Warhellride

Punk Rock has always been about looking through a situation and seeing what's really going on and not the smokescreen that's put up around everything. It's easy to forget this, especially when the scene rigidly builds barriers around it's so-called "Elite" and is tainted by corporate/mainstream conformity. Warhellride, a Chicago based punk rock band combine earnestness with pop sensibilities, rounding it off with walls of rambunctious instrument volume, acoustic rhythms, angsty yet emotional ...

Punk Rock has always been about looking through a situation and seeing what's really going on and not the smokescreen that's put up around everything. It's easy to forget this, especially when the scene rigidly builds barriers around it's so-called "Elite" and is tainted by corporate/mainstream conformity. Warhellride, a Chicago based punk rock band combine earnestness with pop sensibilities, rounding it off with walls of rambunctious instrument volume, acoustic rhythms, angsty yet emotional vocals and in-your-face drumbeats while maintaining a sense of honesty, awareness and storytelling aspect in their lyrics. What comes out of their instruments sonically may not always exude the public's stereotypical ear and definition of a punk rock band, but their spirit and attitude strongly suggest otherwise. The trio formed in October 2009, when guitarist Jimmy Natividad and bassist Mathew Stokes, two former bandmates of now-defunct melodic pop punk band Capital Eye, decided to continue making music together and bring in their punk ethos to the forefront. Kristyne Operzedek, formerly of Sylis Assigned, is a gifted drummer with a unique style of her own. Then in June 2011, when good friend Doug Emerson's punk rock band Quite A Mob went their separate ways, Warhellride had the honor to have him join the band. With Doug's exceptional vocals, guitar styles and great dedication to music he rounds off the current line-up.