FAKE NAMES – Punkrock-Supergroup veröffentlicht Debütalbum auf Epitaph!

Die Punkrock-Supergroup FAKE NAMES, bestehend aus Brian Baker (MINOR THREAT, DAG NASTY, BAD RELIGION), Michael Hampton (S.O.A., EMBRACE, ONE LAST WISH), Dennis Lyxzén (REFUSED, INTERNATIONAL NOISE CONSPIRACY, INVSN) und Johnny Temple (GIRLS AGAINST BOYS, SOULSIDE, veröffentlicht ihr selbstbetiteltes Debütalbum via Epitaph:

FAKE NAMES entstanden 2016 in einer Jam-Session Brian Bakers und Michael Hamptons, die bereits seit der ersten Klasse miteinander befreundet sind. Darauf rekrutieren die beiden Gitarristen Johnny Temple als Bassisten. Baker und Temple trafen auf dem Riot Fest in Chicago REFUSED-Frontmann Dennis Lyxzén, der sich spontan bereit erklärte, die Vocals zu dem Projekt beizusteuern. In den darauffolgenden Monaten erschuf man einen musikalischen Mix, der an die frühen Tage des UK-Punks und Power Pop erinnert, aber auch diverse Einflüsse aus den weiteren Bands des Quartetts spüren lässt.

In early 2016, Brian Baker and Michael Hampton met up at Hampton’s Brooklyn home to play some guitars and see “if anything shakes out”. Friends since first grade, the two guitarists ended up writing four songs that day, and closed out the session deciding to continue the collaboration and get a band together to play the songs live as soon as possible.

Baker and Hampton recruited Johnny Temple (another elementary school alumni) to play bass. Later that year while Baker and Temple were performing at Chicago’s Riot Fest, they ran into Refused frontman Dennis Lyxzén (also on the bill) and spontaneously asked if he’d be interested in joining their new band. To their amazement, he said yes. The band gelled, and they started to record music that winter.

Co-produced by Hampton and Geoff Sanoff (A Perfect Circle, Jawbox), Fake Names’ self-titled debut gives a nod to early UK Punk and Power Pop as well as the seminal groups from which the members emerged, yet remains modern and pertinent, with infectious melodies and vocal harmonies complementing Lyxzén’s heartfelt vocals and thought-provoking lyrics.

Fake Names is Michael Hampton (guitar/vocals), Johnny Temple (bass), Dennis Lyxzén (vocals) and Brian Baker (guitar/vocals)

Text: Pressemitteilung

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