Oral Compensation was founded by and is operated by Bean, who began her soul
exposing song writing at a very young age. Performing on stages since she was a
small child, music has been her life and greatest passion.
After struggling along for several years in various cover bands through the
inherent biased and somewhat sexist beliefs held by some in the music industry,
Bean found her home in 1998, in a genre mixed with punk, hard rock, progressive
rock, flavours of goth at times, and definite flavours of metal. Her style is a
mix of angry, biting lyrics, hard hitting vocals, and menacing guitar riffs. Her
style is creative and unlike any other females fronted band on the market right
now.
In 2006, she began working with her first producer, recording her own
originals, and writing new materials, and began her own project, which was the
birth of Oral Compensation.
"My husband is the one that came up with the name for the band," says Bean
with a smile. "The minute I heard it, I knew it was the perfect name for my
band. He had one definition, and I had an entirely different meaning to the
name, and of course I am just enough of a bad girl, to not really give a damn
what definition you think I mean."
She means it too. Seldom will you meet a more hard core rocker chic then
Bean, from her constantly changing hair colours and styles, to her tattoos and
piercings, to her quirky way of dressing, to just the way she carries herself.
Bean began recording with her first producer, October of 2006, and without
the luxury of having a full band at the time.
After recording three songs together, along with writing "Givers &
Takers" together, her first band full band was formed in early November of 2006.
Bean played with this group, and used her first producer, until July of 2007,
when differences in the band members’ and her producer's goals forced them to
part ways.
Instead of Bean allowing the band's momentum to slow down, Bean performed as
a solo artist for a year, hiring professional musicians to play with her during
performances, and continued to develop and write new music.
Every song is written by Bean lyrically, and most were written by her
musically as well, she is always hands on during the musical arrangements of
songs, lending chordal structures, melodies, etc. "I've always taken pride in
the fact that I wrote all my own music. The lead guitarist would always have
free rein on his input, but I was the one that came up with the lyrics, the
melody, sometimes the chord structures. Sometimes I would sing my idea to my
guitarist. I'd tell him the sound we needed and we worked on it until that sound
is achieved. Or at least that's how it first started. Now I can play guitar
efficiently enough to come up with a lot more."
In July of 2008, Bean rebuilt another band, with the same lead guitarist she
had worked with the first time, and began writing music and recording with them,
only to have the same opposition of goals and direction forced Bean to have to
again take back the reins on the band.
"At first I wanted to be angry and discouraged at myself for even trying to play with Roger again. I couldn't believe I had been so stupid to go through all that crap again. Then one day I was speaking to my best friend, Dave about it all, and realized...hey wait a minute, Dave plays guitar!!! It just all of a sudden made perfect sense to me. He just seemed like the obvious fit! I asked him and he agreed, and all of a sudden it felt like the puzzle pieces all came together," explains Bean.
Dave Buck, from BC, was an original member of the BC band, Bend Sinister, and joined Oral Compensation in August 2009. Able to play several different instruments, and having a solid musical background, he adds a different element to the band that adds to the creativity and bite of the band. His experience makes him to be a strong focal point in the guitar section, and his friendship with Bean adds a chemistry back to the band that dissolved toward the end of the relationship with her last members.
Bean's song writing abilities make her a
strong contender in the world of female rock and even steps it up a notch. Her
sound follows no one and is quite unique unto her own. If asked who Oral
Compensation sounds like you would have to judge it on a song by song basis;
sometimes having a Bif Naked feel, other times Garbage, and still other times
Hole. None of her songs sound the same, giving Oral Compensation a diverse sound
of a little punk, a lotta hard rock, and definite flavours of metal.
When asked what her plans are for Oral Compensation in the future she smiles
and replies "To take the world by storm."
They've shared the stage with bands such as Versus the Nothing, Lillix, Yeah
Whatever, October Sky, Wreckin' Crew, Cold Driven, Helcion, Ninja Spy, and many, many
more. Their new producer is Doug Fury, of Fortissimo Studios, in Vancouver, BC,
who has produced and was lead guitarist for Bif Naked, and is currently the lead guitarist for Scatterheart.
They'll be rockin' your city real soon!
Their six song disc "Breakin' Through" is available now for $5.00 plus
shipping and handling. For purchasing details, send a message to the band. Don't
miss your chance to own this CD
Want Oral Compensation to rock your pub or function? For booking information,
send an e-mail to: oralcompensation@yahoo.ca
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Oral Compensation would like to thanks each and every person for their
comments and kind words, and especially for all of your continued support! We
love you!!