After growing up in small towns in Oregon and Minnesota, songwriters Branden Boyd and Brian Cooper met in Portland, Oregon. Recognizing a strong commonality in their songwriting and influences, they started playing acoustic shows together soon after. Both moved on to different places, but they kept in regular contact, and eventually found themselves in San Francisco. There they formed their full band project, Wish Inflicted. Brian switched to electric guitar, and they enhanced their sound with the solid drumming of Emir Simbirdi, and the fluid motion of Jochen Straub's basslines. This band embraces the honest songwriting and creative vocal harmonies of its singer-songwriter past, but has long since grown out of the coffeeshop, enhancing their songs with a more layered and dynamic sound.

Sonicbids EPK

http://www.sonicbids.com/wishinflicted

Website

http://www.wishinflicted.net

Other Artists

Radiohead / Beatles

Band Members

Branden Boyd - Acoustic Guitar and Vocals, Brian Cooper - Electric Guitar and Vocals, Emir Simbirdi - Drums, Jochen Straub - Bass Guitar.

Influences

Counting Crows / Coldplay / Jimmy Eat World / Dave Matthews Band / Toad the Wet Sprocket

Google Group (email list)

http://groups.google.com/group/wishinflicted

Myspace Page

http://www.myspace.com/wishinflicted