Anatomy of a Ghost, originally from Wasilla, Alaska, moved to Portland, Oregon where they gained notoriety. The Ghost recorded a full-length CD titled &quot;Evanesce&quot; for release May 2003. <a target='_blank' href="http://www.last.fm/music/Anatomy+of+a+Ghost" class="bbcode_artist">Anatomy of a Ghost</a>, while writing &amp; recording creative progressive <a target='_blank' href="http://www.last.fm/tag/post-hardcore" class="bbcode_tag" rel="tag">post-hardcore</a> music, had developed a stage presence that is unparallel in the <span title="Unknown place" class="bbcode_unknown">Pacific NW</span>. Their shows began energetic and lively and had progressed into powerful, chaotic events that show goers talk about for days following the show. Their music is difficult to categorize: there are quiet moments of profound beauty amid the ferocious <a target='_blank' href="http://www.last.fm/tag/hardcore" class="bbcode_tag" rel="tag">hardcore</a> attack, elements of sugary pop buried beneath walls of guitar, and <a target='_blank' href="http://www.last.fm/tag/progressive%20metal" class="bbcode_tag" rel="tag">progressive metal</a>/<a target='_blank' href="http://www.last.fm/tag/punk" class="bbcode_tag" rel="tag">punk</a> that provides a roller coaster of sounds and emotions. The sound-track to a post-everything world. There is a washed-out chalk line between decay and beauty within their songs, both disturbing and comforting. They have seen enormous global response from their pre-production demo tracks on <a target='_blank' href="http://www.mp3.com/" rel="nofollow">mp3.com</a>. 20,000 plays in 4 months has led to interviews with zines from <a target='_blank' href="http://www.last.fm/place/Netherlands" class="bbcode_place">Netherlands</a>, <span title="Unknown place" class="bbcode_unknown">Great Britain</span>, and <a target='_blank' href="http://www.last.fm/place/Germany" class="bbcode_place">Germany</a>. Singer/lyricist <a target='_blank' href="http://www.last.fm/music/John+Gourley" class="bbcode_artist">John Gourley</a> has crafted a lush, intelligent storyline that weaves a web of wounded alienation and inner turmoil throughout the songs. Every detail is noticed and all vulnerabilities exposed... a masterwork of inner dialogue. The rhythm section of drummer <a target='_blank' href="http://www.last.fm/music/Nick+Simon" class="bbcode_artist">Nick Simon</a> and bassist <span title="Unknown artist" class="bbcode_unknown">Zach Carothers</span> provides the pulse for this musical landscape. They shift from an ugly, brute force to rolling grooves and back again before the listener has had a chance to catch a breath: an unsettling rhythm attack. And then the chaos. Guitarists <a target='_blank' href="http://www.last.fm/music/Joe+Simon" class="bbcode_artist">Joe Simon</a> and <span title="Unknown artist" class="bbcode_unknown">Dewey Halpaus</span> destroy all preconceived notions of what guitar interplay can and should be. Combining moments of haunting simplicity with waves of crushing noise, timeless, pop-inflected riffing, the listener is sucked into a wall of noise that is startling and unforgettable. <a target='_blank' href="http://www.last.fm/music/Anatomy+of+a+Ghost" class="bbcode_artist">Anatomy of a Ghost</a> is poised and destined to change minds about what rock and roll can and should be. <a target='_blank' href="http://www.last.fm/music/Anatomy+of+a+Ghost" class="bbcode_artist">Anatomy of a Ghost</a> disbanded in 2004, but it's not completely over. John, Zach and Wes have a new project that they are working on called <a target='_blank' href="http://www.last.fm/music/Portugal.+The+Man" class="bbcode_artist">Portugal. The Man</a>. Other members went on to form <a target='_blank' href="http://www.last.fm/music/The+Burning+Room" class="bbcode_artist">The Burning Room</a>. One of <span title="Unknown artist" class="bbcode_unknown">Anatomy of a Ghost's</span> songs was used, named after the band, in a torrent discography of <a target='_blank' href="http://www.last.fm/music/Streetlight+Manifesto" class="bbcode_artist">Streetlight Manifesto</a>. Possibly having something to do with their song, titled Streetlights, Empty Wells. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License and may also be available under the GNU FDL.