Dan's Bandcampaign Podcast

John Wilkes Booth won't kill you, despite being a band that shares it's name with the infamous assassin of Abraham Lincoln, but they may come close if they don't kill each other first. This Long Island band have riffs-a-plenty and with a wailing vocal reminiscent of Soundgarden's Chris Cornell (he's seriously good!) you'll only have to wait a short time into the opening track "From the North" from their latest full length release "Useless Lucy" to see what they are capable of. I got a chance to spend some time with Harry, John Wilkes Booth's bass player, discussing a wide variety of things such as: - the effects of having an historic and often hated (with every reason to be) figure as a band name- pondered the demise of each band member- in-fighting and personality clashes- band name wars- accidentally blowing the real Batman's cover (we are so, so sorry!) These guys are a passionate bunch of dudes who make awesome music for the sheer love of it. And they're damned good too! Bonus! Their music is availab