The Epilogues

     The Epilogues started playing in Denver during 2004.  The members of the band include vocalist and lead guitarist, Chris Heckman, bassist, Jeff Swoboda, Keyboardist, Nathaniel Hammond, and drummer, Jason Hoke.  The band was started by Chris and Nate who had been long time friends. “Originally, they had a different drummer and bass player, but in 2006 I joined the band and in 2007 Jeff joined,” explains Hoke.  In the beginning, the band played anywhere they could get a gig.  When they finally got their current lineup and began taking things seriously, however, they were able to get many shows at the Marquis Theater in Denver.  Now they play at many theaters like Gothic, Bluebird, Ogden, and Fillmore.

     The band has put out one CD so far titled “The Beautiful, The Terrifying.”  This CD came out in 2008 and has a dancy yet dark theme that the band tried to stick to, defining who they were as a band.  “I think we’ve developed and evolved a bit since then as any artist does, but it still stands as our debut album and the framework to our band and what we are now,” says Hoke.  Some of the songs were written back in 2004, but they remained as popular singles for the band as of today.  “I think that albums ability to stand the test of time over the years came as sort of a shock to us, yet is something that we’re very proud of,” Hoke tells us.  

     The Epilogues also recorded a friendship EP with another local band called The Photo Atlas.  This CD was a split album in which each band released two new songs and also covered one of the other band’s tracks.  This CD is where The Epilogues most popular single “Hunting Season” debuted on.  “The Photo Atlas have been our brothers in the music world and we have always been finding new ways to work together and combine our efforts and this seemed like a great opportunity,” Hoke notes.  These two bands have since combined forces in order to start a group in Denver called The Inca House Collective.  This is a group of Denver based musicians, artists, businesses, ect that have been combining resources in order to create a large scale Denver movement that focuses around the rapidly growing music scene.