The Silos October 22, 2007

Walter Salas-Humara and Bob Rupe formed the Silos in 1985. Their raw, catchy, melodic brand of folk-rock drew favorable notices from critics and comparisons to R.E.M., the Velvet Underground and the Byrds. After two self-released albums, Rupe departed in 1991, while Salas-Humara continued to record for small independent labels under the Silos name. The band currently includes Drew Glackin on bass and lap steel guitar with Konrad Meissner on drums and percussion. Pete Galub cites a diverse range of musical influences from the likes of Thelonius Monk to '60s and '80s melodic guitar pop music a la the Byrds, Big Star, and the Chills, as well as folk/country tunesmiths like the Louvin Brothers and Michael Hurley, and raw punk groups like Wire and the Undertones. Pete has had the pleasure of sharing stages with the likes of Gillian Welch and Liz Phair and his music has received radio-play in the United States and Ireland, where he also lived for a year in 1999.