Murder City Devils

Seattle’s Murder City Devils consisted of singer Spencer Moody, bassist Derek Fudesco, guitarists Dann Gallucci and Nate Manny, keyboard player Leslie Hardy and drummer Coady Willis; Gabe Kerbratz, the band’s roadie, was also considered a member, despite his non-contribution to the writing or performing of the group’s music, which contains elements of punk, garage rock…

Hot Snakes

Like the earlier Pitchfork and Drive Like Jehu, San Diego’s Hot Snakes was led by singer/guitar-slinger Rick Froberg and guitarist John Reis. Begun in 1999 as a Reis side project during a break from his duties as frontman for Rocket from the Crypt, Hot Snakes was a more primal and simplistic Drive Like Jehu; while…

Mule

After leading the band Wig in Detroit, singer/guitarist Preston Cleveland renamed himself P.W. Long (aka P-Bone) and formed Mule with bassist Kevin Strickland (renamed Kevin Munro) and drummer Jim Kimball. (The rhythm section had previously played in Ann Arbor’s Laughing Hyenas, a band led by Cleveland’s older brother, John Brannon, who was in an early…

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