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At age 22, Erika Wennerstrom moved to Cincinnati and met Mike Lamping. They hooked up
and began playing gigs as the Heartless Bastards, which was originally formed as a four
piece band with members Dave Colvin on drums and Michael Weinel. They played their first
live show at The Comet, a bar in the Cincinnati community of Northside, in August 2003.
After parting ways with Colvin and Weinel, the group reformed as a three piece with Kevin
Vaughn on drums. The band was signed to Fat Possum Records in 2004 after Patrick Carney
from The Black Keys passed on a demo he received from Erika.
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At age 22, Erika Wennerstrom moved to Cincinnati and met Mike Lamping. They hooked up
and began playing gigs as the Heartless Bastards, which was originally formed as a four
piece band with members Dave Colvin on drums and Michael Weinel. They played their first
live show at The Comet, a bar in the Cincinnati community of Northside, in August 2003.
After parting ways with Colvin and Weinel, the group reformed as a three piece with Kevin
Vaughn on drums. The band was signed to Fat Possum Records in 2004 after Patrick Carney
from The Black Keys passed on a demo he received from Erika.
The second full-length album from the band, All This Time, was released on August 8, 2006.
The band road tested many of the tracks on the record prior to releasing it and received rave
reviews from audiences. The album relies less on guitar riffs and belted vocals and more on
musicianship, without leaving behind the group’s unique sound.
On the prestigious modern rock station WOXY, the band was ranked #12 on the 97 Best of
2005, putting the band among the likes of Spoon and ahead of blues rockers The White
Stripes.
According to Wennerstrom, the name of the band comes from a question on a Mega Touch
trivia quiz game at a bar. A question asked the name of Tom Petty’s backing band, and one
of the options was “Tom Petty and the Heartless Bastards.” She thought it was funny, and
used it when she later formed a band.
Taken from last.fm « hide |
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