHO KNOWS OF SOMEONE THAT COULD KNOW, THEY WERE OFFERED A ROOM IN THE LORRAINE. IT WASN'T PERFECT, IT WAS VERY EXPENSIVE – BUT AFTER ALL, IT WAS A ROOM. THEY TOOK IT.. OR WANTED TO. IT WAS GONE BEFORE THEY DECIDED.

IN AUGUST 2006, ALMOST A YEAR AFTER EVERYTHING HAD STARTED, THEY HAD THEIR BANDROOM. NOT IN BERN, BUT IN THUN. THE ROOM IS STILL EXPENSIVE, BUT IT IS VERY NICE. AND FROM THIS SPRING ON THEY HAVE IT – FINALLY – TO THEMSELVES. NOW EVER SINCE AUGUST 06, THE SENATORS HAVE WORKED ON THEIR PROGRAMM. JIM WAS FITTED INTO THE BAND WITHOUT GREATER PROBLEMS, AND THE THREE OF THEM MAKE THE BAND COMPLETE.

PLANS ARE NOW TO GO ONE STEP FURTHER. THE SENATORS HAVE A HOMEPAGE. BUT WHAT THEY REALLY WANT ARE GIGS. THAT'S WHY THEY WILL RECORD THEIR FIRST SERIOUS DEMO TAPE IN MID JULY 2007. AND AFTER THAT, WATCH OUT FOR GREEN ELEPHANTS!