Cindy Holmes
I began my passion in music at the age of seven and entered a talent contest with two of my sisters where we won second prize. That was the beginning of my singing career. I was self taught on guitar and often spent my teenage years in
Brian Holmes
I started playing drums when my father taught me at the age of 5. My first gig was my younger sister’s kindergarten class. I joined a drum and bugle corps and learned some basic rudiments. It wasn’t until high school that I started taking music seriously. I formed a band and we played at house parties. I took some jazz lessons and continued playing in various bands throughout the next 20 years. I have done recording in professional studios as well as home studios for demos and originals. I have taught drum lessons at The Alberta Conservatory of Music as well as privately. My biggest success was taking a band to the “A Circuit” in Calgary with regular performances 2 – 3 times a month. I have participated in many jams and hosted a few myself.. I hope to continue having fun and success with Knee Deep, eventually headlining shows that I can produce or in the local bar scene. I am also involved with original projects and hope to fulfill that dream.
I Started playing Bass in grade 8 my older brother Dave had a basement band and he needed someone to play bass. Looking back on that we weren’t always in tune or play the same song at the same time. Man was it fun I guess that’s what got me hooked and I’ve been playing bass ever since.
Through the years I’ve played in groups like Tracer, Trexx Viper, Judge, Model Citizen, Jessie Lang’s “tribute To Elvis”, Jim Skinner And Smoking Buffalo, Three-way,
Four-play, Main Street. I’ve played everything from Willie and Merle’s “poncho and lefty” to Judas Priest “ Breaking the law” and a lot of stuff I don’t remember.
I live for a full grand piano bass sound with rich warm tone and never ending sustain.
I play both Fender Jazz and BC Rich basses with EMG pick-ups and Badass bridges. My main stay amp is a Peavey Fire bass with a double 15-inch Peavey black widow cabinet. If I need to up the anti I’ll bring out the dreaded double 18-inch black widow bin. The Traynor amp I use for arc welding at home and go bi-amp “anything to stay out of the PA and avoid mudding up our sound”. For processing I use the line 6 Bass Pod XT Live “the greatest thing since Bubble wrap” I swear on a clear night you can pick up Elvis on this thing, its that good.
The most important things I’ve learned are “Never fear the bass all ways treat it with respect”, “sometimes you just have to plant your feet grit you teeth and pound it out” and oh ya “don’t mess with the drummer you never know when you might need some back up”.
Rick Piche
I was introduced to music at a very young age. Having taken piano lessons in grade school and growing up with sibling musicians I found an exciting and powerful love for music. After sneaking into the bars to see the bands, It appeared that the guitar player got the girls so I studied guitar for several years at the Alberta Conservatory of Music before moving on to private lessons from many gifted instructors. I have played in such bands as , Vanzigrik and Sonic Assault and composed original music with several other talented musicians , but it wasn’t until I formed the lineup that became Knee Deep that I really felt at home.
Rick plays Hamer , Yamaha and Fender guitars uses Marshall and Soldano Amps with Line 6 Effects.
