Backbone

Steps into the Ganja Zone.

- Patrick Ian Moore

Adam Vadel and Keaton Simons both already had impressive musical resumes back when they first met, having worked alongside powerhouse performers like Pharcyde, Gnarls Barkley, Carlos Santana, Joe Cocker, Iggy Pop, Snoop Dogg, and Chris Cornell, just to name a few. So it seemed to them like a good idea to get together and form a new style of musical collaboration, and when that happened - BACKBONE was born!

What is BACKBONE exactly? The answer is many things, but primarily BACKBONE is a band that closely resembles something more along the lines of funkadelic performance art with a rotating cast of collaborators from every musical genre creating an experience of groovy and moving sounds. Aiding Keaton and Adam in this process is their good friend, iconic American bass player, and fellow artist, Lonnie Marshall. Lonnie is perhaps best known as the frontman for Weapon of Choice, but has also played with The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Fishbone, Tone Loc, Les Claypool, George Clinton, Joe Strummer, and Ice Cube. Marshall also teaches guitar workshops at The Silverlake Conservatory of Music, and has been doing so since it was originally founded by Flea in 2001.