6Gig

Walter Craven- vocals, guitar
Steve Marquis- guitar, backing vocals
Weave- bass
Dave Rankin- drums

From the outskirts of America's vast auditory landscape hail Portland, Maine's 6gig-- a young rock band intent on establishing a new sonic frontier. While comparisons have been made to Failure, Quicksand and Filter, frontman Walt Craven explains that "6gig is a unique combination of all the members' various styles and influences."

Walt credits the diverse music scene and supportive atmosphere of Portland as an important part of 6gig's genesis: "Portland actually has a very cool scene with lots of bands and clubs that support live music. We were all in different bands when we first met. I happened to be in one of the same rehearsal spaces as our guitar player Steve. I stopped in one night and Steve was jamming with Weave (bass) and Dave (drums). Things clicked right away for all of us. Steve and I have very different guitar styles and influences, but when we play together, it just seems to mesh."

As for the band's unique name, Walt admits he hasn't given that part much thought. "The truth isn't that exciting!" he laughs. "We played the name-game and brainstormed, but none of our choices really clicked. Since I'm a computer guy and have a 6-gigabyte hard drive, I would say the term '6 gig' a lot and it just stuck. I ran it by the other guys and they all liked it. But when we do interviews, we like to tell people that 6gig was my nickname because I got fired from my last six jobs!"