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Daniel "Redideo" Travers: Keyboards | Jarad "Acid Jesus" Johnston: Guitar (acoustic), Guitar (electric), Vocals | Alejamdro "Paco" Desa: Drums | Anthony "Godzilla" Hardings: Bass guitar, Vocals

Genre: Punk

Sound description: Shoegazing punk.

RIYL: Treadwell, Blackfoot

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Related Links

• Ketchikan website

• Musician Interviews · April 27, 2006

Synoposis

Inception: San Diego, 1998

Current Status: Playing around town and recording.

Influences: Treadwell (from Alaska), DJ Redideo, Will N. Enable

Background:

Ketchikan was formed in the spring of 1998 when Jarad Johnson and Alejamdro Desa (aka "Paco") met on the small island of Guam. Singer/guitarist Johnston explains the band's name. "The three indigenous Pacific Northwest Indian tribes are the Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian, who considered northern British Columbia and southeast Alaska their territory. Ketchikan has two meanings in the common native tongue among these tribes. Depending on how it's pronounced, it can either mean 'sound of bird's wings' or 'stinkpit.' We tell girls it means sound of bird's wings, and we tell guys it's stinkpit."