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Friction Brothers

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Member Since: 23/06/2005
Band Website: http://www.thefrictionbrothers.com. Check us out!
Band Members: Nathaniel James - Vocals, Guitar
Hurricane - Guitar
Chris Gustafson - Bass
Andrew Mendenhall - Drums
Influences: Bruce Springsteen, The Velvet Underground, Warren Zevon, The Guess Who, The Sidewinders, PJ Proby, Smashing Pumpkins
Record Label: SFR Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

We're Not Dead...

...yet.
Posted by on Thu, 14 May 2009 23:11:00 GMT

Bread Kicked Ass

      I was supposed to finish the lyrics to my latest song today, but instead I got wine-drunk and listened to Bread.  (For those of you too young to have parents who li...
Posted by on Sat, 08 Mar 2008 22:25:00 GMT

our 1,000th blog hit was today...

...thanks for reading. We're entering the studio on the 16th-- the 30th anniversary of the death of Elvis, for those of you who are interested to know such things-- and we're happy to be recording aga...
Posted by on Fri, 10 Aug 2007 01:20:00 GMT

We're Not Dead

      The last time you saw us on stage, it was over six months ago and I was about to fall over from illness, so you might be wondering if we're dead.  We're not.  ...
Posted by on Sun, 10 Jun 2007 11:42:00 GMT

The Friction Brothers' Past Life Regressions .2: "Broken Fingers"

(Nathaniel writes: While I was just beginning to learn how to perform for a tape recorder, my future bandmates were in full swing, having just finished a demo album.  Here is a short history of t...
Posted by on Wed, 26 Jul 2006 13:00:00 GMT

The Summer Of Friction now available for download!

      Our debut album is now popping up on various online music stores; now, you can buy The Summer Of Friction in installments!  It's 99 cents a song in most places; for...
Posted by on Sat, 17 Jun 2006 01:28:00 GMT

The Friction Brothers' Past Life Regressions: "Talk Radio"

      (The Friction Brothers released their debut album, The Summer of Friction, in December of 2005.  However, the band members have been playing music, together and/or ...
Posted by on Tue, 06 Jun 2006 21:45:00 GMT

kind words from the Willamette Week

Tomorrow night's show at the Ash St. got a very nice preview from Dave Clifford in today's Willamette Week: The Friction Brothers are a rare young band whose songs sound as if they've been honed over ...
Posted by on Wed, 10 May 2006 20:13:00 GMT

kind words from the Portland Mercury

Here's what the Portland Mercury had to say about the Friction Brothers: Tonight's CD release party for the Friction Brothers' The Summer of Friction, pulls together "Americaness" from every corner of...
Posted by on Thu, 26 Jan 2006 18:55:00 GMT

CD Release Party this Thursday

This Thursday, January 26th, the Friction Brothers celebrate the release of The Summer Of Friction at the Ash St. Saloon (225 SW Ash St, Portland, OR).  Also on the bill are Branden Daniels &...
Posted by on Sun, 22 Jan 2006 19:38:00 GMT