Biography
This Chicago foursome is breaking out of a city and time that needs a healthy dose of fun and mischief. The band’s piercing guitar rhythms and buzzing leads peek out over pulsating basslines and a thunderous backbeat, making The Dirty Things one of the most exhilarating live acts to follow. As fans have put it, “These guys play dance music like a dirty rock n roll band.”
Frontman Michael Scahill came to Chicago from NYC, and met lead guitarist Johnny Mick where the two quickly bonded over discussions of wrongly-forgotten music acts from the underground scene of the 1970s and 1980s. Paddy Ryan soon relocated to the city, and picked up the bass guitar. The three enlisted another Chicago import, J. Paul Lohr, to handle the drumming duties, and a flurry of local shows and buzz followed. Opening up for various national acts brought the boys a huge dose of enthusiastic attention, and the band went into the studio to hammer out their debut effort (released in July 2004).
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