Quell

Quell biography

There are at least three acts that share the name Quell. #1: Mathcore/Metalcore act that formed in 2001. Before they were called Quell they were A Kiss Before Dying, and were--at one point--on the list to play Ozzfest. Prior to that they were called Andreas Truth. Quell won showcase performance slots at MacRock (Mid-Atlantic College Radio Conference- James Madison University) and shared spotlight stage with Converge. Quell did several tours across the USA as well. During their short life they shared the stage with many popular artists, such as Poison The Well, Unearth, Sworn Enemy, Dillinger Escape Plan, All Else Failed, Darkest Hour, Today Is The Day, Caliban, The Red Chord, Majority Rule, Between The Buried and Me, Undying, Dying Fetus, Ion Dissonance, and many others. #2: Cleveland powerelectronics act active from 1993 through 2002 consisting of full-time member Jason Quell (keyboards, vocals) and Bob Quell (guitar), who went from full-time to part-time after moving to Detroit in 1998. #3: Post-Rock-influenced Shoegaze duo from Oregon that formed through college junior Tyler Richardson's solo EP project in winter of 2014. Hakeem Hashash joined later on to write drums for the instrumentals that Tyler had written and recorded in Hakeem's studio, and the EP ended up becoming an 8-track album. Currently, there are plans for Quell to write more music, but the band is currently on an indefinite hiatus while Tyler is studying abroad in Japan.