Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Vancouver-based The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets have a rather unusual name. Their music is unusual too. The name comes from a phrase in one of Lovecraft's stories, "You shall find me in the darkest of the hillside thickets". All of it is done with a definite sense of humor and a solid nod to the writings of H.P. Lovecraft (the author, not the band). The main person behind the group is Toren Atkinson. Besides being a founding member of the group, Atkinson is also an artist, having done work for such games as Dungeons & Dragons, Call of Cthulhu, and Mythos. He put the band together in February of 1992 to pull together two of his interests: fantasy (especially the writings of H.P. Lovecraft) and rock music. He pulled together several others, mostly from his role-playing group, to form the band. Those other musicians are Merrick Atkinson, Bob Fugger, Warren Banks, and Jordan Pratt. The latest release by the band is 2000's Spaceship Zero Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. --Allmusic Guide(Parts) External links http://www.holycow.com/thickets/ This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by fixing it. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.