DESCRIPTION:
Tortured Soul is a trio of John-Christian Urich (drums, lead vocals - aka Christian Urich), Ethan White (keys & backing vocals) & Jordan Scannella (bass , backing vocals) - which débuted with the single "I Might Do Something Wrong" (Apr 2001, Central Park).

Former members, inc: Jason Kriveloff, Jonathan Maron (bass - aka Jonathon Maron) & Frankie Romano (guitar).

Rose and violet lights fall on three musicians decked out sleekly in skinny ties, pressed slacks, and starched white shirts. The mass of bodies gathered before them pulsates with a unified enthusiasm. Sweet soulful vocals rise from the man in the middle, an effect rendered all the more captivating by the fact that he is concurrently beating out an unrelenting backbeat on the drums. Flanking him on either side are a bassist who jumps up and down to the rhythm as he generates the throbbing low-end, and a keyboardist whose cool composure belies the fire in his fingers.

Their influences inc: Stevie Wonder, Prince, Chic, Donny Hathaway, Bee Gees, Michael Jackson, Kool and the Gang, James Brown & Fela Kuti. They like tequila.