Watershed (American band)
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 Watershed 2002. L to R: Colin Gawel, Dave Masica, Joe Oestreich (Not Pictured: Mark "Poochie" Borror)
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Columbus, Ohio, United States  |
| Genres | Power pop, Rock |
| Years active | 1987–present |
| Labels | Idol, Carney, Thunder Creek, Epic, B Minus, Palas, Bravo |
| Associated acts | Twin Cam, The League Bowlers, Dead Schembechlers |
| Website | http://www.watershedcentral.com |
| Members | |
| Colin Gawel Joe Oestreich Dave Masica Mark "Poochie" Borror |
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| Former members | |
| Herb Schupp | |
Watershed is an American rock band based in Columbus, Ohio, consisting of Colin Gawel (guitar, vocals), Joe Oestreich (bass, vocals), Mark "Poochie" Borror (guitar), Dave Masica (drums). Watershed was once hailed as "Rock & Roll's Last Hope."
In addition to Watershed, the member's numerous side-projects are advertised by the band. In 2007 Gawel purchased a coffee shop called Colin's Coffee. As of fall 2007, Joe Oestreich is a visiting assistant professor of English at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington. Gawel and Oestreich currently participate in the Dead Schembechlers, along with Gawel actively participating in the League Bowlers. Mark "Poochie" Borror was concurrently in a band called Twin Cam (now broken up), which was another Ohio based Power Pop band. Watershed is managed by Thomas O'Keefe who is a long time fan of the band.
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[edit] Dead Schembechlers
A side-project, based on the Ohio State-Michigan football game and rivalry, of two of the original Watershed members, Colin Gawel and Joe Oestreich, teaming with vocalist Lou Brutus, and Twin Cam guitarist Mike Sammons on drums to form the band Dead Schembechlers. The name was a lighthearted jab at Michigan coach Bo Schembechler, who upon hearing about the band name was reportedly quite amused.[1] Following Schembechler's passing on November 17, 2006, the Dead Schembechlers changed their name to the "Bastard Sons of Woody", a reference to former Ohio State coach Woody Hayes.[2] The band plays many anti-Wolverine songs, at the tune of rock "legends" - such as Kiss and The Ramones. A long running joke on the official Dead Schembechlers website claims they originally wrote the tunes and other bands just stole the riffs. Also on their website the band claims to have released numerous singles and albums throughout the years, but in reality they only released two albums. In 2004 the album Rocket to Ann Arbor was released and soon after re-released as Wolverine Destroyer with a new tracks and alternate versions of existing songs.
The band "reunited" under the Dead Schembechlers name in 2008, and released a new EP, entitled "Rodriguez to Ruin," which poked fun at Wolverines head football coach Rich Rodriguez. Singles from the new release included "Rodriguez is a Weasel" (which the band claims was used as inspiration for the Toledo Rockets' upset of Michigan); and "I'm So Bored with the SEC." The band played two live concerts in 2008; their Cleveland show was their first to be scheduled outside of Columbus.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Studio albums
- Watershed (1991)
- The Carpet Cliff (1992)
- Twister & Other Low Budget Storms (1993)
- Twister (1995) (Epic Records)
- Star Vehicle (1997, Re-released in 1998 as Star Vehicle '98)
- The More It Hurts, The More It Works (2002) (Idol Records)
- The Fifth of July (2005) (Idol Records)
- Three Chords and a Cloud of Dust II (2007) (Idol Records)
[edit] EPs
- First Time Around (1987, Released under The Wire)
- '89 (1989, Released under The Wire)
- Three Chords and a Cloud of Dust (1994) (Epic Records)
- Watershed / Hoarse Split (1997) (Idol Records)
- Still Love X-mas (1998)
[edit] Singles
- Twister b/w Atlantic City (1993)
- The Single Series: Volume One (2001)
- The Single Series: Volume Two (2001)
- The Single Series: Volume Three (2004)
- 5th of July: Single & Video (2006)
[edit] References
- ^ The Columbus Dispatch - Local/State
- ^ "Dead Schembechlers get a new name". Detroit News. 2007-01-03. http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070103/SPORTS02/701030396/1004/SPORTS.
