Brutal Republic began in 2003, when Jeremy Ober (guitar/vocals) and Jon Skogland (drums) were introduced to each other. We began writing songs that encorporated everything from blues and southern rock to heavy metal with expertly crafted guitar lines and in your face rock drums. After a year of writing they added Dave Hoffman (bass) to beef up the sound and be a strong backbone between the guitar / drums duo.
In October of 2004 we recorded a quick and dirty promotional EP at Junior's Motel outside of Otho, IA. The disk features the four tracks: The Raven, Apollo Falling, Crow and Down Low. We are constantly writing new material and booking shows across Iowa as well as the surrounding states.
2005 was a fine tuning year for us. Tightening up our live act and finding our musical identity. By playing with top bands in our area, such as: On A Pale Horse and Parallex, we got our name out as an up and coming band in the music scene.
As we return to the studio in 2006 to record our first full length album with Chris Brown producing we've only begun to hit our stride as a band and we are ready to take the stage to play some Iowa grown rock.