Longtime friends make music inspired by their youth.
Listen to Adam and Dave's Bloodline on the Umm...Drop Podcast.
“We met in Northeast Philly when we were kids in 1995 at a punk show,” says Adam Garbinski. “Dave [Petersen] was from Indiana and I was from Philadelphia and his band had come to play this one show at this daycare center.”
From that humble encounter, Adam and Dave’s Bloodline would eventually evolve. Bloodline’s timeline looks like this: In the next 15 years, Petersen left Indianapolis and relocated to the East Coast; Petersen and Garbinski played in other bands together and separately; they discovered they share—in Garbinski’s words—“a similar sick sense of humor” and the same disparate musical influences, and so the two finally formed a band of their own.
“We figured out we liked the same music and wanted to do our own thing instead of playing with other people,” explains Petersen. “It just became a goal at some point. We worked on it and eventually made it happen. Everybody at the time [early 2000s] was more interested in normal old punk rock music and modern, late-’90s punk. We liked that stuff, we grew up with those things, but we liked a lot of other stuff that no one was into. We liked Bob Dylan a lot, Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen ... ”
Garbinski concurs. “No matter what other bands we were in together, we were always working on our own stuff. We’d make cassette tapes or track demos or sit outside of a hotel and play together and think that we should make a record some day.”
After releasing their first album in 2007—six years after they began talking about it—the duo is set to release their sophomore LP, Boycott Classics.
The album reflects the two’s varied musical tastes with Pet Shop Boys-inspired eerie guitar jams, jangly folk- and country-rock ballads and, of course, the requisite power chord-driven punk gems.
Fri., May 1, 9pm. $10. With Jotto + Faux Slang. Johnny Brenda’s, 1201 Frankford Ave. 215.739.9684. johnnybrendas.com
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1. Craig Morrison said... on Apr 29, 2009 at 07:25AM
“interesting
www.roundtownsound.com”
2. dUb-iLL said... on Apr 29, 2009 at 08:05AM
“These guys are tops in Philly right now. Do not miss the show at JBs on Friday Night, They ALWAYS bring their "A Game".”
3. cd said... on Apr 29, 2009 at 02:03PM
“Yeah!”
4. Anonymous said... on Apr 29, 2009 at 03:35PM
“Supremely talented dudes! Amazing songs! Top of their game! Masters of their craft!! Absolutely love and adore all of Adam & Dave's material.”
5. Anonymous said... on Apr 29, 2009 at 03:38PM
“the first track on the album reminds me of my new favorite Supergrass song that I haven't heard yet. Love it.”
6. 676 said... on Apr 29, 2009 at 04:30PM
“lookin' forward to this one”
7. David Hensel said... on Apr 29, 2009 at 05:24PM
“The new album is excellent. Can't wait for Friday night. You can check out a preview w/ a video and 2 mp3s at my music blog here:
http://saltysalutes.blogspot.com/2009/04/album-preview-boycott-classics-by-adam.html
”
8. Luke Harlow said... on Apr 30, 2009 at 01:08PM
“It simply does not get any better.”
9. theloftnj said... on May 1, 2009 at 06:47AM
“Also an intimate South Jersey appearance on Friday May 15th. www.theloftnj.com/
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