The Faithful Sidekicks are the husband and wife Geek Rock duo of Eric and Jen Distad. They started as the Eric Distad Duo in 2004, but when they started to write together in 2013 they changed their name. They were based in Minnesota until 2019, when they moved to Oregon.
Eric Distad maintains the Filkstreams service to announce upcoming filk concerts and circles and operates the Sidekicks Studios.
Discography[]
- *.* and Other Star Things (2016)
- Achievement Unlocked (2018)
- Our Kind of Strange (2021)
- Sales of Interest (2021)
- Dark Side of the Meep (2022)
Album participations[]
- Wizard Rock Sampler 2021 (2021): "WandOS"
- Hut on the Wrock 2: Shanties from the Shack (2021): "Butterbeer"
Honors[]
Guest at cons[]
- Toastmaster Music Guests at ChambanaCon 49 (2019)
- Interfilk guest at GAFilk (2018)
Awards[]
- Pegasus winner, Best Performer (2021)
- Pegasus winner, Best Mad Science Song (I Built a Time Machine, 2021)
- Pegasus nominee, Best Media Song (Han Solo for President, 2020)
- Pegasus nominee, Best Performer (2019)
- Pegasus nominee, Best Filk Song (Han Solo for President, 2018)
- Pegasus nominee, Best Performer (2018)