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Paul Wilson with his brother Mike started Haegers Bend by writing and recording a collection of over one hundred songs. No music style was to far out of reach for the band, but they would stay true to there Midwest guitar rock roots. Their shows were a mixture of covers and original music mixed with a great visual show.
After various member changes, Paul and Mike decided to work on original music exclusively. In 2000, Haegers Bend released "Atomic Dreamland" to some great reviews. It was voted one of the best indie releases in Chicago in 2000, by Jim DeRogatis in the Chicago Sun Times.
"Soundwave Experiments" was released 2001 and "Echos from the Past" was released in 2002. Both are homemade releases that show the many different sides to the band, from straight ahead rock to spoken word.
"A Letter For The Last Day In Time" is the bands space rock epic story released in 2004. Recorded and mixed by Kris Poulin, this was a big project for the band taking over two years to complete. " From the Attic" released in 2005 was a limited edition E.P. given out for free at Lollapalooza in 2005 and is free to download at haegersbend.com.
In 2006 the band played a handful of shows including MOBfest 2006 in Chicago.
Haegers Bend has always been a D.I.Y. band and with all the changes in the music industry, they have used it to their advantage. Their music can be downloaded on all major sites, including itunes, Rhapsody, Napster, Yahoo, MSN. The band has also had radio airplay on WXRT, Q101, Independant Nation, Indie Rock Show and various PODcast's around the world including Spain, Italy, U.K. and Germany.
In 2007 the band has started to recorded material for their new untitled CD and will be playing shows in your area soon.
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Member Since: 4/11/2005
Band Website: haegersbend.com
Band Members: Paul Wilson-Vocals & Guitar
Mike Wilson-Guitar
Mark Feifarek-Bass
John Stalnaker-Drums

Influences: The Beatles, Sonic Youth,Weezer, Smashing Pumpkins, Joy Division, Led Zeppelin, The Cure, Guns N' Roses, Husker Du, Olivia Tremor Control, Hovercraft, Black Sabbath, Cheap Trick, Dinosaur Jr, The Posies,Jimi Hendrix, The Cure,Echo And The Bunnymen, Blind Melon, Pearl Jam, Motley Crue, Brian Eno,Social Distortion, The Clash, Superdrag, Soul Asylum, U2, UFO, Afghan Whigs, Jefferson Airplane, No Doubt, Stone Temple Pilots, The Police,Nirvana,Bob Marley,The Pretenders,Beastie Boys,The Cult, Body Count, Public Enemy,Metallica,Gang Of 4,Go-Go's,INXS, Bob Dylan,AC/DC...
Sounds Like: Jane's Addiction, Foo Fighters, Pink Floyd, Neil Young w/Crazy Horse, Smashing Pumpkins, Cheap Trick, The Posies, Guns N Roses, Led Zeppelin, Audioslave, Blind Melon,Velvet Revolver, Afghan Whigs
Record Label: None
Type of Label: None

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6 NEW Songs on Profile

The first 3 songs are from the our newest  recordings. MORE on the way SOON. The next 3 are from the "Box Of Bend" the 4 disc set - or digital download including 71 unreleased...
Posted by Haegers Bend on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:33:00 PST

Mixing New Songs

We are in the process of mixing out our new songs. It should all be done within the next few weeks and we will have new music for all.
Posted by Haegers Bend on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 01:29:00 PST

LOTS of music in the air

Well...... Demos are almost complete for the new CD and we have around 12 songs at this point.  We are just finising up with the vocals and fun guitar stuff. Everything so far sounds gr...
Posted by Haegers Bend on Thu, 20 Dec 2007 11:38:00 PST

In The Studio

Haegers Bend is now in the studio recording some new songs for there next CD. At this point there's a lot of material and the band is talking about a double CD set. Time will tell......
Posted by Haegers Bend on Sat, 02 Sep 2006 04:34:00 PST

Double Door

Thanks to everyone that came out to the Double Door . We had a great time and we have a recording of the show. Maybe we will post some songs from it soon.
Posted by Haegers Bend on Sat, 02 Sep 2006 04:27:00 PST