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What the Press is saying about it:

"This band could be the next Foo Fighters! They sort of sit in that pocket of Green Day/Foo Fighters and crank out high energy, honest rock!"
Doug Manson

"Tim Plommer (guitar/vocals), Duane Chaos (bass/vocals) and Zippy Pinhead (drums/persussion) deliver a full-fledged musical smackdown with their self-titled release. Gut busting guitar, thundering bass and powerful percussion set the stage for Plommer’s angst laden vocals that are one part pissed off punk and one part grunge master general."
Froglix, 2009

"Good song(s)...well produced...memorable"
The SongCritic.com

"22nd Century’s hard punching and sometimes comical style is a mixture of Ramones style power punk with a healthy dose of 1990’s grunge."
The Association of Rock and Roll Podcasts

"Tim can shred a guitar,
Duane is solid on the
bass and Zippy is nothing
but professional on the kit."
The Auralkinetic, Fall 2009

“Take a riff-driven band with an impressive low-end churn, backed up by mayhem-educing percussion delivered by Zippy Pinhead, and there is no denying the catchy, arena ready hooks that this band effortlessly cranks out……22nd Century is simply a no frills, straight up rock band whose songs are tailor made for popular rock radio.”
Bridgette Oliver, infamousguitar.com (October 15th, 2009)

"Their debut CD was produced by legendary music producer John Webster (Aerosmith, Cher, The Cult) and has garnered attention, including honorable mention in Billboard’s 2009 song writing contest."
IndieZine, Dec 2009

 

 

We used Okanagan Springs 1516 in the Studio

 

OK - check this out for wierd! We recorded in Mushroom Studios with John Webster. When we was not looking, I snuck into the back room and made some minor modifications to one mic. John had a Shure M-57 mic on my Fender Amp and a Sunnheiser 421 Microphone backed off a bit. I placed a bottle of half empty 1516 ale in between the amplifier's left speaker and the mic to get a unique sound. We had to keep drinking the beer (actually several) before we found the perfect harmonic effect by leaving just the right amount in the bottle. After the three of us had consumed the third case of 1516, we all agreed we had found just the right sound. This has been recorded at Mushroom studios by Juno award winning producer John Webster and will be on our second CD, coming out this summer. Anyways - we just wanted to tell you how sometimes being wierd is fun.