BIO:
You’ve heard this story before. Best friends grow restless and feel suffocated by the confines of their small town, write music in basements at ungodly hours about leaving home behind and never coming back. Songs fueled by ambition and frustration, echoed by the youth of the city that kindly latch on to the band as hometown heroes. The band plays the local pub monthly and ends three years later due to too much alcohol consumption and giving up on the idea they’re ever going to make it out alive.
Well, in the case of Cobourg, Ontario’s Gentlemen Husbands the story is only half true. Instead of rotting away in the suburban wasteland they call home, the four big hearted musicians took their king size anthems to the road, where they quickly learned that their take on Rock n’ Roll was more than welcomed! Comprised of singer Rick Ballard, guitarist Ryan Hutcheson, bassist Jed Atkinson and drummer Dan Farrell, three of the four members were formerly in a hardcore band together before trading in their Norma Jean records for The Boss, sliding on their cowboy boots, and stomping out into the terrain of the cutthroat music industry. In their short time as a band, Gentlemen Husbands have played alongside Lucero, Murder by Death, Attack in Black, Saint Alvia and The Arkells. They have been hand picked to play festivals such as Cutting Edge Music Festival, SCENE Fest, NXNE, and CMW. Their spastic and lively sets that have sent audience members in to a daze!
The band released their debut EP Something Along The Lines of… “A lesson in unprofessionalism” in 2008 to rave reviews. WGTS Magazine was quick to scribe “GentlemenHusbands have delivered one of the most astounding EP’s I have heard in ages” and after their very first CMW appearance at Lee’s Palace ChartAttack.com reviewed, “You definitely haven’t wasted your Friday night with them!” Their second EP, a free four song demo available on their Myspace page, was mixed and mastered in L.A. by Jason Martin (Cold War Kids, Page France, SF59) and features the bands most eclectic ways of writing. The lively recordings manage to capture the band’s visceral live performances for the true parties they have become known to be! Don’t listen to us, see it for yourself. Gentlemen Husbands will be playing relentlessly this summer before releasing their third EP Mirror Doll Business in the fall.
LINKS:
http://myspace.com/gentlemenhusbands
CONTACT:
jaimie(@)audioblood.com
