Goddamn Gallows/ IV and the Strange Band

The Goddamn Gallows
In 2004 The Goddamn Gallows began their rough and tumble voyage and haven’t looked in the review mirror since. Leaving six studio albums in their path, they have been reinventing their music with every record. Spit from the heart of America’s Rust Belt, arising from a night of flophouse violence. Drifting across the states, they cemented their sound in Portland, OR and later in Los Angeles, CA, where they lived in abandoned buildings, squatter camps, storage units and shoebox apartments. In 2007, they left everything behind and spent the next four years living out of whatever vehicle would get them to the next town. Building upon their original sound of twanged-out, punk rock “gutterbilly” (Life of Sin 2004 and Gutterbillyblues 2007), they began picking up stray musicians along the way and adding to their sound; washboard, accordion, mandolin and banjo (Ghost of th’ Rails 2009 and 7 Devils 2011) creating a sound referred to as “hobocore”, “gypsy-punk” or “americana-punk”, while never being stuck in any one sound. Enter 2018 and The Goddamn Gallows have reinvented themselves once again with The Trial. From rockabilly, psychobilly and punk rock, to bluegrass and metal, The Trial infuses disparate sounds into a new strange recipe of seamless genre bending profundities. Chock full of impromptu antics of the shocking variety and hauntingly eclectic instrumentation, The Goddamn Gallows have made legions of fans with their legendary, live shows. The Goddamn Gallows, takes their progression of mixing punk rock, bluegrass, psychobilly, and metal to a whole new level! The Goddamn Gallows have now partnered with Sailor’s Grave Records to help deliver the next chapter of their legacy to the world. The Trial begins now.

punk / gutterbilly / trainhopper / punk / hobocore / oi! / psychobilly / street punk
https://sailorsgraverecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-trial
https://www.facebook.com/thegoddamngallowsofficial

 

IV & the Strange Band
"Patience is a virtue." Those words are tattooed across Coleman
Williams' right arm, forever reminding the alternative-country
singer/songwriter of the benefits of taking one's time.
The lesson wasn't always so clear. As the great-grandson of Hank
Williams Sr., grandson of Hank Williams Jr., and only son of Hank 3,
Coleman spent years waging an internal battle with the expectations
thrust upon him by his own lineage. He represented the fourth
generation of country music's most legendary family — hence his
nickname, "IV" — and the pressure to launch his own career was
enormous. Although Coleman would eventually make his mark with
Southern Circus — the genre-bending debut from his band, IV and the
Strange Band, combining southern storytelling and country textures
with 100-watt guitar amps and DIY attitude — he needed to break free
first and discover his own musical approach along the way.
"Before I even knew who I was, people were already expecting things of
me," he says. "It felt like there was zero freedom of expression for
someone with the last name 'Williams.' Singing about a bloodline
didn't appeal to me, though. I wasn't interested in fitting into a
shadow that already existed. What did appeal to me was the underground
scene in Nashville."
Coleman became a fierce champion of Nashville's house-show circuit as
a teenager, drawn in by the scene's supportive spirit and DIY ethics.
This was a community that valued principles over pedigrees. A
community that offered artists of all stripes a place to express
themselves. From punk shows to heavy metal gigs to electronic
experiments, Coleman loved it all… and for the first time in his life,
he felt like he belonged somewhere.

country/blues & stoner/doom from Nashville, TN
https://ivsonofiii.bandcamp.com/
https://ivandthestrangeband.com/
https://www.facebook.com/IVsonofIII