In less than three years, Seattle's Massy Ferguson has earned a name for itself locally and internationally, playing memorable shows in front of packed venues in their hometown, entertaining U.S. troops in Germany and rocking alongside members of Phish and the Grateful Dead in Jaco, Costa Rica.
This hard- working quartet has managed to book shows in Europe, tour Costa Rica and get airplay in Melbourne, Australia, as well as support from influential Seattle stations KEXP and KMTT 103.7 The Mountain — without the aid of a label.
In September of 2008 Massy Ferguson released their debut full-length album "Cold Equations," an 11-song LP which is starting to garner attention locally and overseas.
They've been described as, "unapologetic rock Americana for the masses," and it's clear the band's fresh take on traditional American roots music is striking a nerve. Tracing their influences to alt-country (Drive-By-Truckers, The Jayhawks) and American southern rock (The Black Crowes, Marshall Tucker Band), Massy Ferguson's blue-collar rock stays true to old musical pioneers while forging its own evolutionary path.
The journey started with a 5-song, self-released, self-titled EP in 2006. The next year, the band released Live in the Lounge, a live album featuring 8-songs from their 2006 Insomnia Radio acoustic session (which was podcast to an audience of nearly 80,000 subscribers.) Now they're roaring ahead with the release of Cold Equations, their first proper full-length album.
In Seattle, Massy Ferguson is also known as "The People's Band," "The Hardest Sweating Band in Showbiz" and of course, "Massy F***ing Ferguson." These monikers seem fitting for the band's no-frills approach to writing music and for their rowdy live performances. The four-piece embraces the reputation, the adulation, the screaming fans ... who wouldn't?
With early support from KEXP and packed local shows, Cold Equation looks to expand the band's base even further. This fall, they'll be playing Circus Mexicus Festival with Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers in Puerto Penasco, Mexico.
MF consists of Ethan Anderson, vocals/bass, Adam Monda, guitar/vocals, Tony Mann, keyboards and Dave Goedde, drums
MF Live in Europe! Gun Control
Video credits: Josh Westfall
MF live in Europe (Cold Equations)
Video credits: Josh Westfall
Video of the band playing "Bent" at the High Dive!
Greetings from the beach, where we've just finished the 22 songs that go with the new online Rock/Novel, "Song of Cecilia." Hope all is well back in Emerald City land, and would love to have you listen to a few of the tunes when you have the time. Peace and harmony, Angelo
Introducing THE SINISTER SURGEONS featuring members of; The Screaming Trees, Big High, and Mctuff (barrett, ari, van, and joe) at the Seamonster this Saturday October 10th no cover! 21+ 9:30 till close
hey Whats up!!? we're just wondering if you already know when you are coming to Costa Rica, cause we would like to book the place, because its really hard to get a place to play in the holidays.
hey man.. i'll try to make it out on the 20th! I'm playing with Jay Nash at Nectar on the 29th.... should be a really fun show and he's a great artist.... come out if you're not busy! Alright, i'll do my best to get out to the tractor this weekend! see ya soon
hey it's been way too long ethan how are you??!! I'm planning on coming up there september/october hope i can catch a show you guys need to make a trip to texas!!
Greetings from the ocean, where I have dropped out to create this living, breathing novel of music or this real-life song of fiction, or something like art from nothing but time on my hands. Anyhow, put me down for the Tractor. I need a rocking dose of Massy proportions to celebrate the end of the novel. Check it out and come on into the maze of Post P-I creativity . . . AMBIII
Hey Massy Ferguson, Thanks for the friendship. I'm an old friend of Tony Mann's. Could someone let him know I said hi? Come on over and check out my songs sometime. Cap Wilhelm-Safian
we can get the place so you dont have to worry, we can get a good place with good location, space and very good sound quality, how does it sound to you?
Oh man, just saw the line-up for you guys for the rest of the year....Seafair, Hempfest, Bumpershoot??? Man, I'm missin' out! I'm glad to see that Aussie tour on the slate, I'll be in the Philippines that time, may just have to head a bit further south to check out a show down under.
