In July of 2001, multi-instrumentalist, Kurt Tischer and drummer/percussionist, David Clark met as unsuspecting members of an otherwise low-key demo recording project that would become the catalyst for what is now Temple 8.

By October 2001, the first Temple 8 recordings were streaming from music web sites all over the Internet and garnering attention from fans in America and even moreso in Europe and Asia.

 

Temple 8's music comes to life with rhythm guitar work reminiscent of Rush's Alex Lifeson,  David Gilmour of Pink Floyd, U2's The Edge, and John Petrucci of Dream Theater. Well orchestrated and etheral keyboard arrangements add an air of "other wordliness", while punchy, bouncy, bass guitar work and solid, but complex drum stylings hold the bottom while adding point and counterpoint.