I’ve been incredibly blessed in my life to work with some truly amazing musicians. The bonds formed with them will last a lifetime and more. I thought it would be cool to show a chronological history of the music projects I’ve participated in, and the other members involved. Next to the band members names are the other projects they have been involved with. If you have any band updates or pictures of these musicians please let me know. I’ll be adding some info about side projects I was involved in soon. Support your local music scene!
1994-1996 "Disengage"
Genre:
Gutter Prog Punk
Albums:
“Killed for a Quarter”
Members:
-Aaron Rito – Bass, Vocals
-Jeff McDowell – Vocals
-Brandon Keller – Guitar
-Jesse Filer – Drums
1998-1999 "Winterlong"
Genre:
Metal
Albums:
“The Citadel” -1999
Members:
-Aaron Rito – Bass
-Josh Vargo – Guitar (Ethel Meserve, Winterlong, Ciara, Operatic, Sayvinyl)
-Gary Owen – Guitar
-Rama Coiler – Gutar
-Vijay Singh – Drums (Puritan)
-Scott Hoffman – Vocals
-Andrew Simpson – Cello (Ethel Meserve, Winterlong, Changing of the Guard, Operatic)
2002-2006 "Changing of the Guard"
Genre:
Post Hardcore
Albums:
“Our Stars” – 2005
Members:
-Aaron Rito – Guitar, Vocals
-Christofer Wiser – Guitar (Kettle)
-Sean McWilliams – Bass Guitar (Ciara)
-Jon Weaver – Bass Guitar 2002
-Dave Peterson – Drums (The Warmingtons)
-Andrew Simpson – Cello (Ethel Meserve, Winterlong, Changing of the Guard, Operatic)
2009-2011 "Amanda Christine"
Genre:
Folk
Albums:
“2011 demo” -2011
Members:
-Aaron Rito – Guitar, Bass, Vocals
-Amanda Stanaway – Guitar, Vocals
2015 - Present "Comet Talk"
Genre:
Electronic
Albums:
“Around the Comet”, “Circus 17C4”, “Get With It”, “Gravity Digs Spectra”, “Shatters”, “Out to Launch”, “Location, Location”, “Oh, Liquefaction”, “Comet Talk Live at the Waypost, Portland OR”, “Phone-a-Friend”, “User Illusion”, “Perihelion” -2015
“Food Coloring, Best of 2015”-2016
“Moon Issues”-2016
Members:
-Aaron Rito – Guitar, Bass, Synths, Drum Machines
-Jason Schmidt – Synths, Drum Machines (Jason Likes Science, The Molecules, Not Yeti)
-Bobby Hayden – Synths, Drums, Piano (Jason Likes Science, Not Yeti, Purple Sparrows, Eelgrass)
-Zachary Taylor – Beats and Keys (Crisis Actors)
-Tom Bugaj – Chaos Pad, Synths (Peacefeather)
-Josh Vargo – Guitar (Ethel Meserve, Winterlong, Ciara, Operatic, Sayvinyl)