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Hugo Ferreira (born March 7, 1974) is a Portuguese-American African-born rock musician and singer-songwriter for the band Tantric.
After being fired from Days of the New in November 1999 guitarist Todd Whitener, bassist Jesse Vest and drummer Matt Taul began searching for a new vocalist for a band the very next day after being fired. Ferreira, being somewhat friends with the members of Days of the New after touring with them while in his band Merge seemed to make sense for him to audition for the band Whitener, Vest and Taul were forming. Ferreira auditioned and got accepted into the band in March 1999.
Soon after being accepted into the band Ferreira moved to Louisville, Kentucky to record demos with his new bandmates under the moniker Carbon 14 (C-14). They later realized that bands with numbers in their names were played out and changed the band name to Tantric after Buddhist sexual practices.
Ferreira commented on his change of bands saying his reason for joining was he felt he needed a change. He also said "the bass player was working at Hooters cooking wings, the guitarist was picking up what he could, and you don't want to know what the drummer was doing," Ferreira said with a laugh.
"We were beyond broke," he continued. "All I had was a TV and a VCR, and I sold them to pay for the U-Haul to move to Louisville. I was tending bar at some cheesy beach club and winning karaoke contests singing Frank Sinatra songs competing against toothless drunks with names like Billy Bob Joe."
"I lost weight, I had the Ethiopian thing happening, with the skinny arms and the stomach thing happening." But it was worse for his bandmates, Ferreira said. "These guys really had to swallow a lot of pride."
Eight months later Tantric's demo caught the ear of Maverick Records, the two parties soon came to a deal which allowed the band to have the finances to record a strong and well healthy album. The album was recorded in Nashville with producer Toby Wright producing the album.
After being fired from Days of the New in November 1999 guitarist Todd Whitener, bassist Jesse Vest and drummer Matt Taul began searching for a new vocalist for a band the very next day after being fired. Ferreira, being somewhat friends with the members of Days of the New after touring with them while in his band Merge seemed to make sense for him to audition for the band Whitener, Vest and Taul were forming. Ferreira auditioned and got accepted into the band in March 1999.
Soon after being accepted into the band Ferreira moved to Louisville, Kentucky to record demos with his new bandmates under the moniker Carbon 14 (C-14). They later realized that bands with numbers in their names were played out and changed the band name to Tantric after Buddhist sexual practices.
Ferreira commented on his change of bands saying his reason for joining was he felt he needed a change. He also said "the bass player was working at Hooters cooking wings, the guitarist was picking up what he could, and you don't want to know what the drummer was doing," Ferreira said with a laugh.
"We were beyond broke," he continued. "All I had was a TV and a VCR, and I sold them to pay for the U-Haul to move to Louisville. I was tending bar at some cheesy beach club and winning karaoke contests singing Frank Sinatra songs competing against toothless drunks with names like Billy Bob Joe."
"I lost weight, I had the Ethiopian thing happening, with the skinny arms and the stomach thing happening." But it was worse for his bandmates, Ferreira said. "These guys really had to swallow a lot of pride."
Eight months later Tantric's demo caught the ear of Maverick Records, the two parties soon came to a deal which allowed the band to have the finances to record a strong and well healthy album. The album was recorded in Nashville with producer Toby Wright producing the album.
source: wikipedia
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