tripfuse is currently based in Vancouver British Columbia Canada but was started in Cleveland Ohio by Teague Purtell.

tripfuse is:

Teague Purtell - voc, guitar
Mike Ledinsky - guitar, voc, keys
Issah Contractor - bass, drums
Ryan Maloney - drums
Diane Wood - keys, voc
Mike Habusta - bass, voc
Ed Stephens - bass
Bob Vokac - drums

Hi, my name is Teague and I started tripfuse in 2004 while living in Cleveland Ohio. It started as a recording project after buying some recording equipment to help improve the sound on my guitar education site - musiclearning.com. A year and a half later I had recorded the first tripfuse cd. The cd which you can buy on here was recorded in my little studio with about $2,500 worth of recording gear (not counting guitars, amps and keys). Nearing completion of the CD I became very excited about performing live and the first live phase of tripfuse began.

The first phase consisted of 5 players and tried hard to mimic the cd. As the band progressed it became smaller until the last unit before leaving Cleveland was a trio. The trio became much more about jamming and opening the tunes up to be explored. However now in Vancouver it looks like will be 5 again :)