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About Me

The Natural Disasters is just these two dudes.

Our gear fits in the back of a Honda Civic.

We just finished our first video for the song "2-String Blues." Many thanks to director Bryan Johnson, writer Jenn Demski, and everyone else that helped make it happen! Watch it on vimeo:

Watch the hi-res HD version here or a lo-fi version on Youtube .

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/3/2004
Band Members: Matt - Guitar & Vocals
Brian - Drums

Our 21-track album, Last Night in LA, is out now and can be purchased directly from us for only $10 (postage paid) by clicking the "Buy Now" button below. You can also get it via itunes or cdbaby .

"Honest and unpretentious, straight-forward, emotionally-driven blues rock -- unhinged and unabashed. It's sung from the heart, but played for thrills from the gut." - Classical Geek Theatre ( full review here )
Influences: the Who
the Clash
Bob Dylan
Joe Morello
David Ruffin
Jimmy Smith
the Minutemen

Type of Label: None

My Blog

Album + Show Reviews @ Classical Geek Theatre

Last Night in LA (album)Live 3/26/08 @ The SceneLive 4/17/08 @ The Scene...
Posted by the NATURAL DISASTERS on Sun, 18 May 2008 01:00:00 PST

press kits

Dear columnists, bloggers, show promoters, etc:If you are interested in learning more about the band, we’d be happy to send you a CD and press kit. Write to us with your address, either here on ...
Posted by the NATURAL DISASTERS on Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:42:00 PST

album lyrics

SOMETHING NEWthe sun is going downand the wind is picking upi’m trying to tell you something importantbut your cell phone’s breaking upyou forgot all the wordsto the song that you said was...
Posted by the NATURAL DISASTERS on Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:28:00 PST

album credits

Thanks to all the amazing folks who helped with this project!The Natural Disasters / Last Night in LA* Recorded by Grant Capes at Little Tokyo Bed & Breakfast.* Mixed and mastered by Matt Lynch at Mys...
Posted by the NATURAL DISASTERS on Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:51:00 PST

the new Joe Strummer movie

... is awesome! Go see it! http://www.joestrummerthemovie.com/
Posted by the NATURAL DISASTERS on Thu, 15 Nov 2007 08:36:00 PST

Live from Little Tokyo

Back in October we played a short set at Alanna's place in Little Tokyo, along with four other bands throughout the course of the day. The results are cataloged on this CD, titled (appropriately enoug...
Posted by the NATURAL DISASTERS on Wed, 06 Jun 2007 09:51:00 PST

album update

Work on our new album is progressing nicely. Thanks in advance to Grant Capes and Alanna Lin for your talent and hospitality! The album will be ready for release sometime in the next couple months; ex...
Posted by the NATURAL DISASTERS on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 09:42:00 PST

quotable Miles Davis

so quoth Miles: "The world has always been about change. People who don't change will find themselves like folk musicians, playing in museums and local as a motherfucker." "We're not going to play the...
Posted by the NATURAL DISASTERS on Wed, 27 Sep 2006 11:45:00 PST

we have shirts

Buy our shit! High-quality, lightweight American Apparel t-shirts that'd normally run you $18; we're hooking it up for $10. The shirts are yellow, although we still have a few gray ones left...
Posted by the NATURAL DISASTERS on Sun, 04 Jun 2006 01:43:00 PST

you know you want to. (flyer)

Posted by the NATURAL DISASTERS on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST