End of Time Orchestra
With five full-time members and a rotating membership of volunteer professional musicians, the End of Times Orchestra is the best live band in West Michigan. It includes musicians with backgrounds in world-class orchestras and jazz bands who have played all around the country and the world. Friend the End of Times on Myspace.Review
From Grand Rapids' Music Revue: Grand Rapids musicians have never lacked in uniqueness, but every once in a great while the best minds come together to not only break the mold, but shatter it. This is the case with The End of Times Orchestra. Their debut album, a two disc set, is a revelation of vocals, masterful violin solos, and intricately molded percussions, this well crafted conglomeration of colorful insanity and intrinsic grooves is sure to capture the imagination like no other local band can. A cross between drunken pirate serenades with the intense vibes only a ringmaster on mescaline can deliver, this hybrid of genre-bending circus-rock is a shoe in for those who appreciate music outside the bun. If Tevye of Fiddler on the Roof had a favorite band, this would be it; on the other hand... it would still be it. ~~Daniel Fochtman, Apr '07Members
Bradford Dawson (Drums)Dave Redding (Trumpet)
Max Lockwood (Bass)
Corey "Eno Diamond" Ruffin (Vocals, Guitar, Saxes, Clarinets, Flute, other)
Mike Dodge (Guitar)
Jason Lester (Trombone)