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Broke

BROKE BITCH!!

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ToolsForMySpace.comBROKE!- a Detroit style of rock! The band Broke incorporates five souls out for the same thing; to make music and have fun. What's unique about the band BROKE is the strange diversity of age and music within the members. The singer Lauren Whitmore is a 22 year old Pat Benatar fan. Guitar player Kevin Smith is a 35 year old Black Label Society fanatic. Guitar player Shawn O'neal is 42 and a huge Zepplin and Rush fan. Drummer Doug(bam bam) Rowe is a 37 year old "big guy with a big heart", and 45 year old Bass player Randy Werner is the guy who keeps them all together. The band was born in 2001 when Kevin, Randy and Doug met at a DOWN show at Harpos in Detroit; they play mostley rock but cater to each others taste. Blessed with Lauren's voice in May of '07 and Shawn in July of '07, they both brought a fresh new sound with her voice, and a fullness to the sound of the band with the the extra guitar. With the common love of music, this haphazard band keeps on fixing and reaching for higher goals.

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Member Since: 10/20/2005
Band Website: brokedetroit.net
Band Members: Lauren Whitmore(vocals)Kevin Smith(guitar)Randy Werner(bass)Doug Rowe(drums)Shawn O'Neal(guitar)
Influences: Black Sabbath, Lynard Skynyrd, Godsmack, Rush, Judas Priest, Pantera, Helmet, Alice in Chains, Tool, Audio Slave, A Perfect Circle, Pat Benatar, Gwen Stefani, Seduce, Halloween, and too many others to list...
Sounds Like: You'll have to listen and make your own judgment.

Record Label: Brokenstring Records
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Who is the band Broke and Why?

Back in 2001 a bunch of people got together and went to see a band called DOWN at Harpo's(do you remember that place? back in the day it was mostly local acts that played there on thurs, fri and sat n...
Posted by Broke on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 05:07:00 PST

It’s roadtrip time, to Lorain Oh, to play with our friends MUSH.

Well the time has finally come to take a road trip. We are heading down to Lorain Oh.(just outside of Cleveland) to play with our friends in the band MUSH. The show is May 31st at Goulardi’...
Posted by Broke on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 09:19:00 PST

New Website

What up guys?! We finally have the www.BrokeDetroit.net website up and running! Still working on a couple of things but we'll work them out a long the way. So, check it out, add it to your favorites, ...
Posted by Broke on Fri, 21 Sep 2007 07:44:00 PST

Review from the Dawg House

Alright, I know it's almost a week ago, but I have to write about last Saturday, August 18th. The night started a little low key, with the DR2 crowd hanging out and tryin' to figure out which way to p...
Posted by Broke on Mon, 27 Aug 2007 08:13:00 PST

First show with Lauren(our new singer)

We are happy to say that we have a show booked with our new singer. It's been a couple of months since we've played out, so we're itchin to get back on the stage. We'll be playing at Simons bar on All...
Posted by Broke on Sun, 27 May 2007 02:26:00 PST

New stuff...

  As most people know, we have taken some time off from doing shows so we can get some practice in. Well we've been doing just that. We have been working on new material, and ...
Posted by Broke on Wed, 27 Dec 2006 04:17:00 PST

New songs coming soon.

As we posted b4, we are going into the studio to do a full length album. Being that we are all literly BROKE, it's going to take some time to do the whole thing cause we have to pay for it outself. We...
Posted by Broke on Tue, 17 Oct 2006 02:25:00 PST