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AT/DT

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  • Genre: Alternative / Punk / Rock

    Location MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Un

    Profile Views: 74185

    Last Login: 2/23/2011

    Member Since 1/3/2006

    Record Label Merlin Records

    Type of Label Indie

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    AC/DC, Aerosmith, Alice In Chains, Anthrax, The A Team, The Atomic Punks, Audioslave, The Beach Boys, The Beastie Boys, The Beatles, Beck, Bee Gees, Pat Benatar, Chuck Berry, The Black Crowes, Black Sabbath, The Blues Brothers, David Bowie, James Brown, The Cars, Johnny Cash, Cheap Trick, Chickenfoot, CHiPS, The Clash, Elvis Costello, Cream, Rodney Dangerfield, Deep Purple, Dom DeLuise, Detroit, Devo, Dio, The Donnas, The Doors, Dr. Teeth & The Electric Mayhem, The Eagles, Firefly, The Fixx, Flipp, John Fogerty, Foo Fighters, Fraggle Rock, G Love And Special Sauce, Greazy Meal, Guns N' Roses, Jimi Hendrix, Iron Maiden, Michael Jackson, Jane's Addiction, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, Elton John, Judas Priest, King Crimson, King's X, Kiss, The Knack, Led Zeppelin, Living Colour, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Mark Mallman, Bob Marley, Men At Work, Metallica, The Minnesota Twins, Montrose, Motorhead, The Muppets, Willie Nelson, Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana, Pantera, Pearl Jam, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Pink Floyd, Pixies, The Police, Primus, Prince, Public Enemy, Queen, Radiohead, Rage Against The Machine, The Ramones, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Replacements, Kenny Rogers, The Rolling Stones, Run DMC, Rush, Frank Sinatra, Sly And The Family Stone, Soul Asylum, Soundgarden, Spinal Tap, Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, Star Wars, Steely Dan, Stone Temple Pilots, The Suburbs, Tenacious D, Tool, Trip Shakespeare, 2001: A Space Odyssey, U2, Steve Vai, Van Halen, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Velvet Revolver, Violet Femmes, Tom Waits, Joe Walsh, Weather Report, Weezer, The White Stripes, The Who, Wilco, Stevie Wonder, Yes, Frank Zappa, Warren Zevon, ZZ Top, etc.

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Benjamin Jones - Lead Vocals
Andrew Thomas - Guitars, Keyboards, Vocals
DJ Sandau - Bass, Vocals
David Thomas - Drums, Percussion, Vocals

Originally initiated as a side project, AT/DT has existed since 2001 when brothers Andrew Thomas (guitar) and David Thomas (drums) recruited Ben Jones (vocals) and Erik Pedersen (bass) to help form a proposed "mock rock" group. The band recorded an EP, Rock 4 The People, released in 2002, and that same year shot an appearance in the Siege Perilous Films independent feature-length movie revisions.

Following a year-long hiatus, the band reformed in 2004 and began to write and record new material. Shortly thereafter, however, Pedersen left AT/DT to attend violin-making school (seriously). The three remaining members continued working and in 2005 extended an invitation to an old friend, DJ Sandau, to join up as bassist. From there AT/DT began playing shows regularly throughout the Twin Cities area.

Launching from a style that rests firmly on a foundation of basic hard rock and blues, AT/DT coyly ventures off into vast territory that encompasses up-tempo punk-pop ("Firefighter," "Interesting," "Baby's Back Seat"), spoof-rock and ballads ("Internet Girl," "Friends (With Benefits)," "Silent Treatment," "Space Lesbians"), and in-your-face heaviness ("Bar Fight," "Rock 4 The People," "Pink Is Back," "V"). As quick as they'll vocalize harmony together in Beatles-esque fashion they'll turn around and rip out a riff-based rock jam their childhood influences could be proud of.

AT/DT embraces an "anything goes" philosophy, retaining the lone stipulation that writing and performing simply be fun. Still, though they ask to be considered from a satirical perspective, the band evoke a curious tone when claiming they endure in order to "bring the rock to the people."

AT/DT's long-awaited new full-length CD is in progress.

BOOKING:
Andrew Thomas
at[@]andrewthomas[dot]net
952-451-5883

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