6FS: History

Formed out of necessity, nationalized via hoax, promulgated by agitation, and based on the will to power, Six Finger Satellite enters its tenth year as musical entity. Formed by J. Ryan and John MacLean, stabilized by Richard Pelletier, and updated by James Apt, Six Finger Satellite's history is one of triumph and tragedy.

Signing to Sub Pop Records in 1990 on the strength of a carefully executed demo tape hoax, Six Finger Satellite officially got its "foot in the door." The resulting Weapon EP earned the band barely a glance, critical or otherwise, but nonetheless the true victory had been earned, a lucrative contract with Sub Pop Records. Financially stable and creatively focused, Six Finger Satellite threw off its cloak of disguise and continues shedding bits and pieces of unneeded baggage to this day.

Six Finger Satellite is serious business. The business of doing pleasure. There is an integrity that not all can muster. There is an emotional level that not all can understand. There is a past and a future that only a handful really know.