Sean Shipley (tongues) - guitar
Mike Baldwin (volta do mar) - guitar, bass
Jeff Wojtysiak (volta do mar, hashbrown) - bass, guitar
Matt Precin - drums
plus these dudes who help us out sometimes when we're trying to do some really weird shit:
Eorl Scholl, David Levine, Ron Kelso, Marshall Brown, Max Brown
Slayer, The Fucking Champs, The Stooges, Minutemen, kyuss, King Crimson, Keith Moon, The Ventures, C-Average, Ween, iceburn (hephaestus), Alan Thicke, Queen, The Kinks, The Melvins, Zappa, Iron Maiden, Cheer-Accident, Black Sabbath
Sounds Like
"I’m not certain that this local band, which includes members of Tongues and Volta do Mar, chose the name “American Draft” as a reference to military conscription—it could be about weak beer, I guess—but Hawk (Coachhouse Collective) smells like victory. It delivers a startling blast of instrumental indie prog-metal, full of the kind of joyous, orgasmic energy particular to tech geeks with access to powerful amps."
With a new album, "Hawk" (AVAILABLE NOW!), American Draft continue to bring new surprises to all who will listen. Over the last 9-plus years they have defied categorization with a simple devotion to melting of faces with strong quality-controlled rock music. Working on material for "Hawk" has brought their focus toward the instrumental-metal genre while creating a sound unique to that of their Chicago instru-metal brethren. For fans of The Fucking Champs, Frank Zappa, Mastodon and King Crimson.
Our music sounds good when John Wayne is involved:
i'm listening to hawk for the first time since i've been back to reality. i like the album alot. hopefully i will get to witness the shredding in the future. oh ya, i was representing american draft in k.c. last week. good crowd. maybe someone will pick up on it. nothing wrong w/ free advertising. pleasure was ours. it's always good to see phenomenal bands.
JUNE 18th @ The Cobra Lounge (Ashland and Lake) with Black Skies and Bullwhip Solution
JUNE 20TH @ Memories 4358 N Cicero Lor’s B-Day with Bongripper, Salt of the Earth, The Jonestown Choir, and Everyone But You
Hail Fellow Metal Militiamen,
With massive satisfaction, IMPERIAL BATTLESNAKE returns to the world of actually promoting shows with a twin-barreled Chicago assault to celebrate the RE-RELEASE of their 2nd full length offering SENTINELS OF THE HARDLAND. Expect new tunes, new merch, new and improved tones in addition to the same old ass kickery.
JUNE 18th @ The Cobra Lounge (Ashland and Lake) with Black Skies and Bullwhip Solution
JUNE 20TH @ Memories 4358 N Cicero Lor’s B-Day with Bongripper, Salt of the Earth, The Jonestown Choir, and Everyone But You
-- wes nile IMPERIAL BATTLESNAKE throat, teeth and fists dept.
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kick ass, your music makes me want to eat the skin off of someone's face, and then puke it up and wear it as my own face, so keep rocking;] Hope to roll with you on some concerts! Let's meet in a sticky sweaty club and praise the lord of rock'n'roll;) Cheers!!!
I still hypnotized by your music. Great project the yours guys, and we're honoured to be in your friendlist. The eggs can be found in the breakfast it's a great atmospheric track! Cheers from TDG Rock City (NA) ITALY
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