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The Bismarck

Being asked to turn down since 2002

About Me

The Bismarck is a rock band that plays rock music. Playing shows and making records is just part of the deal and they do these things, too. Referring to themselves in the third person is strictly a web site thing though Nate does this from time to time.
The band is comprised of four long-time friends from Grand Forks, North Dakota (well, Jury’s from Bismarck originally, but who’s counting?) who have slowly migrated out to the west coast.
The Bismarck is a big fan of the Midwest work ethic and independent spirit. They book their own shows, engineer and release their own records, silkscreen their own shirts, load their own gear, drive their own van and - grudgingly - write their own promotional spew.
Since 2002, they’ve managed to rack up three EPs, two LPs, two compilation tracks, three trans-Midwest tours and a nice swath of damaged hearing and confused stares. Their new record - Blood of Patriots - was released in April 2007, a joint venture of Pride of Dakota Records and Beep Repaired Inc.
If you are interested in receiving promotional items from The Bismarck, well, you’d be the first.
The Bismarck should not be confused with The Bismarck with whom we have a long-standing no-compete agreement.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/2/2006
Band Website: thebismarck.net
Band Members: Eric Fundingsland - Guitar
Chris Jury - Guitar
Nate Marshall - Bass
Dan Mohr - Drums

Vocals are a team effort.
Record Label: Pride of Dakota
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Tour 08

Well, the Bismarck are back. Despite the best efforts of the weather, The Bismarck were able to limp home with their sanity and van intact. It was a little rough there for a while. Our Salt Lake Ci...
Posted by The Bismarck on Mon, 05 May 2008 09:39:00 PST

St. Paul and other Stories.

When last we left The Bismarck we were about to play our show at Big V's in St. Paul.  We had secured internet access at a local coffeeshop that was situated in a decent little chunk of town.&nbs...
Posted by The Bismarck on Thu, 01 May 2008 08:12:00 PST

Nice Weather you Have Here.

Woke up Early at my Parents place.  Aparently I didn't dink that much last night after all.  Mom made some nate food.  Amazing smoked bacon, simple scrambled eggs with hearty toast and ...
Posted by The Bismarck on Sun, 27 Apr 2008 06:36:00 PST

Nice Town you have Here

We got to Grand Forks in normal fashion yesterday afternoon.Which is to say, rediculously early.  But, that is good since various band members still have family there.We stopped by some old GF la...
Posted by The Bismarck on Sun, 27 Apr 2008 06:16:00 PST

Tour Report

Hey, So the three or so people that actually read this blog are probably happy to know that it's day two of our annual spring tour and have survived thus far.  Day one was spent driving across Mo...
Posted by The Bismarck on Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:40:00 PST

Vote for a Beep Band

Hey friends, lovers, and fellow time share investors. This is Nate Von Bismarck forwarding a blog from the nice peeps at Beep. We've had a great 2007, and tomorrow night's show at the Croc should help...
Posted by The Bismarck on Tue, 11 Dec 2007 09:18:00 PST

Spring Tour 2007 Journal/Photos now online

Well, it took damn near forever but I finally got some time to get the massive Spring Tour 2007 Tour Journal posted on our web site along with a rash of new photos from both the tour and the recording...
Posted by The Bismarck on Wed, 06 Jun 2007 10:29:00 PST

How to buy our new record

You can buy our latest record Blood of Patriots directly from the Beep Repaired catalog (http://www.beeprepaired.com/catalog/) without having to interact with a single human.  And if that's not w...
Posted by The Bismarck on Wed, 30 May 2007 11:48:00 PST

GO TEAM.........tour blog continued.

Alrighty..... I've been neglecting the last half of the tour blogs.....and now weeks after the fact am returning to the fold with the continuation of our tales.  I would like to thank Turner for ...
Posted by The Bismarck on Fri, 27 Apr 2007 05:27:00 PST

We played a show, and drank beer.

                    We played a show.         And drank Beer.             It was fun.     ...
Posted by The Bismarck on Fri, 06 Apr 2007 01:06:00 PST