Biography

Simply put, THE DOSE make beautiful noise. Their massive sound emanates from the life experience and passion of just two individuals, a distinctive duo brimming with purposeful energy, expansive melody, esoteric ruminations, and unrestrained emotion.

Vocalist/guitarist Indio Downey and drummer Ralph Alexander stir the most potent elements of the rock n’ roll landscape of the past, present, and future into a musical cauldron. Their songs breathlessly swerve between driving, hooky, melancholic and anthemic, careening from self-loathing to self-empowerment, with vigor.

Downey’s voice is rich, intimate, and immediate, spilling secrets about love and loss with full-throated charisma in the tradition of Kurt Cobain, mixed with the evocative melodic mood of Layne Staley. His guitar playing is similarly engaging: impossibly layered and dynamic yet cutting and catchy, swirling over top of the muscular rhythmic textures laid down by Alexander.

Much as the keyboardist for The Doors would handle a bass line with a single hand, or Rush frontman Geddy Lee will work bass-synth pedals when he switches from bass to keys, Alexander’s focused dedication ensures The Dose coalesces into something much bigger than the sum of its parts, as he transforms his drum kit and synth-pedals into a complete rhythm section