CRITERIA (BAND)

'Criteria' is an indie rock band from Omaha, Nebraska. Formed in 2003, when ex-Cursive founding member Steve Pedersen returned to his hometown after graduating from the Duke University School of Law. He spent six months in a friend's basement where he wrote all ten songs for his new project's debut album. He recruited the help of some old friends, A.J. Mogis (of Presto! Recording Studios and Lullaby for the Working Class) on bass guitar, Aaron Druery on guitar, and Mike Sweeney of Beep Beep on drums. Their first album, "En Garde," was released in his previous band's label, Initial Records.
Steve Pedersen eventually got a day job as a lawyer, making it hard for the band to go on tour to promote their new album. Initial Records went bankrupt about a year after, leaving Criteria without a label. Saddle Creek Records took their longtime friend in and put out three releases in 2005. The first was a re-release of the over-looked and underrated "En Garde," their new single, "Prevent the World," and their second full-length, "When We Break." After being moved into Saddle Creek, Pedersen quit his day job to spend full time making music and touring.
Criteria has performed with bands such as Cursive, The Fall of Troy, Thunderbirds are Now!, Statistics, Poison the Well, Rahim, and Minus the Bear. The band just completed a tour of the United States in September 2006. [1]

Contents

Band members

Discography

Albums

Singles & EPs

Compilations

Videography

See also

External links

Band members

★ Steve Pedersen - vocals, guitar

★ A.J. Mogis - backup vocals, bass guitar

★ Aaron Druery - backup vocals, guitar

★ Mike Sweeney - drums

Discography

Albums

★ En Garde (2003 · Initial Records) re-released 2005 on Saddle Creek Records

★ When We Break (2005 · Saddle Creek Records)

Singles & EPs

★ Prevent the World single (2005 · Saddle Creek Records)

Compilations

★ Lagniappe: A Saddle Creek Benefit for Hurricane Katrina (2005 · Saddle Creek Records)
::song: "Booketa"

Videography

★ "Prevent the World" (August 2005, directed by Jason Kulbel)

★ "Kiss the Wake" (2006, directed by Jaime O’Bradovich)

See also

★ Beep Beep

★ Cursive

★ Lullaby for the Working Class

★ The Nein

★ The White Octave

External links

★ Criteria official website

★ Criteria on MySpace

★ Saddle Creek Records

★ Lazy-i Interview: June 2003

★ Lazy-i Interview: May 2005

★ Video Interview with Steve Pedersen of Criteria

★ Interview from ''Alternative Press'' 184 (2003)

★ Interview from ''Alternative Press'' 207 (2005)

★ Soundcrank Podcast Hosted by Criteria