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Nick Bognar

I'm in love and I hate it

About Me

Nick Bognar is the only rock musician in US history to be directly descended from 13 past US presidents.As such, he has taken up the mantle of combining genius songwriting with strong hooks and very mediocre guitar playing for all the world to see.A Nick Bognar show is like a great party- you laugh, you drink, you sing along, you laugh at the bald guy (Bognar), and then eventually and inevitably, you go home with a very, very beautiful woman. Or man. There's plenty to go around, kids.Mr. Bognar has toured the United States, playing in Indiana, Arizona, and Louisiana, to name a few, as well a few other less-known places like Washington DC, Los Angeles, New York, Boston, and his adopted home of Chicago (the one in Illinois). He has also toured England, and is fluent in French just in case someone French attends a show and has something to say. Mr. Bognar is open to both positive and negative criticism, as long as it is in French.Often described as "Green Day Lite" or "Ben Folds Jr.", Mr. Bognar shuns pejorative comparisons and insists on being described as "Bobby Bognar, Senior".

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/31/2005
Band Website: nickbognar.com
Band Members: Nick Bognar: Vocals, guitarMichael Roth: Drums, vocals
Influences: Harvey Danger, (old) Liz Phair, The Mountain Goats, Piper Downs, Joe Jackson, Green Day, Ben Folds, Magnetic Fields, Helicopter Helicopter, Self
Sounds Like: ...If Ben Folds played guitar all by himself. If John Darnielle had a more pleasant childhood. If Harvey Danger never got famous. If Liz Phair still cared. Oh yeah, and was a guy.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

In, Through, and Beyond!

After three years living in Illinois, I have finally been formally introduced to Wisconsin. Anyone who knows me knows that I am way into Phil Yates (www.myspace.com/philyates), and when I get a chance...
Posted by Nick Bognar on Sun, 03 Aug 2008 11:31:00 PST

A little source material...

So I got some cool news from my brother. The back story goes a little something like this: My brother is in this terrific band called Piper Downs (www.piperdowns.com). I've known them all since I was...
Posted by Nick Bognar on Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:38:00 PST

n00b bass player

Some good news on the home front. We have found our new bass player! He is our long time friend Brent Connelly. He is sort of a shredder of a guitar player, but he brings that nice simple bass sensibi...
Posted by Nick Bognar on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 06:32:00 PST

Regul8

Well, I just got home from the triumphant BOGNARS show in Los Angeles, and from visiting my friends out there. I tell ya, if the doldrums is the disease, THE BOGNARS are the cure. Bobby and I got tog...
Posted by Nick Bognar on Mon, 26 May 2008 07:11:00 PST

A lotta action

When it comes to music, I always like to do new things- and when I can, to revisit the old stuff I enjoyed. This past weekend, I flew to Washington DC and played the Grog and Tankard. I've played ther...
Posted by Nick Bognar on Fri, 02 May 2008 07:53:00 PST

Lets get this party started/They cant all be zingers

Well, last night we returned from a long hiatus as a live band. Between holidays and everything, we ended up sort of unintentionally taking a long time off. We were really ready to bring it to the Fla...
Posted by Nick Bognar on Sat, 22 Mar 2008 07:36:00 PST

Nick Bognar plays houses

So, this question came up, and it’s a good one. Would I play a house party? Of COURSE I would. House parties are like bars that only admit people that you like. Plus there’s less set up an...
Posted by Nick Bognar on Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:33:00 PST

How to join the Nick Bognar Fan Club

Hey kids- If you wanna get cool free stuff from me (all fun stuff, no ads, no trash), email me your mailing address. You can either send it to me here or at my *official* email address, bognardiaries@...
Posted by Nick Bognar on Mon, 04 Dec 2006 06:36:00 PST

Hot CD release party, y'all!

Friday night (7/28). 9:45PM The Grog and Tankard. 2408 Wisconsin Ave. NW The first in a series of four CD releases, you DC folk will be lucky enough to have first access. Be there! Bring a friend!...
Posted by Nick Bognar on Wed, 26 Jul 2006 07:08:00 PST

So where's this song we were promised?

OK, so I promised a song from my album to be posted here. Unfortunately, my so-called friend Tom didn't tell me that there was going to be a little problem with the music uploading section of the webs...
Posted by Nick Bognar on Sun, 25 Jun 2006 12:40:00 PST