Volumen 1 :: Shane Hickey
Volumen 2 :: Doug Smith
Volumen^2 :: Bryan Hickey
bKCAWCK :: Chris Bacon
Volumen Beta :: Bob Marshall


  
Doug Smith Volumen 2
Doug Smith

If Shane is the high school Physics Club treasurer of VOLUMEN, Doug is the affable, popular guy who toes the fine line between band dork and senior class president. Cheerleaders leak the info that they want him to ask them out, but he’s always genuinely nice to the less popular girls and boys, too. In addition to writing most of what doesn’t get written by his longtime friend and musical partner, Shane (in the platonic sense, that is—at least we THINK so), Doug’s signature wikkid lyxx and fine tenor are the yin to Shane’s yang, the butter to Shane’s muffin, the hot dog in Shane’s....well, anyway, the other half of the songwriting equation. Additionally, Doug is a beacon of calm and tranquility in his other bandmates’ roiling sea of adolescent squirreliness, and a fine cook to boot. The last male bonding I did with Doug was undertaken when we spent two days in the Montana wilderness picking morel mushrooms. Oh, the magic he worked with those little morsels...


  
 
Here's some articles and other random press for your viewing pleasure.

The Missoulian 09/25/2009
NICKELL’S BAG: Full force of Volumen recorded on ‘Skipper of Reverses’ 		  Read Article
Missoula Independent 09/24/2009
Still going strong - Stalwart sci-fi rockers Volumen crank out another album 		  Read Article
Hellride Music 01/28/2007
Science Faction Review 		  Read Article
And Now the Screaming Starts 11/14/2006
Music: "And the swart fins of doom race underfoot!" 		  Read Article
Clamor 10/20/2006
Science Faction Review 		  Read Article
Montana Arts Council 07/26/2006
Science Faction Review 		  Read Article
Neufutur.com 05/03/2006
Science Faction Review 		  Read Article
New-Noise.Net 04/25/2006
Science Faction Review 		  Read Article
Out There Monthly 04/11/2006
The Inland Northwest Top 10 		  Read Article
LowCut 04/10/2006
Science Faction Review 		  Read Article
Top Radio 04/03/2006
KBGA Top 30 		  Read Article
Vanity Project 04/03/2006
Science Faction Review 		  Read Article
LowCut Magazine 04/01/2006
Science Faction Review 		  Read Article
The University of Idaho Argonaut 03/31/2006
Volumen rocks in a new-wave way 		  Read Article
sabas.jud.as 03/29/2006
Volumen , Science Faction CD 		  Read Article
Smother Magazine 03/29/2006
Science Faction Review 		  Read Article
87.9 Pirate Cat Radio 03/29/2006
Q: Are we Not Men? A: We are Volumen 		  Read Article
Eureka Times-Standard 03/23/2006
Pump up the Volumen 		  Read Article
Missoula Independent 03/09/2006
Getting heavy 		  Read Article
Montana Kaimin 03/09/2006
Volumen celebrate new album with release party at the Raven Cafe 		  Read Article
The Missoulian 03/09/2006
THE VOLUMEN TURN IT UP A NOTCH 		  Read Article
Missoula Independent 03/02/2006
2006 Best of Missoula 		  Read Article
The Missoulian - Bear Neccessities 10/20/2005
Big Town Sounds 		  Read Article
The Missoulian 09/21/2005
Keeping up with the Hickeys 		  Read Article
Tribe Montana 07/26/2005
Best geek rock in the Northwest 		  Read Article
Missoula Independent 03/24/2005
Meet the breeders 		  Read Article
KFJC On-Line Reviews 10/20/2004
Review of Volumen / No-Fi Soul Rebellion Split 7" 		  Read Article
Ink 19 08/01/2004
No-Fi Soul Rebellion / Volumen review 		  Read Article
peacecorpsonline.org 02/27/2004
Coming of age 		  Read Article
Odyssey Zine 01/01/2004
Volumen / No-Fi Soul Rebellion Split 7" Review 		  Read Article
Alternative.lv - Latvian Online Magazine 09/09/2003
Good question??? 		  Read Article
ORE - Lithuanian Online Magazine 09/04/2003
PUMP UP THE VOLUMEN! 		  Read Article
Tornis 09/01/2003
VOLUMEN BALTIJAS TŪRE 		  Read Article
Missoula Independent 08/01/2003
Live in Latvia! 		  Read Article
Skyscraper 04/01/2003
Cries From Space CD 		  Read Article
Internet 03/01/2003
Interview with Nate Greely of ARLO via email March 2003 		  Read Article
Missoula Independent 02/27/2003
2003 Best of Missoula 		  Read Article
diskant 01/01/2003
wäntage USA 		  Read Article
Post-Punk Junk 12/12/2002
Review of Cries from Space 		  Read Article
Montana Kaiman 10/09/2002
Volumen's toughest act to follow was bikini contest 		  Read Article
Dreams Never End 10/01/2002
VOLUMEN Cries from space (CD)(Wantage USA) 		  Read Article
The Portland Mercury 09/26/2002
Up and Coming 		  Read Article
Ink 19 09/01/2002
(Cries From Space) EP 		  Read Article
Missoula Independent 04/04/2002
Rock of ages 		  Read Article
Thrasher 01/01/2002
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Missoula Independent 10/04/2001
Missoula Rock City 		  Read Article
Missoula Independent 08/23/2001
A mini rock opera and the whimsically sublime 		  Read Article
Portland Mercury 03/15/2001
How Do you Spell...? 		  Read Article
More Goat Than Goose 01/01/2001
how do you spell...? 		  Read Article
Missoula Independent 12/21/2000
A Different Drummer 		  Read Article
Missoula Independent 10/26/2000
Scream Test 		  Read Article
Missoula Independent 09/21/2000
Digital Wills- (cont.) 		  Read Article
Missoula Independent 04/22/1999
Geeks unite! Volumen take nerdpop to new heights 		  Read Article