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The Stateside Menace

About Me


***Look for the new album soon!!***

The Stateside Menace is a glorious fusion of driving beats, furious riffs, and zip-line melodies that invoke all sorts of influences (Britpop, glam, and space rock just to name a few) while exploring strange new sonic territory.

Their live show has to be seen to be believed and most nights involve the breaking of at least one well-established law of physics. The Stateside Menace performs with a passion that can't be matched and the precision of a team of rock 'n roll surgeons. Surgeons in badass threads who are not only renowned practicioners of their craft, but also fashionable. (I was going to keep stretching this metaphor out by bringing in trains and wrecking balls and pro wrestlers and such, but I'm sure you already get the idea.)

Ride along with The Stateside Menace and witness the beginning of a new era in music. You won't be disappointed.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 15/11/2005
Band Website: right here
Band Members:

Brandon de la Cruz
Ben Owens
Caleb Mundy

Additional cohorts:
Phil Yochum
Chris Kimmerer
Joel Wren
Influences: the clash*the smiths*manic street preachers*velvet underground*toadies*t.rex*the who*denison marrs*...anything british is pretty much fair game.
Sounds Like: a flock of street-sweeper shotguns stuffed with broken glass and power chords
Record Label: Sharkdog Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

more or less

Hey everyone,Lots of fun stuff happening in the world of TSM.  Pushing and pushing to get the CD done, but as the song goes, these things take time.  (And I know that I'm / the most inept that ever st...
Posted by on Sun, 23 Aug 2009 17:11:00 GMT

shows shows shows

WE ARE BACK.And ready to prove our worth to anyone who will listen.May 1 and May 16French Quarter CafeFor those of you in the know, the French Quarter is tucked away in East Nashville.  It's a nice ve...
Posted by on Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:28:00 GMT

State of the Union

Here we are, it's 2009. Seems like history is being made every single day.We can finally rest easy now that America's most wanted fugitive has been apprehended. You better watch out, Dude Who Owns t...
Posted by on Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:02:00 GMT

in the trenches

Hey kids. We're smack dab in the middle of the new record, and things are sounding great. It's hard work and we're just trying to do our best.My brain is toast, as it usually is after a long night o...
Posted by on Wed, 17 Sep 2008 06:11:00 GMT

BBC interview! Studio time!

I finally got a chance to listen to the BBC interview that I did last month. It's a long story involving the BBC website, my inability to access it, and my mom saving the day by taping it on a tape r...
Posted by on Sun, 10 Aug 2008 01:42:00 GMT

First press and other madness

Great, great show last night. Everyone played smashing sets and we enjoyed ourselves quite a bit. Technically our first road trip outside of Nashville, and it was a huge success.I am broken down and...
Posted by on Fri, 08 Aug 2008 23:38:00 GMT

updates

What to blog about...hmm...Everyone's going nuts about Radiohead touring, and I have to stay home.  My brother is going so I'll get to hear what he thinks.My poor MacBook is dead.  I am goin...
Posted by on Tue, 06 May 2008 22:33:00 GMT

whooooo

Hi guys.  Sorry things have been boring lately with the updates and such.I am still excited about thinking about trying to start working on a record.  The spirit is there, or at least there are severa...
Posted by on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:48:00 GMT

news/houseparty/otherjunk

Hi friends,It's been a crazy sort of time at Casa de Menace.  We...I...we and I are feverishly working on a new record.  I expect it will be done before the weather gets too hot.  I hop...
Posted by on Sun, 09 Mar 2008 23:55:00 GMT

Videos, etc.

First things first: watch us live and in action! go get it on youtubeIt was a great show - the stage was small and full of things and people, so I couldn't move around as much as I usually...
Posted by on Fri, 08 Feb 2008 21:38:00 GMT