we live and breath music.
WATCH AND LISTEN TO THE SONGS FROM OUR SHOW AT O'MALLEY'S, 10.25.08:
Member Since: 09/12/2007
Band Website: myspace.com/thebrandnames
Band Members: Patrick Gronholm - Lead vocals, keyboard, harmonica, tambourine, mandolin, Lowrey carnival organ, shakers
Matthew Gronholm - Acoustic rhythm guitar, bass, backing vocals, backing chants, tambourine, metallaphone
Mario Di Sandro - Lead guitar, mandolin, vocals, acoustic guitar, e-bow, slide, hi-pitched oooh ooh's, psychedelic sound effects, Lowrey carnival organ
Influences: woody guthrie, pete seeger, bob dylan, my morning jacket, wilco, townes van zandt, the beatles, utah phillips, ramblin' jack elliott, mike oberst, old crow medicine show, m. ward, bright eyes, loose fur, bill fay, johnny cash, todd snider, neil young, leadbelly, robert johnson, guy clark, steve earle, tom waits, john prine, steve goodman, jack kerouac, pink floyd, jimi hendrix, the who, pearl jam, the guess who, jeff buckley, queen and anything else that speaks to us. not just pretty pop music, but music that makes the hairs on your arm stand up. music that gives you a warm chill...
Sounds Like: A Journey Into the Minds of Mad Men
UPDATED: 08.12.08
We're All In This Together (solo) - live at The Fix Cafe, 08.09.08:
The Hardest Long Road - live at Elbo Room, 07.12.08:
Bark, Angel, Bark - live at Elbo Room, 07.12.08:
Defiant Reflections - new rehearsal video:
Ghost In My Head - new rehearsal video:
Record Label: Vanishing Hobos Records
Type of Label: Indie