Guitarist | Vocalist | Band Leader @ Alterity
CurrentAlterity is a Desert Rock | Delta Blues Band from Denver, Colorado, USA.What does Alterity mean ? In the phenomenological tradition it is usually understood as the entity in contrast to which an identity is constructed, and it implies the ability to distinguish between self and not-self, and consequently to assume the existence of an alternative viewpoint.As a band, ALTERITY is adapting this ideology to morph old school Delta Blues with elements of traditional heavy metal, psychedelic desert, and stoner rock creating a mid tempo groove laden bass sound featuring heavily distorted guitars, melodic vocals, droning synthesizers and retro production techniques. Something we like to call: Delta Fuzz Riff.Alterity originated as 2 piece band, guitar/vocals(Wyatt Leonard) and drums(Flip Longley). The two founding members met at the Denver School of Rock in 2011, become friends, sharing very similar tastes in music and quickly decided to start their own project, Alterity. Their major influences would be Luther Dickinson, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Queens of the Stone Age, Josh Homme, R. L. Burnside, Son House, Jack White, Robert Johnson, Junior Kimbrough, Buddy Guy, North Mississippi Allstars, Howlin' Wolf, Seasick Steve, Sleep, OM, Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, and several other old timer Delta Blues artists.
